St. Bernardus Abt 12 Special Edition

Formerly brewed at St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Watou, Belgium

750 ml bottle. I really liked the ’regular’ version of this brew. Pours a dark mahogany color with a large off-white foamy head. A sweet candied aroma, yeast, fruity and ripe. The flavor is also rich; sweet chocolates, candies, dry yeast and lemon, overripe berries and tropical fruit and a very noticeable blast of English hops. A thin mouthfeel. Overall, nice.

bottle thanks to thirdeye11. deep amber with a cream head. very malt forward nose with spices, yeast and more malts. nice on the palate with a big malty flavor along with a fruity yeast and a spicy finish.

Bottle courtesy of thirdeye11. Rating #1500! Reddish pour with hazy appearances. Lots of sediment. Very nice aroma. Light malts with Belgian fruit on the nose. Flavor is lovely rich malts. Sweet Belgian flavor. This is excellent.

Hazy brown with a thick tan head. Aroma is berry, honey, bread and roast malt. Taste is sweet fruit and caramel. Medium body and coating carbonation.

Brown bottle, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savoured on December 24 2009; eye: ruby, clear, nice effervescence, tiny layer of a beige sheet, nice lacing; nose: tobacco, yeast, candied fruits, molasses, light hops, plums, earthy, malt, clove; mouth: tobacco, yeast, candied fruits, molasses, light hops, plums, earthy, malt, clove, finale in plums with light presence of molasses, full body, nice carbonation, lightly bitter and sweet, foamy texture; overall: fine FRANÇAIS Bouteille brune, 75 cl, via Importations Privées Bièropholie (merci Hughes!), savourée le 24 décembre 2009; œil : rubis, claire, belle effervescence, petite couverture de mousse beige, belle dentelle; nez : tabac, levure, fruits confits, mélasse, léger houblon, prunes, terreux, malt, clou de girofle; bouche : tabac, levure, fruits confits, mélasse, léger houblon, prunes, terreux, malt, clou de girofle, finale en prune avec légère présence de mélasse, corsée, bonne carbonatation, légèrement amère et sucrée, texture mousseuse; en résumé : bien

750ml bottle, sampled up against the regular St. Bernarndus. Pours dark amber colour with large foamy head. Taste of caramel malts, raisins, port notes, with nice hop finish. Not overly sweet and expertly balanced. Lovely beer.

My 400th rating! Wow!!! I have kept this in my cellar for quite some time, and it has really paid off. Although there was a little bit of fuzzies growing on the cork on the outside, the beer was A ok and then some. It poured a dark orange with a nice billowy head. And then I took one sniff... Wow! The regular St. Bernardus 12 was the beer that really tugged the hook on me for craft beer, and then there’s this! This beer smells great. marshmallows, vanilla, plum, raisins, cherries, chocolate and everything else that can possibly smell good in a beer. The taste is almost overwhelmingly good. Vanilla and marshmallows overlay the whole experience, but it’s the subtle complexity that really makes this beer. Plums, raisins, oak, chocolate, cherries, citrus, raisins... Every time you take a sip, you get something new and interesting. Like sex in a liquid form. And the alcohol has all but disappeared. Damn. Stunning. This beer is amazing!

Poured brown with ruby highlights. The head was creamy and off-white. The aroma was malts, light yeast, dark fruits and some faint chocolate. The flavor was some raisin, yeast, chocolate and a bit of roasted malt. The mouthfeel was expertly crafted with a nice rush of warming alcohol towards the finish.