Westvleteren 12

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

Serve in Trappist glass

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Prima volta assaggiata.Birra fantastica con sentori di frutti scuri,malto dolce e una leggerissima luppolatura...Sicuramente tra le migliori birre che ho assaggiato

Bought this one at the biertempel in brugge. Nice dark trappist beer, creamy full head, great taste. Nice aroma, flavored with various tints of, resin, woody, roasty, citrus, coffee. Try this one if you can. They only sell just enough to cover the bills. But see if yoy can get your hands on one or two. Enjoy...

Bottle from "Berlin Bier Store", Berlin. Got the last bottle they had. Pours opaque brown, with quite lively carbonation. Big head. Aroma of brown malts, toffee, ripe fruits and brown sugars. Taste is super creamy, with loads of caramel, vanilla, resin and some fruity aspects. Worlds best? I dont know, but it’s the best quad out there for sure.

Dark amber/brown color. Nose sweet, chocolate, vanilla and some spices. Taste caramel, fruit, vanilla and smooky very well balanced beer. Wonderful beer!

33 cl bottle (BB 12/2013) Deep brown but with a little red touch. Tan head that slowly fades. Aroma is sweet, bread, a bit chocolate, some spices. Taste is smoky, caramel, still some chocolate, fruit, vanilla. Get sweeter and more complex by warming up. The alcohol comes late. Lovely mouthfeel, a bit sticky.

Pours a bleary chestnut brown into chalice. Smells immediately of hot whiskey alcohol, cashews, Candi sugar, vanilla beans, cinnamon, leather, cough drops and mint. Upon this mighty beer right away I get plums, Cloves cigarettes, heather; as I let it warm it certainly got more sweeter, with notes of honey, oak, yeast, white nectarines and a kind of interesting bite by swallow. Simply awesome stuff.

Dark amber/cider color; Medium slightly creamy body; Aroma of sweet malt, yeast, rich dark fruit, caramel/toffee, & spice; Flavor of sweet malt, yeast, caramel, dark fruit (notably plums, figs & cherries), raisons, toffee, and some chocolate; Slight alcohol at the finish; Very nicely balanced and quite complex; I enjoyed this one more than the Rochefort 10; Overall, worth the hype - delicious!

This is a 4 year old bottle that made its way to me via a friend who got it from another friend living in Germany. Pours a dark cloudy brown, good amount of extremely dense tan foam, leaves behind some fine lacing. Aroma is very lush: figs, cherries, sweetness. Taste is simultaneously smoky, sweet and malty, oaky and earthy, and fruity - raisins and figs most prominently. An extremely complex beer; the specific flavors seem to change subtly with each sip.

E’ una trappista, è la Westvleter 12. E già qui si potrebbe chiudere il discorso. Fatto sta che l’aroma è potente, dolce, complesso e tannico. Un sentore di Rum. Al palato, che lo diciamo a fare, dolce, suadente, complessissima con i sui miliardi di sfumature a cui tutti possono dare una pesronale interpretazione. Un consiglio?! Non mettetela assolutamente nel frigorifero (o in un luogo troppo freddo)!!!! Perderete l’ 80% della magia di questa birra.

Bottle in trade from Cuso, many many thanks for this gem. Pours a very dark and opaque brown with a tall frothy light brown head. Aroma is as complex as you like. Malt, dark fruits, spices and even hints of chocolate. Taste is also just as complex with plenty of malt, dark fruits, spices and floral hops leading to a lightly bitter and fruity finish. Alcohol disguised very well. Well worth the hype. A perfect way to celebrate my birhtday.