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St. Bernardus Abt 12

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Watou, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
common

Broad Distribution
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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
21084.16/5.04.15/5.010.5%97.5Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
The absolute top quality in the hierarchy of the St. Bernardus beers. It is also the beer with the highest alcohol content (10.50 %). A dark ivory coloured beer with a high fermentation. The show piece of the brewery. Thanks to its soft and unconditionally genuine aroma, the beer can be smoothly tasted. The Abt has a very fruity flavour.
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 Cavie (1352), Fort Worth, Texas, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/519/20
Jul 29, 2009  
Foggy maroon. Aged grape and raisin aroma. A hint of alcohol on the nose. Tastes like the most amazing grape juice ever. Aged perfectly with the right touch of alcohol. I don’t see how this could be better.


kapusta (84), Dover, Delaware, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/517/20
Jul 26, 2009  
Bottle from 2005. Aroma is of ripe fruit, scotch and chocolate. Head is almost nothing to speak of. Flavor is very mellow, with ripe fruits, slight sugary sweetness, but with madera notes. Very good and the alcohol is very well hidden


 eManu (186), Brussels, Belgium
4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/519/20
Jul 25, 2009  
Pours a very dark red brown color with a very thick and creamy tan head. Aroma of roasted malts and sweet dry fruits. Flavors are very rich and complex, with a heavy roasted caramel taste, dry fruits like raisins and plums. It has a nice creamy feel and smooth and spicy and sweet dry finish, with so much great flavors in the mouth that the only problem is that my 33cl bottle was to small.


elgiacomo (67), Ringgold, Georgia, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/519/20
Jul 25, 2009  
12oz bottle for this review. Pours brown with a big frothty off-white head that lasts the duration of the glass and leaves lots of beautiful sticky lacing. Sweet bready, yeasty aroma with some alcohol. Flavor is rich and complex. Yeasty, bready, with some spice, fruity notes, and a bit of alcohol. Alcohol is relatively well hidden considering it’s sitting at 10.5%, but it’s still there. Mouthfeel is amazing, rich, creamy and smooth, low carbonation with a flavorful finish. An amazing, delicious brew that is one of my favorites. Wish I could afford to drink this regularly. Oh, and this monk packs a punch!


BNSLY (43), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jul 21, 2009  
july21,09 bottle. pours a dark amber color with a nice head. smells great very sweet and malty,fruit, sugars, and alcohol. the taste is lots of sweetness,fruits, and flowers, and alcohol. a great beer with alot going on.


 FezMonkey (268), Las Vegas, Nevada, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/105/515/20
Jul 20, 2009  
brown color with a medium sized head. Delicious malty raisin aroma. Sweet malty flavor and spicy raisins. A bit of an alcohol bit but what do you expect with 10.5%.


 TampaBrew (805), Tampa, Florida, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/57/104/517/20
Jul 19, 2009  
Draft. Pours a brown amber. Nose is yeast, bread, sugars, booze and dark fruits. Flavor is much of the same with semi warming alcohol presence. Fig, plum and candy sugars are more defined as it warms. Top 50? Not too sure. However, I’d get it again.


chimaybier (51), Redding, California, USA
4.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/519/20
Jul 18, 2009  
750 ML bottle purchased at Cost Plus World Market in Redding, CA. Aroma / Bouquet: Yeasty, chocolate, figs, raisins. Color / Appearance: classic dark brown quadrupel color. Flavor: Heavy maltiness, toffee, chocolate- it has that "classic" abbey flavor. Palate: full bodied, great carbonation. Overall impression, I love this beer- pair it with any spicy foods, steaks, burgers, etc. As Michael Jackson once said, enjoy with reverence.



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