Westvleteren Extra 8

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

Serve in Trappist glass, Tulip, Tumbler

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Bottle.
Appearance: Dark brown body, thin tan head.
Aroma: Apples, lots of fruit.
Taste: Apples on the intro, really fruity into a sweet caramel that just drops off to a dry airy finish with sugar lingering, beautiful.
Palate: Full bodied to light and fizzy.
Overall: Best dubbel I’ve ever had, next level shit.

Bottle from Belgium in a Box; hazy brown pour with beige velvety head, fruity aroma with big alcohol aroma, very pleasing taste dried fruits prune and dates superbly balanced with malts alcohol is present in abundance but very pleasant.

Bottle from Kingcecil, thanks buddy. Hazy mud brown with a medium offwhite head. Aroma is yeast, toffee, fruit, darkfruit. Flavor is raisins, dark fruit, yeast, tart, alcohol notes. Smooth.

33cl bottle. Hazy brown with medium, ivory grey head. Nose : toffee, cooked cherries and multitude of other fruits like apples for example, tart, yeast. Sip : oily and smooth. Good carbonation. The sip is warming. It's sweet and fruity. It has fruity and spicy background. I understand the fuss about it and for some reasons I might even say I prefer this one then the 12. Great beer.

BBE 17.08.15, quite new bottle. A dark brown beer with a medium and beige head. Aroma starts with dark fruit and some green and sour apples, spices, some sweetness, with yeast also some bananas. Taste is quite dry, dark fruits, lots of spices, earthyness and some sourness. Medium bodied, high carbonation, still nice and smooth to drink. Good beer, but not the climax, dark fruits with some sourness and mystic of Trappist.

330 ml bottle - tasted at numerous occasions. A bit more complex than the 12, more balanced sour-sweet complexity. Aromas and taste of malts, caramel, earthy notes are more complex than the 12. But there are better beers. Overhyped, but not as much as the 12 :-).

Dark, chocolate colored beer, but ruby-like red hold against the light. Sweet aroma of sugar and alcohol. It tastes sweet and like licorice. Slightly bitter aftertaste. Donker, chocoladekleurig bier, maar robijnrood in het licht. Vrij zoet aroma van suiker en alcohol De smaak is eveneens zoet en dropachtig, met een bittere nasmaak

330 ml bottle received as a bonus when shopping @ beerplanet.be. Pours very hazy chestnut brown with a frothy creamy beige head that is rather quick to dissipate while leaving some thick lacing on the glass. Smell is sweet and malty with crackers, oatmeal cookies, cereal, raisins, figs, sweet dark bread, golden syrup, bilberry jam and hints of alcohol. Taste is sweet, very tiny bitter, tiny fruity and malty witch crackers, cereal, oatmeal cookies, sweet dark bread, golden syrup, biscuits, pureed prunes, raisins, figs, pancakes with bilberry jam, honey and hints of alcohol. Mouthfeel is smooth, soft, round and medium to full bodied. Finish is sweet, tiny bitter, very tiny tart, fruity and malty with crackers, cereal, oatmeal cookies, biscuits, prunes, raisins, lemon zest, wood, figs and alcohol. Expertly crafted incredibly balanced beer but there always seems to be something I find myself missing when trying the Westvleteren beers. Perhaps it’s just the legendary hype that is hard to live up to.

light brown head that disappears quickly without lacing. brown colour. sweet aroma, esters, yeast and melon. slight sweet taste, followed by bitterness and ester, melon. bottle 33 cl / notes from backlog

dark brown, hazy, quickly disappearing head. aroma more fruity than the wv 12, citrus. feels sharper on your tongue, sweet taste, bittersweet finish.