Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

UPDATED: SEP 29, 2009 Beer pours a deep brown with hues of ruddy character coming through. Aroma is incredible with raisin, plums, dates, biscuits, and rich malts. The flavor is much the same. This beer is rather soft, not harsh in any way. Its so dangerously easy to drink. This is a very special beer indeed. I definitely hope to have this one again!

Buy the St.Bernardus 12, if you want to drink the same beer to 1/3 the cost!

A damn near perfect beer. The example that I tried, in celebration of finally passing Level 3 of the CFA exams, was about 5-6 years old. The aroma was a complex mix of choclates, vanilla, stone fruits, pepper, caramel, leather and a hint of mustiness. The flavor was less complex, but wonderfully clean and sweet on the open with a dry vinuous quality at the end. The best part of the beer was definitely the texture. On the palate the bubbles created a mousse-like quality that really coated the inside of your mouth. With the wonderful acidity, it almost felt as if this was the sweetest and most concentrated Rose champagne of all time. Magnificent beer. Is it the best in the world? I don’t know, but I’ll keep trying the other ones to find out.

Cap date 09.03.12, so it’s ~2.5 years old(?). Opened as part of a 4-way blind taste test with Abt 12, Rochefort 10, and Malheur 12. Thanks to Sarah for administering! The four of us participating all exclaimed something when smelling the (unbeknownst to us) Westy for the first time. Its aroma holds layers upon layers of complexity that the others simply couldn’t match. The term "bready" is thrown around often, but Westy actually smells like a freshly baked loaf of bread. Surprisingly strong caramel character too with a more tame spiciness than the others. As stated, we all agreed that this was the best aroma of the bunch. Extremely complex flavor without an over-reliance on the style’s traditional spice characteristics. Tons of caramel (again) atop a really interesting flavor profile. Bready. Significantly more interesting than the others. Finishes slightly sweet with lingering caramel amidst the boozy warmth. Westy 12 sports a fuller body than any of its peers. Noticeably more luscious and creamy than the others. The monks at Westvleteren deserve the hype they’ve earned over the years. This is the best Belgian Quad in the world, hands down.

Amazing beer. Great flavor great palate great pour. Did I say great lol this beer is amazing

Very dark brown, tan head. Nose is complex, sweet, dried plums, chocolate, pungent alcohol, malt, berries and caramel. Oily, stick palate, almost cloying, but not quite. Thick, chewy body. Taste is, again, complex. The elements of the nose blend together into a layered harmony with added liquorice notes, roastiness and some bitterness in the finish, complimented by the warming alcohol. Excellent and intriguing.

After hours of nonstop calling I managed to make an appointment at the St. Sixtus Abdij for 2x 24 bottles of TW12. I have tried a few bottles, the others ones are now lied away in the basement for over several years. It looks very dark with a white, little tanned and steady head, almost simular to Irish Coffee. The aroma has some sweet and fruitish elements. It’s flavor is a complex combination of sweet fruits and a bitter aftertaste which has hints of grapefruit. The alcohol, which is present with large numbers, isn’t noticable at all. I haven’t had any better beers (yet). It lives up to the hype. But the scarcity and the ordering process (together: the whole story) sure do their part as well. Aldus Huubs. ---Rated via Beer Buddy for iPhone

Not the best beer in the world! The taste is not that special as you aspect..

Birra unica nel suo genere dal colore marrone scuro con schiuma bianca e cremosa. l’aroma è di malto caramellato, tostato e luppolo. In bocca la dolcezza del malto viene equilibrata dal tostato in un alternanza di sapori frutti scuri, cioccolato, crosta di pane... Buonissima