St. Bernardus Abt 12

Glass: Trappist Purchased at: Circle Liquors Super Saver, Pennington, NJ and Canal’s Lawrenceville, NJ Price: $4.25 or less Size: 11.2 fl oz ABV: 10% Estimated Calories: 200 C Aroma: Intensity: Strong Balance: between Sweet and Sharp Impression: very Nice Malt Flavor: toasted Grains Bread Toast Nuts Caramel Toffee Hops Flavor:Floral Jungle Spice Other:Fruit and lots of it Notes: This is beautifully aromatic - one of the finest aromas I’ve ever had the pleasure to enjoy in a beer. Appearance: Color: brown Clarity: Cloudy Head Retention: Very, very good. Notes: My original tasting was a gusher, but my subsequent tasting gave no such issue. An absolute standard for the type. Dark fully opaque body, with a long lasting, consistent bright white head. Flavor: Intensity: Middle Balance: More sweet than bitter, but fairly well balanced. Impression: Nice Malt Flavor: Grain Bread Toast Nut Tea Hops Flavor: Earth Herbal Citrus Other: Fruit and lots of it Notes: The flavor is nice, and the fruity backdrop is a well balanced and delicious setting. Palate: Mouthfeel Sensation: Warming Body: Medium Carbonation: Faint Finish Length: Long Intensity: Medium Balance: more Sweet Notes: This is quite enjoyable as a standard of the Belgian Abbey Trappist style. General Impression: Craftmanship: Very, very good. Freshness: I think that this second tasting was fairly fresh. Personal Taste: Liked, quite abit. Notes: A lesson — always enjoy a beer well within its intended tasting period, or suffer the consequences of enjoying at a later date. originally posted at: <a href="http://beercritic.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/st-bernadus-abt-12/">http://beercritic.wordpress.com/2008/05/14/st-bernadus-abt-12/</a>

Pours dark alcoholy brown with hardly any head. Aroma of clean dark sugar, mild malt and a small amount of hops. Taste is smooth, bears no semblance to 10.50% and has notes of dark fruit, clean water and rich malt. This beer is a bit dry in the mouth, but full. Finish is very rich and flavors linger.

Very fruity and with more than an hint of sweet. Not sure if it was the bottle, but this tasted mostly of banana flavoring found in typical dutch candies. Not a bad beer, but not one I would like to buy. As far as it could be from other beers from the same area.

Bottle. Reminds me a lot of westvleteren with a complex character. Dark brown with a creamy lasting head. Sweetness from malts, yeast & dried fruits. Full body. Alcohol well hidden. Long end!

75 cl Bottle. Pours a hazy brown/red color. Raisans and som spicy yeast can be found in the aroma. Flavor is sweet and spicy with plenty of fruity notes and candi sugar. The finish is sweet with an alcohol burn.

rating #200 for me. 330ml bottle into a trappist glass. pours a cola colored brown with a one inch tan head. smells of dark fruits, candi sugar, and a bit of spicy yeast. deep rich flavor of dried fruits and yeast. finishes with some fruity esters, sour grapes, spice, and a bit of an alcohol burn. mouthfeel is smooth with some foamy character to it. absolutely wonderful stuff, and what a beer to hit a milestone with!

This one will knock your socks off. Rich and complex. Fruit and spice come through in the nose, heady mouthfeel too. A bit of an alcohol burn on the back end reminds you it’s 10 point. Overall, very good, though a bit frothier than I like.

Very tasty overall. The mouthfeel is not quite as impressive as Rochefort 10 but I enjoy the flavor a bit more. Rich fruity flavors come out along with some light sugar. The dark fruits are brilliantly complex. A beer I will always come back to