St. Bernardus Pater 6

Bottled. Brown, hazy colour with big fluffy off-white head. The head vanishes quite quickly though. Leaves slight lace. Aroma is nuts, slight spices and dry dark fruit. Flavour is malts, caramel, spices. Maybe a slight dissappointment if having the 12 in the thoughts, but still a good little brother, though a lot emptier. By no means a bad brew, hides the alcohol well and is quite pleasantly mixed.

A red/brown beer, with a dense, big head. Nutty aroma. Malty flavour, with spices and some winey and licorice notes. The body is good, but too light for my taste. This is the only little problem with this good beer.

Bottle; nose of caramel, raisins, and some nutmeggy spices; clear brown with a big, quick disapating, off white head, that left a few white laces; flavor of caramel, yeast, and plums, the finish in the medium body being sweet.

Pours a muddy brown hue with a small white head. Aroma is sweet chocolate, some fruit. Not overly exciting, sweet and dry.

Pours cloudy brown with a medium sized long lasting head. Aroma is dried fruit with a hint of alcohol. Flavor is slightly sweet, but the fruity flavors are much weaker than I would have expected. Finish is smooth, with a hint of hops. A good drinking beer, but not nearly as complex as the others in the line.

Nose is strongly vinous with figs, treacle, loads of caramel and a hint of cinnamon. Pours muddy brown with a persistant head. The sweetness carries into the flavour and there develops more figs and some raisins, and a toasted cereal, porridge like quaity. Mouthfeel is well carbed with a little bit of lingering sharp fizz at the back of the throat. Finish develops a bitterness and a bit of reasonable acidity. Very good.

12 oz bottle thanks to Secret Santa. Hazy caramel color with a white head. Sweet caramel and port aroma with faint Belgian candy notes. The flavor is wholey unlike the aroma with musty malt that leads you to believe it going to be sweet but most certainly denies you of such. Vague barely noticeable malt notes (not sweet). Grains dominate but they are plain. Body is what is better here. Thick and full. While this was not particularly enjoyable it was drinkable. I poached some red snapper in this with great success though it did not add any big flavors.

Poured a clear reddish brown with a moderste white head and good lacing. Bready with sweet caramel malt, raisins, bananas, and a moderate hop flavor with a dose of bitterness. Not as intense as the 8 or 12 but much more quaffable.