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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Ratings	Average	Score	ABV	Style Pctl	Serve in
2108	4.16/5.0	4.15/5.0	10.5%	97.5	Trappist 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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teamrassas (26), USA

5	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
5	10/10	5/5	10/10	5/5	20/20

Apr 5, 2009

Bottle, dark brown black pour into belgian tulip glass. Nice toffee flavor mixed with hints of rum-like fruit, layered with flavor. This beer is not too heavy and opened up nicely.

drseusszb200 (193), Florida, USA

4.4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.4	8/10	5/5	9/10	4/5	18/20

Apr 5, 2009

pours ind of dar with nice white frothy head tastes of sweet fruits fades into alcohol taste

PatBateman81 (4), Italy
does not count

4.8	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.8	10/10	4/5	10/10	5/5	19/20

Apr 5, 2009

The first (and the only, despite myself... ^^’) time I’ve tasted St. Bernardus 12, it shocked me. This is an awesome one: flavor is so sweet, tastes like honey (but it don’t nauseate) and fruit (probably cherry), and every gulp makes the tongue fizzy!

FarFromHome (82), Philadelphia, Alabama, USA

2.7	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
2.7	6/10	1/5	6/10	4/5	10/20

Apr 4, 2009

Bottle at some nameless gastropub in North Philadelphia; I feel the same about the beer, nameless. As far as belgian beers go, it’s centre of the pack. Alcohol content isn’t readily obvious, neither are any other flavors. Fe h.

vikingguy (142), Chaska, Minnesota, USA

3.9	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
3.9	8/10	5/5	8/10	3/5	15/20

Apr 4, 2009

Pours a foamy off-white lingering head. Very attractive ruby color with lots of floating sediment. Aroma of sweet malt, caramel and a touch of alcohol. Taste, dark fruit, toffee, sweet malt and a fair amount of bitterness at the end; a tad astringent. Overall a great Abt.

vtafro (469), , New Jersey, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	7/10	5/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Apr 3, 2009 Updated: Jul 16, 2009

Good Belgian, not great. Does hide alcohol pretty well. Its a solid quad that doesn’t touch the other Belgian quads.Need to re try.

bradlyc77 (226), Sebastopol, California, USA

4.3	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4.3	9/10	4/5	9/10	4/5	17/20

Apr 2, 2009

Pours hazy brown with white head. Nice malty aroma with some honey. Taste is more of the same with caramel, dates/dark fruit, and some rose. Finish is dry with nice moderate hops lingering.

bconley (351), Fern Park, Florida, USA

4	Aroma	Appearance	Flavor	Palate	Overall
4	8/10	4/5	8/10	4/5	16/20

Apr 2, 2009

On tap at Stardust. Dark brown body. Incredibly sweet rich maltiness. Dark fruits and cherries. Has an almost leathery quality about it. Goes down way too easy for 10.5 percent. Warming on the way down, with very nice raisiny tartness. Can’t wait to have this again.

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