Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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 :(

Nice dark beer, sweet flavor, spicy, good heavy sweetness. Smell of sweet malts, caramel. Balanced. I like it, but think it is a bit overrated, there are better beers around of other small belgian brewers.

Smagt hos Morten. Malt, rugbrød, maltbolcher, sveske, rosin, gær,honning,vinøs,brun, uklar, tonet hvidt tæt langt skum, meget sød, lidt bitter,let fuld, cremet, livlig.

Bottle (best by 10-2-10) shared by the legendary footbalm on his quick return to SLC, thanks
Appearance: Pours hazy brown with a medium off-white head and some lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, cherries, fruity, belgian candi and nutty
Taste: Toasted malts, dark fruits, caramel and earthy
A great beer all around, well balanced throughout. I’m glad I got to try this.

Bottle shared by colonelforbin. Big thanks Mike. Bottled on 15 December 2009. Pours a cola brown with a small light that has very good retention and leaves a decent amount of lacing on the glass. A little big of yeast can be seen floating in it. Aroma is big dark, plum, raisin, light brown sugar, a light nuttiness, Belgian yeast, and light alcohol. The taste is sweet with raisin, plum, brown sugar, hints of nuts. No alcohol to be found in the taste. Medium body. Medium carbonation. Really smooth for being such a big beer. A very good beer. Certainly one of the best quads I had. I wouldn’t say it was one of my personal favorites, but I can certainly see how it has the reputation that it does.

May 8, 2011. Sampled in a Trappist glass. Excited to have the opportunity to sample this. Heavenly aroma of ripe dark fruit; taste is an explosion of the same, with mysterious spices, vague chocolate notes and a muted alcohol burn absolutely overwhelming the senses. Perfectly balanced. Definitely lives up to its billing. A "religious experience" in a glass, and I savored every drop.

Bottle. Pours a dark red brown with a huge yellow/tan head. Aroma is apples, cinnamon, pears, and caramel. Flavor is apples, cinnamon, grapes, pepper, pears, pineapple. Medium body with good tingly carbonation and great heat. Wow...this beer totally lives up to the hype...unbelievable.