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Westvleteren 12

Percentile
100
overall
Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Abt/Quadrupel

Westvleteren, Belgium

bottled
common

on tap
available

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RatingsAverageScoreABVStyle PctlServe in
16284.49/5.04.49/5.010.2%100Trappist glass
Commercial Description:
Westvleteren has the smallest output of the Trappist breweries, with only a small part of their production available outside of Belgium.
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roguemonk (9), Orland Park, Illinois, USA
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4.8 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/59/105/520/20
Jan 22, 2009  
Beautiful nose...wonderful flavor...Any day with Westvleteren Abt 12 a good day! I look forward to winter just so I ca drink wonderful beers like these.


 fidel (912), Livermore, California, USA
4.5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/518/20
Jan 21, 2009    Updated: Sep 25, 2009
Thanks to whoever brought this to the Woodshop Quad tasting. Pours hazy dark amber brown, smooth, dark fruits, molasses, chocolate, caramel, vanilla, slight alcohol.


 wheresthepath (534), Buckinghamshire, England
4.3 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/104/59/105/516/20
Jan 18, 2009  
Many thanks to Lee for liberating this bottle from a Bruges beer shop for me, after (apparently) a lot of searching. Shared it with Jus. Pours deep brown with a moderate creamy head. Slight carbonation. Very very smooth indeed, tastes of sweet raisins and dates and figs and muscovado sugar and sweet malt, but with a well balanced bitterness. You don’t taste the alcohol, and unlike many strong beers, it’s not syrupy - although it’s certainly quite thick! A very, very good beer that’s easier to drink than the ABV would suggest, and beats its rivals Rochefort 10 and St Bernardus 12 hands down.


 TearsforBeers (172), Ohio, USA
4.6 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/58/105/519/20
Jan 17, 2009  
Holy thanks to bitbucket for this glorious beer to end our Trappist beer tasting! Pours a very nice dark ruby brown with lasting creamy off white head and excellent lacing. The aroma is gloriously complex, with notes of molasses, caramel, hay, straw, cereal, chocolate, wine, earth, sour dough, raisins, prunes, dates, tobacco, espresso, and jasmine. The flavor is similar, though a bit less complex than the aroma, with many of the same complex flavors coming through. The mouthfeel is very nice, medium thick, but creamy and warming. Overall, this beer lives up to the hype, and is holy and beautiful, but is not my favorite style.


 grandgenie (252), gatineau, Quebec, Canada
5 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
10/105/510/105/520/20
Jan 16, 2009  
Dégusté le 3 décembre 2006 avec french tickler lors de sa 100e bière sur ratebeer. Sur des chants grégoriens de CARL ORFF, ERA et EMMA SHAPPLIN nous profitions d’un moment exeptionnel de plénitude. Du vieillissement en cave de plus de 6 ans au service dans un verre trappistte de chimay et à la température d’une cave de 14 degré, tout avait été mis en oeuvre pour exploiter au maximum cette denrée rare. L’ors du décapsulage il y était inscrit meilleur avant le 07/09/04 avec un pourcentage d’alcool de 10,6%. Depuis ce moment, l’objet de convoitisent: (le yellow cap) fait parti de mon porte bonheur. Pour débuter l’apparence de cette bière est dans l’ensemble déjà impressionnante avec une séparation bien marqué de deux produits distincts: La bière de couleur brune orangé rougeâtre et d’un dépôt acqueux brun foncé ambré. Une fois les deux liquides mélangés, je n’ai pas besoin de vous dire la sensation déjà installée, elle nous promettait de l’exception! En débutant avec l’arôme nous en sommes venu à un concensus assez rapide; elle dévoillait continuellemment de nouvellent saveurs. En plus de la musique choisis pour ce moment, notre âme était ailleurs, nous ne pouvions plus se permettre d’évaluer cette bière. Nous nous sentions imputables d’entraver le respect que nous donnais cette fontaine de jouvence. De la bienséance était désormait obligatoire car nous étions certains à ce moment qu’elle était la meilleur bière au monde. Un simple regard suffit au moment de joindre à nos lèvres se divin liquide pour comprendre que le silence était requis; La seul personne autorisé à communiqué avec nous était monsieur westy........Cette boisson est beaucoup plus qu’une bière elle est l’expression d’un symbole pour tous un peuples. Comparativement au vin ou aux spiritueux, il n’est pas question de prix mais de passience et mérite. En bref, il faut se préparer à recevoir ce liquide divin içi sur terre car apparemment au ciel il n’y à pas de bière sauf celle-çi.....


 HOPSHUNTER (376), Tampa, Florida, USA
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/104/519/20
Jan 13, 2009  
Bottle in Bruges from a residents private cellar. Well, it took me quite a bit to get my hands on one of these, luckily I didn’t have to go all the way to the monestary. It absolutely lived up to my expectations. Poured a deep rich brown with beautiful light tan lacing. Definately one of the smoothest Belg. Quads I’ve ever had. Hardly notice the copious amounts of alcohol. Definately worth the 10 euros/bottle I had to pay the guy for it.


 altonbrownd (1888), Amsterdam, Netherlands
4.7 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
9/105/510/105/518/20
Jan 12, 2009  
Bottle at Beer Mania, Brussels. This is the holy grail. Little foam, heavy on alcohol but you can barely notice that. The brew is licorice colored. Then, the taste is complex, dense, carbonated and highly sweet. Finishes very softly and the taste remains for a long time afterwards. Perfection.


 porterhouse (1152), Alna, Maine, USA
4.2 Aroma Appearance Flavor Palate Overall
8/104/58/104/518/20
Jan 10, 2009  
(Bottle, no label, cap is stamped "09.05.10", via trade with TheCheeseMan, thanks Daniel!, cellared for 1 yr. after trade) Pours dark brown with two fingers of tan head that recede to a thin lasting layer. Aroma of brown sugar, dark fruit, candy, perhaps chocolate. Mouthfeel initially a bit fizzy, this dissipates in later samples. Fairly soft. Nice weepy rings of lacing. Flavor of sweet dark fruit, perhaps dates, light brown sugar and chocolate. Chocolate becomes a bit more prominent as it warms. Alcohol wamth emerges towards finish and makes it slightly hot. Very similar overall to Rochefort 10. I enjoyed it but like with Rochefort I was expecting a little more.



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