Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

The Eepiest hooked it up...Alright...the potheads had to get it at some point. Bottled. Big thick dark brown (almost hinting purple?) with a lasting tan and off-white head. First impression, a ton of grape pot-sickle in taste and flavor. Aroma also comes with big caramel, almost smells sticky, with a bouquet of fruit (if they come in bouquets) and raisins and apricot, and sugary candy. Flavor is light spice creamy, so smooth, and surprisingly not very boozy feeling. Creamy malts with sharp bitterness that is intense for only a second and then lingers. Really lives up to the hype! Flavors are also molasses...but I still can’t get away from the grape pop-sickle. Goes down dangerously easy but light boozy burn in deep aftertaste!

The aroma is unbelievable - raisins, sweet malts, and bready which allows so smooth of a blend. The appearance is a typical Belgian amber red appearance with a big, foamy, mocha head to complement it perfectly. The flavor is notes of the sweet malts with the same aspects in the aroma - bready, raisiny, and smooth. It is that delicious.

(Old BA rate - bottle) Dark, deep coppery brown color and poured with a long-staying slightly tan head. Noticeable sediment toward the bottom of the glass, and some lacing through the sample. weet passion fruits, dark sweet maltiness, candied aromas. Toffee; flavor that reminds me of a melted/reduced cane sugar; pruney and raisiny and deeply maltly. Medium MF, with a nice bubbly carbonation presence. Really coats the entirity of the mouth. Pretty insane drinkability for a quad, though it is definitely a sipper. The intriquing flavors and sweetness definitely piqued my interest and was curious to see how the brew changed as it warmed. Overall, again very glad to have tried this brew and it is indeed wonderful stuff. The flavors and warming touch of booze really provided a pleasant experience. Against the style, it might just be the best I’ve had. As to whether it’s the best brew in the world, I’m not quite sure. Definitely try it if you have the chance.

malt,vanilje,portvin,vinøs, Ud.: kastanienbrun klar, Skum: hvidt luftig,langhold, rolig E.smag sød moderat,bitter moderat Krop fuld For.: cremet Brus flad (mindst 5 år gammel) (33 cl)[home]

A: caramel and fresh baked wheat bread A: murky and brown with a nice beige head T: starts soft and brown sugar sweet, followed by a bit of heat then rasin, black cherry and bitter chocolate. Now the fun part - a slightly sweet and earthy bitterness coats the tongue for as long as you let it. P: silky with and soft carbonation O: I went to a beer festival over the weekend(StL. Microfest) and tasted 30+ beers, while many are great, none were at this level of overall craftsmanship. This is a must for Belgian beer lovers.

11 ounce bottle shared by kyle-A really big thanks man-lite brown pour-beige head-aroma and taste of sweet dried fruit,dough, bread, roasty, -sweet smooth easy finish

First of all, what’s with the picture here? Westvleteren does not have a label when it leaves the abbey! Anyway. 33cl, aged 1.5 years. Pours a darkbrown cloudy beer with a red glare to it. Light-beige creamy head. Protein flakes and yeast chunks swivel around in the glass. Very penetrating smell of caramel, smoked oak and coffee. Taste starts out with roasted malts but not too dominant. It is followed by sweet tones of dried figgs, dates and caramel. A dry aftertaste witch stays shimmering a little acidic on the tongue.

500th rating. Bottle cap date-15.12.12. Consumed March 2010. A murky brown beer with an amazing looking head that very slowly dissipates. I mean this head has the longest retention that I have ever seen. It took about 10 minutes for it to settle down to drink it, but the whole time it was in the glass it kept a 1 inch layer of foam. Perfection? Maybe. The aroma was like baked crusty bread, dark fruits, nuts, dash of chocolate and was quite hoppy. The taste was peppery, more baked bread, lots of nuts, raisins, other dark fruits, yeast, wood, banana and the 10% ABV is absolutely hidden. What I find so great about this beer is the fact that it is so big and has a lot of layers of flavors yet it is extremely drinkable. I hear others mention that Rochefort 10 and Bernardus 12 are just as good. But the difference between Westy and those beers is this is so much more drinkable. This has all those flavors that those beers have and more but goes down way smoother than those other fine beers. I was surprised at how hoppy it was also. I had another bottle of Westy with a different date stamped on it that was not quite as complex as this so that’s what is stopping me from giving it a perfect score. I will revisit the other bottles that I have and if they age for the better then perfect 5.