St. Bernardus Pater 6

Brewed by St. Bernard Brouwerij
Style: Abbey Dubbel
Watou, Belgium

Pours a dark red brown with a thin tan head with decent lacing left on the glass. Aroma of malt, ripe plum, sugar and malt, very sweet smelling. Very candylike at first, powdered sugar with banana, yeast, malt and a slight sourness as it finishes. Light feel but carbonated, a bit fizzy. Good abbey but would rather have the 8 or 12 any day.

Tinge of pink to the frothy big head good carbonation in a red brown pour that is misty with a fig aroma malt raisin banana flavour smooth malty banana fig raisin good hop flavour with mild bitter yeasty notes slight tang plum and mild cherry taste finish really fruity dry smooth.

Pours murky orange with a foamy white head. Heavily carbonated. Aroma is of bananas, spice, malt, and yeast. Taste is very sweet fruit, mostly lemon and bananas with malt, spice, and yeast. Very earthy taste. Light, creamy mouthfeel.

Great looking beer. Pours a cloudy brown, with a nice frothy off-white head. Very little lacing, but all is foregiven. Light aroma of pit fruit and a bit of alcohol. Flavor is a light malt, roasted nuts, bread, with a touch of hop bittering. Palate is a bit fizzy and carbonated for my tastes. Overall a good basic Belgian ale

I drink this “Pater” in remembrance of Father Dan O’Sullivan at St. Irenaeus, who married me to my wife and baptized our kids, who enjoyed any beer I brought him and with whom I shared my first DFH WWS. Pours deep brown with a big head that needed some time to settle. Nice smell of raisins and plums, with sweetness emanating from the glass. After that buildup, the taste actually runs a little light. Sweetness is NOT that heavy. Instead, like a modest ale, it simply delivers a nice blend of malt and some nearly German-type hop sharpness. Lot of chunky foam and lace sticking around the glass. Fruitiness not as apparent in the taste. This bottle, at least, slides in more like a basic fine ale. And that’s just fine by me.

Pours reddish brown with a decent white head. Aroma is sweet and malty, slightly yeasty, as is the taste.

bottle at ørsted cph. aroma of caramel, malts, toffee. appears dark brown witha small white head. flavor is wery well balanced, sweet caramelly yeasty of nature. delicious.

Pours a light brown with pinkish orange highlights and a big white head. Aroma is very fruity with some nice yeast spiciness. Flavor is softly sweet with some plum like fruit flavors and clove spice. Awesome mouthfeel and extremely drinkable.