St. Bernardus Abt 12

Brewed by St. Bernardus Brouwerij
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Watou, Belgium

Serve in Trappist glass

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4th beer of the Montreal Mondial 2004. Hazy amber, off-white head of large size. Aroma of alcoholic yeasty caramel. Flavour is suprisingly subtle, notes of nuts and prunes. Good, though the 3 philosophers I just had was better. Two Abts, one after another makes me sort of sleepy...

UPDATED: SEP 27, 2006 Pours a gorgeous deep brown with a large white head. Aroma is spicy bread dough. Really fantastic. Flavor is incredibly complex and delicous. This is one hell of a Belgian beer. Full bodied, as rich as can be, bursting with sweet and subtle nuances.

Slightly hazy garnet color with a small off white head. Fruity, yeastly aroma. Nicely spicy with raisin undertones. Some alcohol is noted, however not overpowering in the least. Smooth, easy drinking, delicious.

Dark redamber beer with a foam that not holds long.The aroma’s off this beer are very rich and fruity and have hints off green banana,ripe apple, cinnamon and honny.The taste is great and fizzy (C0²)it has a touch off noble fruit a nice bitterness and a lightsweet afthertaste.

UPDATED: NOV 27, 2006 Mahogany color with thick frothy head. Aroma is malt, yeast and bread followed with hints of chocolate. Flavor is deep and complex with sweet malt layered with chocolate, raisans, and yeast. Alcohol hidden exceptionally well. Great mouthfeel with subtle carbonation and med-full bodied. One of the best things about this brew is its reasonable price as compared to Rochofort and Westy. Outstanding.

monstrous tan head. dark copper with a little bit of yeast haze. intense aroma of yeast, malt, citrus, prunes, alcohol, and yet almost peppery. thick like syrup with lots of earthy, grapey, and malt in the body. finishes like a red wine and a tingle of alcohol. excellent beer!

UPDATED: MAY 22, 2004 Bottle conditioned (330ml). Now this is something! It’s dark brown and clear until the yeast goes in. Peppery alcohol aroma. Powerful warming alcohol kick accompanies the brilliant complexity of 50 flavours, sweet malt, grape, black pepper, mixed fruit and dozens of others popping out at you on every sip. Vinous wine on the back of the throat, brilliant alcohol burn in to the nose. Absolutely incredible.

This little fella wanna get OUT of the bottle! It just keeps foaming over, suck up the foam and it will KEEP foaming over just untill you get it in the glass :-D. Dark brown color with surprisingly small head and surprisingly little carbonation (after the foam incident;-). Theres coffee, rasins, banana and loads of sweet malts all over in the aroma. The flavor seem to last forever: more coffee and chocolate, more malts and sweetness. Fruits (rasins, apples, cherries, banana) . Dry finish. I agree with Omhper: reminds me of a cherry cask single malt! (wich i love even more than beer;-). One heck of a mouthfull, im glad i took it with dinner and not all alone, as the sweetness really can do with some food on the side.

I didn’t take specific notes at the time of tasting. What I remember is that it was like Westvleteren, but a little less aroma, head, and complexity. At about half the price, it was awesome

UPDATED: AUG 25, 2011 One of my favorite Belgians and one I really look for on draft. +++ Sampled from a 11.2 oz brown bottle this beer pours a dark brown color with a medium tan head that lingers and left good lacing. There is a mild sweet and sour scent with notes of ripe fruit and caramel. The flavor is sweet with strong fruitiness, strong caramel, molasses and lightly roasted malts. There is a long tangy fruit and caramel finish. Fairly full bodied. The alcohol is fairly subdued.