Westvleteren 12

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

This isn’t just a great beer, it’s unique and I can attest this beer has earned every bit of hype that it receives.

Bottle thanks for sharing Jon. The look is a darker red color with not a whole lot of head. The smell is toffee, honey, sweet, malts, fruits, raisans, and caramel. The taste is caramel, alcohol, fruits, raisans, sweet, and toffee.

Sampled as a precursor to the Hopsnobbery Collective barley wine tasting on 3.14.09. Pours a clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma of malt, sugar, yeast and grape (similar to the 8, but not quite so grapey). Sweet malty flavor with yeast, many different fruits, and a somewhat boozy finish. Very good for a belgian, but I actually liked the 8 better.

Bottle: Cloudy brown with a small ring head. Mellow aroma of mild fruit followed by a smooth flavor of figs and perhaps some mild cherry. I only got a small sample and i think to get a thorough rating in I would have needed to drink the whole bottle. It hides the alcohol well and is extremely easy to drink.

Bought July 07 @ the Bier Tempel in Brussels. First time trying this for me too. Pours not quite clear dark mahogany brown, quite lovely foaming medium khaki head, settles to a covering layer. Aroma - dark fruits, dark malts, some earthy viney notes, muscovado and cherry too? Flavor - initial kick of strong alcohol notes. Full-bodied, dark fruits, cookie or cookie dough. Very creamy smooth palate. Final impression of bitter nuts and alcohol, yeast. This beer is not boozy or overly alcoholic, but it adds noticeably to the body.
For my notes, this tastes very very similar to st bernardus 12 maybe minus some of the cola / dr. pepper tones, so i dont see where people get off saying this is way better. This is also so smooth and straight edged that if I remember, the Rocheforts seemed more interesting at the time. But that’s impossible to say for sure without a side by side comparison.

Beer #1000!!! Dark brown in color and cloudy with a small off-white head. Aroma is of flowers, bread, yeast, caramel, brown sugar, honey, toffee, nuts, apples, and pear...huge, complex aroma! Taste is also sweet with caramel, honey wood, yeast, toffee, and brown sugar.

What do I need to say. Finally!!! This kicked off out Quad night. Big thanks to Sam right off the start. Bottle pours out hazy brown topped with a sand head. The aroma was over the top. Tons of sweetness cherries, apple, malts, yeast, very complex. The tast was just as full of flavor. Every thing from honey to fruit. Very nice. this didn’t let me down. May I have another.

Sweetish aroma on this full dark beer. Taste is bittery with a sweet-and-sour touch. A lot of different tastes come by when tasting. Overall an awesome beer.