St. Bernardus Prior 8

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

Dark brown color that pours a long-lasting tan head. Spicy smell with a hint of chocolate. Surprisingly medium body for a beer with a thick head. Malty taste with a woody flavor- almost tastes as if it were aged in a whisky barrel.

Large bottle. Once again, really good stuff. I have liked every style of St Bernadus so far. They all seem to be so alive. This one pours a murky brown with an excellent head that continually breathes and leaves a lacing all the way through. Excellent belgian ale.

330ml bottle. Coppery to brown in colour with a huge dense persistent light tan coloured head. Strong aroma with fruity esters and a peppery spice background. The aroma lures you in and entices you to have a sip.Very strong flavour with a big bold body and strong alcohol undercurrent. Feels soft and velvety in the mouth.

Aroma of molasses, plum, currant and some chocolate. Appearance was murky and brown with thin head. Flavor had some sour apple, caramel, molasses and a heaping of chocolate. Palate was lively and bubbly. Just a notch below the Abt 12 in my book.

Bottle. Unclear brown colour with a huge off-white head. Aroma and flavour of roasted malt, hops, chocolate and brown sugar.

Garnet pour with large off-white head. Fair amount of yeast chucks floating around. Aroma is full of dark caramel malts, candi sugar and hints of spices. Rather sweet. As it warms up cloves and chocolate note become apparent. Flavours are mostly dark malts (sweet, toasty), sweet candi sugar and a hint of noble hops. Sharp alcohol presence is quite strong. Slick mouthfeel, good high carbonation but it does feel slightly watery.

Lovely brown beer. Little bit Fruity taste. Not a really extended taste but still very good.

Pours a cloudy, chunky brown with a thick creamy head; Pretty much looks just like the 12 and Tripel. aroma is very malty, with honey, toffee, caramel. Smells very nice, promising great flavor to come. Ooh, very nice: Sweet brown sugar, huge malts, slightly bitter with a pretty distinct floral flavor at the end. Alcohol is just barely present. Mouthfeel is creamy. Very smooth flavor and palate. Soft, velvety I might call it. Just very classy and very "Bernardus". Overall, excellent to world-class.