Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

Gonna be hard to top this one. Poured a golden brown, medium head minimal lacing ... and a terrific aroma of candied sugars, figs and raisins. Excellent body with medium sweetness, hints of vanilla, dark fruits and some caramel. excellent carbonation and a solid finish. I think what sets this one apart form others it the incredible balance between the carbonation, flavors and alcohol. Hard to live up to the hype of being the highest ranked beer in the world - but definitely something everyone must try if you have the chance. It is worth it! Great beer for my 40th!!

The best trappist I have taster, dark brown in color, nice top smells very good complex and fruity. THe taste is SMOOTH and complex. I generally prefer Imperial Stouts but this is a very, very good beer. Try it when you have the chance!

11/17/13 bottle, a fantastic present (along with a Westvleteren glass) from my son. Served with an appropriate accompaniment of Havarti cream cheese and Carr’s table wafers. Sharp caramel aroma, cloudy ruby amber with off-white head, little lacing. Like drinking a hot-cross-bun. Has a strong caramel malt flavor that doesn’t overwhelm. In fact its strength is derived from its exquisite balance of sweetness, carbonation, bitterness, and alcohol. Nothing stands out, nothing is lacking, the finish lingers. It tastes right.

A very good beer, by far not the best in the world. still glad I’ve got easy access to this on, though

Found this at an excellent restaurant (Cambrinus) in Brugge, Belgium advertising 400 beers on a recent trip. 10 euros on the menu. Very complex taste, somewhat discouraged by the lack of a head but the taste grew on you the more you drank. Excellent with the beef dish I ordered. World’s Best Beer? Depends on your tastes but worth a try.

Did I just drank my first Westy 12? That is what I’m thinking about right now. And yes I did. It took me a while to find the original glass, but I found it. I’ve enjoyed this beer on one of Holland’s first sunny days while chilling on my balcony. I must say, it sure lives up to it’s reputation. Incredibly smooth, round taste, with hints of cookie, pear and some dark fruits. It looks great in it’s glass, showing a dark ruby red colour. Head is firm, soapy like and stays on during the entire drinking expierence (wich lasted over an hour in my case) The only thing that was a bit disapointing was the aroma. It was great, really great, but not what I expected. And since I don’t like giving perfect scores, I call that the only tiny, wee, minor flaw in Westvleteren 12.

Bottle of 09 vintage. Pours a dark chesnut color with some deep red notes, and a beige head. Aroma is of dark fruits, ryebread, funk, dark cherries, brown sugar, rum, chocolate and is very complex. Flavors is again quite dark fruity, with alot of sweet malts, along with candied and brown sugar, molasses, dark cherries, chocolate, slight amount of alcohol, ryebread and some subtle funk. The body is medium with a dry and creamy mouthfeel. Overall this so called ’’Best Beer In The World’’ is not the best beer I have had, but it certainly is a great one.

Bottle from Brügge, 2008 (a friend gave me half a bottle, sadly i was still in Macro-pilsner dreamland at the time :(