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St. Bernardus Abt 12

St. Bernardus Abt 12 - Abt/Quadrupel

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 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 
20934.16/5.04.15/5.010.5%97.5Trappist glass
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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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 dogfish120love (250), west hartford, Connecticut, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/103/58/104/518/20
Jan 7, 2009  
Pours a murky dark ice tea color, with an off white head that has a slight hue of brown. Smells consist of, prune, fig, and bread along with some raisin and booziness. Taste is very sweet and consists of dark fruits, bread , and caramel.


 luttonm (274), Belgrade, Serbia
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Jan 7, 2009  
750, tried many times on draft and bottle. Huge pour with crazy tall white head that laces and stays. Dark but light-cutting brown. Huge rising flavor that is slightly metallic, robust and effervescent. High carbonation that bitters a touch. Flavor is a bit light and watery for the aim. Transcendent and essential.


 bkurtz (276), Peru
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/517/20
Jan 6, 2009  
Poured brown with a reddish tint and a big, fluffy off-white head with nice thick lacing. Sweet malt with fig and caramel notes. Well balanced, well made beer. Yum.


plaidtopia (8), , Washington, USA
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4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Jan 5, 2009  
Sweet aroma with heavy undertones. Flavor is front-loaded and hits with a very slight bite. Shifts to a more brown sugar, metallic, caramel and spice (and, I swear, bubble gum!) that starts heavy and floats away. Huge head.


 mikalooch (158), , New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/518/20
Jan 5, 2009  
Pours a deep dark maroon with a nice off white head with nice lacing. Aroma of malt, dark ripe fruits such as plum, and candy sugar. Very smooth and balanced taste, dark fruits mixed with malt and molasses, possible a little caramel, and a bit of spice. Perfectly carbonated, medium mouthfeel which warms as it goes down. Top notch beer, world class.


 elihapa (1033), Honolulu, California, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/57/104/517/20
Jan 3, 2009  
Bomber, purchased for 13 bucks in Ojai, CA. Pours brown with some maroon tinges and a creamy tan head. Aroma is plum, licorice, and chocolate, blended boldly. This brew tastes much like the aroma, excellently balanced, and with vinous charateristics. Ends with a dry palate and dark fruit. Excellent, but well below Pannepot, for instance.


 sebletitje (1880), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Jan 2, 2009  
Pours hazy brown-ruby with brownish head. Aroma is malty with a dark fruity nose - dark cherry and candi sugar nose Taste is very similar to the aroma. This beer is just extremely smooth and velvety with the alcohol remaining very subtle with notes of spices. Overall mouthfeel leaves a warming feel on the palate. Very well balanced, and will match many of the Trappists by its quality.


Slokop (91), Tilburg, Netherlands
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/57/105/518/20
Jan 2, 2009    Updated: Jan 19, 2009
Drank a 9 months old 0,33 litre at 10 degrees Celsius. It appeared with a huge creamy thick head that kept the flavoury scent away from me. Underneath was a bit conservative quadruple. No taste was dominant. Therefore hard to describe this beer. Had ideas of burned malts, brown sugar and coffee. Absolutely nothing fruity here. It is balanced, will not bore you, not surprise you either. Just plain enjoyable.



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