Westvleteren 12

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

Al ma che siete venuti a fà ho bevuto un vintage ke credo fosse del 2005 o prima..... è semplicemente qualcosa di indescrivibile....

330 ml bottle. From Westvleteren, Belgium.
Poured to Westvleteren glass. Murky reddish brown colour with small tan head. Yeast, dried dark fruits, raisins, plums, some sugar and sweet alcohol in quite moderate aroma. Sweet fruity, yeasty, winey, dark malty flavour with dried fruits, raisins, plums and bitter hops in rich and full flavour. Alcohol warmth but no taste of it. Short bitterish aftertaste that turns sweet. Pretty excellent for my RateBeer rating # 1 000.

Thanks to thirdeye11 for sharing this beer with me. This is beer No. 1,000 for me. I wanted to do something special but had no idea thirdeye11 was going to break out a bottle of this. Thanks a ton. Pours a medium brown with a beige head. The aroma is dark fruit along with some alcohol and caramel malt. The flavor is complex with brown sugar and dark fruit. This has a little more alcohol flavor than some quads but everything is nicely balanced. Medium mouthfeel and extremely drinkable. Not sure if this is the best beer in the world, but there are certainly no flaws. Thanks again to thirdeye11.

Had this to end Beer Quest 2010. Amazing brew. Pours perfect brown with haze. Aroma of Raisins and Alcohol. Flavor hides alc. well. There is flavor of the raisins and malts. Delicious brew. great way to end it.

Bottle from 08. Hype? Maybe maybe not. Rich malty nice Belgian yeast and carbonation. Easy as hell to drink. I’ve had it before an I’ll want/have it again. Yes this is pretty great.

Opened and shared with a couple of friends. It’s a beer you have to share and talk about and we sat around the table for 20 minutes talking about the best beer in the world, what it is, subjectivity, what makes this beer the supposed number 1... for those reasons alone it’s a brilliant beer to drink, but for the flavour in my glass it isn’t the best beer in the world. And there isn’t a category for ’talkability’. Give it to me at the cafe opposite the brewery and I’ll see if it changes my mind.

oh boy did i like this one! Don’t know where to start but i will start of, the colour is incredibly rich and dark, a little ruby like. The aroma is fantastic and can only remind you of where it came from, the craftsmanship gone in and is rich in caramel, coffee like hints and butterscotch is what i seem to find. Going on with the taste, which is very abundant and just as good as the aroma. Very smooth and still so full of spicey yet subtile dark flavours. A perfect example of appearance, taste and experience. Making an appointment at the st. sixtus abbey soon to pick up another stack!

(New Year’s Eve tasting Flight (3 of 3 11:44p)) Westvleteren 12 - What a difference in head. While the Westy Blonde and Extra 8 poured huge heads that almost escaped the glass, this one poured a 1/4" head of foam, which has now disappated to just a bubbly ring, visually like cola soda. Color of body is dark brown. Aroma of dark chocolate with some brown sugars. Also a smooth backbone of dark malts. No real hop aromatics at all. Very raisiny flavor. Full mouthfeel. Carbonation can also be felt in the mouth. Interestingly, of the three this one didn’t have any sediment in the bottle, while there was sludge on the bottom of the lighter beers. Warming in the throat. Enjoyable, but not sure I would want to drink this as often as the Westy 8.