St. Bernardus Abt 12

Dim the lights before you pour this one. The color is the most disgusting thing I have ever seen come out of a beer bottle. It’s cloudy and gray, just a touch of nasty brown. But mostly gray. It has a wonderfully thick head though, so with the lights low, it actually looks pretty nice. Deep brown/black with a thick head. Almost like a stout. The aroma is wonderful. Very buttery, just a little sweet. Currants, I think. Perhaps melon. Just a whisper of something sweeter, like nectarines, perhaps. And yeasty as well, so the effect is like a fresh baked Christmas cake. The flavor is full but not strong. More like toffee than fruity bread. But some of the fruit still comes through in the finish. Very smooth, medium bodied, and just the right amount of fizz. This is a great beer.

Pours a dark caramel with a dense prolific brown head that appears like expanding foam even with a gentle pour. Earthy nose and textrure with a healthy ammount of yeast and some bannanas in both the nose and body. By the end of the magnum I was weaving and merrily talking to the cats.

Poured from a Bottle. Nice smell, great head, and the flavour was very nice. I did find it to be a little on the heavier side but taking that into account it is a great beer!

Rather concentrated abt with a fair amount of character, allot of ripe banana in both aroma and taste aswell as deep fruit, black currant, raisins and more. Great tasting but just slightly too sharp and concentrated.

Had on tap at Monk’s in Philly. I was pretty psyched to be able to try this one on tap for the first time. Pours a very nice tan head with a dark ruby/brown body. It smells of dark fruits an sweet malts. The flavor of this beer really develops as you go on. It always stays smooth and slightly sweet though. The flavor is fruit, malt, yeast, spices and dried fruit. It is top of its class.

Red-brown in colow with a large, off white head that stuck around and great lacing. The aroma is dominated by dark fruits with a sweet backbone. The flavor was also sweet with notes of dark fruits and yeast. The texture was slightly creamy. Overall i’d say its a very good beer with a very relaxed, mellow flavor. Very enjoyable.

Bottle picked up at whole foods in Westwood in LA. Pours with a thickish light brown head. Aroma is a lot of sweet malt mixed with dark fruits. It is very pleasant to the senses. Flavor is initially dark fruits with a touch of alcohol flavoring to finish the beer off. Medium to the palate with light carbonation. A great beer and I will definitely be looking for this one again!

750 ml. bottle, shared with Gabe, pours an extremely exhuberant head, lovely dark colors, nose with layers of yeast malts spices and variable ester scents, tastes of many different spices and mush sweet malt ,finishing with a mild ending hops. Good mouth feel. Loads of yeast sediments in spite of careful pouring.