Westvleteren Extra 8

Brewed by Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus
Style: Belgian Strong Ale
Westvleteren, Belgium

Sampled as a precursor to the Hopsnobbery Collective barley wine tasting on 3.14.09. Pours a clear amber with a thin off-white head. Aroma of malt, hops, apple and some other fruits, but mostly smells like grape flavored bubbalicious bubble gum. Malty flavor with lots of grape, belgian yeast and some alcohol. Much better than most belgians I’ve tried.

Ecco questo è uno dei casi in cui una birra pure molto buona, ottima, viene pompatissima; la abt 12 mi è piaciuta assai, è valsa decisamente la pena di provarla (anche se non la spesa). Questa è una grande birra, non ci piove, ma per dire solo in Italia se ne producono molte in stesso stile che sanno competere per non dire vincere; e questo prezzo lo paghi per 75cl. Con ciò, è straordinaria: soprattutto il sapore mi ha molto soddisfatto, nonostante fosse un po’ giovane la birra credo.

From de Vrede cafe. Amazinly rich nutty yeasty dark fruit aroma (yea I should have taken better notes but I was too busy enjoying the moment). Pours a darker glowing brown with a fizzy head. Obviously quite young and needs some time, sweet molasses, nutty, some dark fruit, slightly bitter but not nearly like the 12. This beer was exceptionally drinkable. Medium bodied, a bit sticky with ample fizzy carbonation.

The smell is fruits, figs, dates, yeast, malts, candi sugar, sweetness, and dried fruits. The look is an amber color, cloudy in look, great tan head. The taste is sweet, candi sugar, yeast, belgian, raisans, malts, and fruits.

Brown in color with a good sized beige head. Aroma is of malt, toffee, licorice, caramel, candi sugar, raisin, and banana. Taste is of raisin, plum, malt, spices and candi sugar. Palate is perfect...medium bodied, great carbonation and a medium dry finish.

Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Bottle marked 20-09-10). Pours with a fluffy, light tan head that sticks over a deep, hazy, amber brown body. Great lace. Aroma is banana, licorice, light alcohol, plums, yeast, dried fruits and candi sugar. A bit on the non assertive side. Taste is rum, dark fruits, plum and a touch of wheat. Water like consistency, light bubbles. Very good, albeit understated beer.

bottle thanks to jkwalking05. deep brown pour with a thick cream head and nose of dark fruits, floral notes and raisins? great on the palate with an even better flavor of fruits but the apple sticks out the most. great beer

Bottle thanks to jkwalking05. Pours a murky dark brown. Aroma of some dark, citrus, with a tang. Flavor is semi sweet with some funk and citrus. Mouth feel is medium body and fizzy carbonation.....Pretty good stuff!