Westvleteren Extra 8

Pours a murky brown with a white head. Excellent lacing. Incredible aroma of caramel, fig, dark fruit, cocoa. Taste is spicy with cookie dough, earthy, dark fruits, and caramel. Has a yeasty, medium bodied carbonated finish. The slightest alcohol heat. a real treat to sample this one.

Pours a dark prune with a big frothy head that builds up then dies down to a ring with nice lacing. Smells of caramel, dark fruits, dried fig, some spice, and pear. Taste is delicious with spice and caramel up front but brown sugar, pear, fruits and a doughy quality. So smooth with a nice tickle of carbonation on the toungue. Unbelievably drinkable and a delicious brew

darkbrown coloured body with a white head a fruity yeasty aroma a sweet fruity yeasty taste and a bitter alchoholic finich

330cL bottle from ygtbsm94. Had at Logan’s Oceanside beer tasting with AlohaC, and Hair, and Matt, and Ken, and Bill, and others. Nice fruity belgian yeast aroma. Cloudy Brown color. Small bubble head. Easy to drink. Top 50 beer in the world? Maybe, but certainly brought up by the ratings of it’s awesome sister Westy 12.

Bottle. Sweet nose, touch of acidity. Lots of fruit, mainly cherry and strawberry. Some darker sweetness as well, caramel-like. Opaque dark ruby with a perfect off white head. Impressive indeed. Extremely smooth palate. Not as complex as the 12, but less of the overpowering alcohol presence. Much more balanced. Flavor is subdued sweetness with a bit of spice. Slightly dry finish, lingering sweetness.

Bottle (33 cl) from Ølbutikken, Copenhagen, Denmark. Hazy deep reddish brown, small beige head. Fruity aroma with plums and dark berries, along with yeast and earthy hops. Medium bodied with soft, yet lively carbonation. Perfectly balanced with a gentle initial sweetness followed by a firm and long bitterness. Excellent, but slightly less complex than its Abt brother.

A bear of a beer that challenges the 12ster quite well! Just a tad thinner but maybe more spritely, the 8 will win any argument you have with it! These Westy beers really have secrets.

11.2oz bottle-pours a disappearing light tan head and murky brown color. Aroma is fruit-peaches, medium malt-slight caramel. Taste is medium malt-caramel/licorice/chocolate, fruit-peach/dark fruit, some spice/wood-hops. Taste is much nicer and more complex than aroma. Good effervescence. Thanks jwc215 for sharing.