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St. Bernardus Abt 12

St. Bernardus Abt 12 - Abt/Quadrupel

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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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 Fratto (662), Arlington, Texas, USA
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/59/105/518/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Tap and bottle. Prefer tap. Aroma is faint but fantastic, taste and aftertaste are subtle yet complex. Look, this shit is inviting and incredible. It sucks you in.


 chandler0201 (341), Durham, North Carolina, USA
3.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/104/514/20
Sep 22, 2009  
Dark brown pour, with steady small white head. Spicy and citrus aroma, flavor of sugar malts and dry citrus fruit. Finish is very spicy and you can taste the alcohol.


Scouser (39), Pennsylvania, USA
3.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
7/103/58/103/514/20
Sep 21, 2009  
Dark cloudy brown colour, with creamy lacing. Spicy, fruity aroma. Tastes of currants and syrup. Not my favorite beer, but i appreciate it for what it is, a nice brew.


 Fred82 (343), Montreal, Quebec, Canada
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/104/519/20
Sep 20, 2009  
33cl bottle. Pours dark amber with a big had that is short lived. A small veil stays on the surface. Nose is powerful, you can smell the dark dried fruits 1 foot away. Some spices also (cloves, cinnamon...). Quite sweet... this is really complex.. I keep smelling it before having the first sip. Taste is malty and a bit sweet at first sip. Then it gets fruity, quite dry, very spicy. Feels warm on the mouth. Some nuts and some alcohol. Quite drinkable considering the abv. Taste is very well equilibrated. Finish is very long and fruity. Some cherries.


 caresville (106), Vernon, New Jersey, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/105/59/105/518/20
Sep 18, 2009  
very dark brown, huge beige thick head, very carbonated. smells of nuts, raisins, chocolate, ginger and pepper. tastes wonderful and goes down super easy for a 10% beer. spicy and sweet at the same time on the taste buds. cant decide on an actual taste, maybe fig newtons after all.


 Bejaaamin (110), London, Ontario, Canada
4.4 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/104/517/20
Sep 17, 2009  
dark hazy brown with frothy tan head. nose of dark dried fruits, raisins, dark candy, some cocoa, sweet spices, bread dough, caramel. taste was beautiful, as near to the nose as possible, alcohol is present, fucking good brew.


 yemenmocha (344), Glendale, Arizona, USA
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/516/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Murky brown beer, like homemade apple cider. Thin head that faded quickly. Nose is a complex Christmas spice cake. Ginger, nutmeg, and perhaps some unidentifiable berries too. Brown sugar. Palate is brown sugary sweet with some cinnamony alcohol heat. Fig newtons. Whole wheat toast. Earthy. Wow. Finish is tangy/sweet. I keep coming back to brown sugar.


bconger (74), Birmingham, Alabama, USA
4.1 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
6/104/59/104/518/20
Sep 15, 2009  
Bottle. Reddish brown pour with frothy off-white head. Aromas of malt, candi, and yeast. WOW. This has so much going on - much more than the aroma would let on. The taste is at first sugary malt, plums, and coriander. It evolves to a darker, rounder maltier flavor and finishes with lingering spice and maybe pipe tobacco. I disagree with some of the other reviewers; I think that the alcohol complements the beer and the style perfectly. I like this beer a lot.



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