Westvleteren Extra 8

This is a rerate, my first review sucked. It had no info in it...so here goes. Dark brown pour with a nice thick puffy tan head. Aroma of caramel, prunes, raisins, earthy notes, malt and a rich yeasty aroma. Flavor is just wonderful. I rated better than the 12. Fruity, malty, sweet, balanced...rich and wonderful. Notes of yeast, bread, caramel and dark fruit. MMMMMMore please.

A very tasty beer. was jumping out of the glass. dark brown and thin sweet head. Has a very nice collective spicy taste. it is hard to enumerate the fruits in it. i was very pleased with myself to get it from an online shop..

Bottle. aged. Poured into Westvleteren glass, pours a thick beige head and immediately an incredibly candylike blossom scent reveals. Smell of sugary plums and roasted caramel. Lots of roasted malts. Aroma’s of sweet candy and yeast. Slightly vinous. Very slick. There’s a very warming alcoholic sensation in the aftertaste and then finishes off bitter. Sweet, warming, bitter, near perfection.

A trappist beer in the true sense of the word. Creamy, dark, sweet taste with a little lemon on the finishing touch. A great beer!

An excellent beer overall, stands up well to its older brother. Pours a dark brown with a 2 fingered, tan head. Nose was plums, figs, sugar, yeast and some alcohol. Palate was mainly fruits and bread with an alcohol finish. A very complex beer that was thorouhly enjoyable.

Pours dark brown, almost black with an off white head. Aroma is bready, fig, picking up alcohol. Flavor is raisin, sugary sweet, light bread. A nice alcohol tingly sensation warms the back of the tongue shortly after drinking, and warms the chest. Comes off heavier than the abt12 if you ask me. Not nearly as complex as its big bro either. Some aging would have likely made this rating a little higher.

bottle...thanks to masonjer for sharing in the parking lot!....didn’t pay enough attention to gather the date on the bottle cap....poured an opaque caramel brown with a hefty tan, light brown head....aromas of brown sugar, figs, raisins, candied sugar, and yeast....flavor was pretty bready with dark fruit accents and a nice overall sweetness. finishes off a little dry and bitter......i really need to sit down with another one and take my time with it. this rating felt a little rushed.

well treasured little bottle at home on my comfy couch :-) as far as beer brewing and little monks go the trappists know how to do it. i could repeat myself over and over again, but with 805 ratings, i think you guys know what a wonderful little treat this is. xxx