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Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Abt/Quadrupel
Westvleteren, Belgium

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RATINGS: 2599   WEIGHTED AVG: 4.45   EST. CALORIES: 306   ABV: 10.2%
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Westvleteren has the smallest output of the Trappist breweries, with only a small part of their production available outside of Belgium.


Jethro6191's rating

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
Jethro6191 (330) - Indiana, USA - DEC 25, 2012
Pours a copper-brown with a dense creamy ivory head. Malty sweet aroma with fruity esters, candy sugar, toast, cherry, caramel, raisin, and alcohol notes. Flavor is wonderfully rich and sweet with a fruity spiciness. Flavor notes are similar to the aromas. The mouthfeel is smooth and creamy with a slight alcohol warm. The carbonation level is high and the finish is semi-dry. This is an awesome beer... Heaven in a glass! Hats off to Shelton Brothers for bringing this limited release to the US and to Crown Liquors for bringing it to Indianapolis.


most recent ratings

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
dctriman (25) - USA - MAY 19, 2013
This beer is amazing. Don’t drink it too cold or you will miss out on a lot of the great flavors

4.9
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
KombatAle (22) - New Brunswick, CANADA - MAY 19, 2013
strong belgian dark quadrupel ale, amazing aroma and taste after some months, wow, dangerous beer, not cheap but amazing!

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
ed37 (2) - NETHERLANDS - MAY 19, 2013 does not count
Blijft het allerbeste bier van de wereld. De smaak is geweldig en blijft lang hangen in je mond.

3.6
   AROMA 5/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 6/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 15/20
max.shelton (10) - Washington DC, USA - MAY 18, 2013
This beer is clearly overrated. Of course, it is excellent, but there are several Trappist beers that I would rank better, and a handful of other traditional breweries that most certainly rank higher. The beer is very sweet, due to the extracts and syrups that they have started to use over the last few years. It looks beautiful (reddish brown), is wonderfully carbonated, and tastes very nice with a clean finish, but is not as mind-blowing as I would have expected. I would take De Struise’s ostveletren 12 or Achel over this one. That being said, this brew is still excellent.

4.3
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 16/20
ansalon (198) - SWEDEN - MAY 18, 2013
A lovely reddish brown burgundy color with a compact off-white head. Nose is caramel, raisins, vanilla, cherries, dried fruit. Taste is complex: raisins, dried fruit, dates, figs, caramel, toffee. Lingering notes of caramel with creamy textures coating the mouth. Very very good, but does not quite live up to the hype. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

4.1
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 3/5   TASTE 8/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 17/20
ericdevin (240) - Eugene, Oregon, USA - MAY 18, 2013
Bottle from 16 Tons, Eugene. So, I must preface this review by saying that I’m not very inclined towards abts in general, but I passed a glass of this guy around last night when friends were over. Pretty good, but there are definitely beers in this style that I prefer. Pours a very dark cloudy brown, lots of particulate. Aroma is amazing, sweet, candi sugar, malt, prunes, vanilla, dried fruit, cherries. The body is lively enough, and the finish hits very boozy, with subtle almond notes. A good beer but I wasn’t gobsmacked.

3.2
   AROMA 6/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 7/10   PALATE 4/5   OVERALL 11/20
stumpyiliz (135) - Boulder, Colorado, USA - MAY 17, 2013
Not all that its hyped up to be. Lots of spicy floral flavor. Alcohol very present throughout the serving. Good body but the depth meat and character are no where on par with the number one beer in the world. Prefer rocherfort 10 or the malheur 12 better.

4.6
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 4/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
westievleteren (1) - California, USA - MAY 16, 2013 does not count
The best beer I ever tried.. Full of flavour, has a roasty floral aftertaste... It feels full in mouth and has some caramel flavours in the palate.. If this can help the ones who would like to try the beer, have a look on : westvleterenshop.com .. I had a great experience there, and found out the best prices.. Good luck

4.7
   AROMA 9/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 9/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 19/20
dmbsnuts (301) - Carpentersville, Illinois, USA - MAY 15, 2013
This is a default message... As I do not wish, nor have time to comment on each beer I try at this time. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

5
   AROMA 10/10   APPEARANCE 5/5   TASTE 10/10   PALATE 5/5   OVERALL 20/20
mrecioji (5) - SPAIN - MAY 15, 2013 does not count
Spectacular, stunning, unique, adjectives fail me for this beer. One of the best beers I’ve tried.


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