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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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 PaulHegedus (458), Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/104/516/20
Aug 29, 2008  
Bottle at Beer Bistro, Toronto, July 2007. Pours a dark reddish brown with a generous foaming head. I smell wonderful aromas of dark dried fruit, apple, caramel. This thing is loaded with flavour, complex: raisin, prune, licorice, sugar, alcohol.


 oberabcbbsok (686), Hoboken, Belgium
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/519/20
Aug 29, 2008  
A very nice and good ballanced beer. Tasted on draft as well as on bottle. Fruity and full bodied with a great aftertaste. A must for everybody.


 Homer321 (127), Rockledge, Florida, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 29, 2008  
I drank this right after a westy 12 b/c i’ve heard it’s as close as you can get without going to the monestary. It is similar, but much more carbonation. nose is of candi sugar and slight alcohol. The high carbonation takes away from the taste. A very thin mouthfeel, though. hints of fruit, but just a tease.


 phishpond417 (1861), Madison, Wisconsin, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/104/517/20
Aug 28, 2008  
Finally- And on draught too! Pours a deep ruby red/mahogany with a large creamy almond coloured head. Aroma is fruity- black cherry, mangoe, brown sugar and raisins. Taste is semi sweet, again notes of dark, overripe fruits- apples, peaches and possilby a little bananna. Cloves and other spice is noticeable in the finish. Well carbonated, great structure holds up well in the mouth.


muddy67 (3), Marietta, Georgia, USA
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4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/519/20
Aug 28, 2008  
There’s a reason I keep this one on tap at home and the price is totally justified when it hits your tongue. Huge malt aroma and flavor. Sweetness balanced out by high alcohol content and mild hop character. Dark fruits dominate this flavor along with yeasty spiciness. Please don’t drink it ice cold because you’re wasting your money.


 JCB (1713), Durham, North Carolina, USA
4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 27, 2008  
11.2oz from Total Wine, Durham. Like all St. B beers, this one is hugely rich and flavorful. Over time I’ve become more impressed by top shelf quads, since it’s so hard to pull off the style without going overboard with boozy sweetness or without producing a beer with a thin body. This one’s got it going on, with a lustrous dark pour, a big nose of malts and ripe fruits, a gentle hint of near-smoke in there too. Flavors emerge patiently, like good wine or whiskey does, and there’s some faint bitterness in there that makes the beer even more complex and well rounded. Long lingering finish, a top notch quad.


 BuckeyeSammy (454), Cleveland, Ohio, USA
3.9 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/104/58/104/516/20
Aug 26, 2008    Updated: Sep 16, 2008
Funny to rate a beer that you have had 50 times before your initial rating. Alcohol pretty well hidden, barely present in tail end. Dark, great lacing. Full palate with a lot of mild dark fruit hints throught. Candy malt. Many layers on my palate. Aroma of grapes, dates.


 craftycarl21 (510), South Hero, Vermont, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Aug 25, 2008  
pours a dark brown with a reddish tint- massive bubbly head, refuses to back down from the edge of the glass. Aroma is delicious- malty, sweet, dark fruit, raisin. Flavor is wondrous- alcohol is present, with malt, raisin, caramel, and plum- delicious stuff. Palate starts a bit bitter and rough, and then smooths out to a wonderfully creamy finish. Outstanding brew.



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