St. Bernardus Abt 12

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

This is a great beer. Doesn’t have the feeling of a 10% abv beer. Great dark color with a pleasing aroma. A good amount of head. Very good taste, with different flavors creating an amazing experience. Bottle.

Very sweet for a 10%. Small head but sparkling texture. Amazing fruity tones with a bite of spices. Excellent .

Wonderful dark pour, perfect head, aroma explodes with fruity tones, malty sweet and very balanced with caramel.

On tap at the Yardhouse in SD before Richard Cheese and Lounge Against the Machine. Beautiful dark brown in the glass. Small head quickly reduced to lace. Sweet and fruity, as well as malty, on the nose. Wonderfully balanced in the mouth. Bit of sweet, sour, malty, and alcohol. Could probably drink a couple. Yummy.

Aroma had some plums, grapes as well as a medium hop character. The head quickly dissipated , and the beer itself revealed a dark amber color when held to light. The flavor was full of caramel, apples, plums, brown sugar and almost meaty at times. Palate was very lively, but quickly faded away. Good, good, good!

Outstanding. Medium opaque brown with a hint of ruby red when held to the light. Frothy one-finger head in my Chimay chalice dissipated to a fairly solid film and left nice lacing. Aromas were all over the place, but the clearest were dark fruit like cherries and figs, brown sugar, cake-like malts, and black pepper. But there’s so much more, including cola, other dark fruits, and a bit of smokiness. The flavors followed the smell, featuring dark fruits galore. Everything on the nose is also on the tongue, but you’ll also find additional spices like cloves, and the alcohol kicks in to warm things up. Wonderful creamy, silky smooth mouthfeel, lively carbonation that dances on the tongue, and an aftertaste that settles in as the best of the ripe fruit that was up front in the flavor profile. Solid proof that God loves us.

Wow!!! I’m a die-hard hoppy IPA kinda guy, but the balance and complexity of this ale is amazing. Yeasty, dark tones, grape, banana, vanilla, toasted barley flavors. I’m not a huge fan of lighter Belgiums, but this beauty packs a punch. Die fluteges brotes (or something like that in German, the flowing bread, a bit like liquid pumpernickel bread). Buy it, and all of it.

Pours a murky chocolate brown with a tall light tan head that has great retention. Aroma is toasty malt, dark pitted fruit, raisin, molasses, light yet potent grape, caramel/candi sugar. grilled pear and apple, sweet grain, and buttered rice. Flavor is toasty grain malt, caramel, dried berries, white chocolate, toffee, and more rice.