Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Bottle brought back from Belgium by my dad on a recent trip. Flavor is very warming with a strong fruity essence. My buddy and I split the bottle and one small glass was far different in texture and flavor than the other. One was dark brown, almost black while the other was dark orange. We mixed them and enjoyed the blend of fig, apicot, and sweet prune. Again, very warm alcohol feel, but smooth like an aged scotch. Unique.

Pour deep dark brown with big pillow of beige head. Aroma of honey, yeast, clove, bread, dark malt, dark fruits. Taste spicy yeast, honey, dark fruit, bread, nice hops, candy sugar, light earthiness. MF full body quite rich with fine fizzy carb. Overall a great beer with a lot of complexity, terrific mouthfeel, and wide variety of flavor. This is a world class beer however the hype over exceeds the end result with that said I would still drink this beer any day of the week and could easily see it amongst some of my favorites. A very special thanks to Jeff for this one I owe ya.

Bottle, sample, not sure of the vintage. Darker amber with a tan head. Aroma: vanilla, brandy, dried fruit. Stor och mysig arom. Taste: liqueur, vanilla, creamy, rhubarb pie with custard, dried fruit. Pretty full-bodied, towards oily. A really nice one. I’ll leave that whole overrated or not discussion to others.

Dark cloudy ruby brown with a decent sized beige head that leaves a small amount of lacing. Aroma is of mahogany, honey, burnt sugar, oak. Medium body with a slightly creamy texture and mild carbonation. This beer has a good level of complexity, there are subtle new flavours even in the long finish. Flavours are honey, herbs, caramel, malt, fudge, and a touch of tannin and subtle bitterness.

Pours an opaque brown color with a huge foamy tan head...nice lacing and retention. Aroma has raisin and fig...faint yeasty spice and alcohol. Flavor is intense with raisin, fig, caramel maltiness, and a candy sugary sweetness...subtle spicy hop notes...earthy...slight alcohol. mouthfeel is silky smooth with an earthy, spicy finish that lingers and warms...slightly dry.

Bottle. Poured dark brown with little head. Lots of carbonation with dark fruit and yeast flavours. Very nice finish that lasts a long time.

Poured from a bottle into a chalice. Deep dark brown in color, dark fruit with bread notes on the nose. Tastes of more dark fruit with some alcohol. Very pleasant on the tongue despite the high alcohol. Elite quad.

Bottle courtesy of fonefan through meilby. Pours cloudy brown with a dense tan head. Aroma is sweet dark sugars, prunes, figs, raisins, . Taste is medium sweet, light bitter, light awesomeness. Full body, oily, soft carbonation. 20110421