Prior 8
(has 9 batches)
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Dubbel Regular|
Score
7.50
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St. Bernardus Prior 8 is a traditional abbey beer, brewed in the classic dubbel style. The original recipe dates back to the times when we still brewed under licence for the monks of Westvleteren.
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7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Nice brown / ruby red with a fine pored persistent head. High carbonation. Bready and slightly fruity on the nose (plum, cherry). Good mix of strong dark malts, sweetness and hoppiness on the palate. Nice long lingering taste of the malts. Packs a punch too, but still quite drinkable and refreshing. Very good.
Tried
on 04 Jan 2022
at 22:31
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle (11-7-23 on label) from Total Wine & More, Burlington. It's a clear, dark amber-ruby with nice sparkle, 3-finger width light beige head with fair retention and decent soapy lacing. Aroma is strong caramel, fig, dark fruit. Taste is strong dark fruit, fig and caramel. Mouthfeel is light side of light-to-medium bodied with thin, smooth, frothy texture, lively carbonation and crisp finish as taste. Overall, good strength of flavor and aroma but excessive carbonation overshadows the taste experience.
Tried
from Bottle
on 23 Dec 2021
at 03:53
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Servida en copa, de color marrón oscuro, bastante turbia. Espuma de color marfil, de dos dedos de grosor y buena retención. Aromas a caramelo, vino tinto, frutas y pasas. Carbonatación suave, es densa y cremosa en boca. Sabor principalmente dulce (pasas, uvas rojas, fruta madura), notas a caramelo y final amargo muy sutil, similar al café. La dejé añejar durante 3 años... Se asemeja bastante a una prior joven, con menos carbonatación y más cuerpo, y afloran las notas a vino tinto y caramelo.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Dec 2021
at 17:51
6.9/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 6.5
33cl bottle pours a translucent caramel brown with some off white head. Nose had caramel and dates and candy sugar and some prune, clove. Flavor is a bit flat, malt and candy and marzipan, all that dried dark fruit. Finishes full bodied but pretty smooth. Some lasting spice.
Tried
from Bottle
on 25 Nov 2021
at 22:31
8.6/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bière bouteille bue chez Toone à Bruxelles. Jolie robe brune foncée. Bouche au goût intense, sucrée, sur le cognac, les fruits secs, notamment le raisin. Une bière typiquement belge et parfaitement exécutée. (M)
Tried
on 31 Oct 2021
at 15:42
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
´Als Abschluss eines gemütlichen bierigen Abend kam noch dieses Bier. Es ist ein wirklich intensives belgisches Bier, das primär durch seine Aromen nach Karamell und Malz erfreut. DIe weihnachtlichen Gewürze kommen im Körper durch. Was die große Stärke dieses BIers ist, ist sein fein harmonisches Zusammenspiel zwischen den oben genannten Aromen. Es mag vielen zu süß sein, aber aufgrund der tollen Harmonie der Gewürznotenmit dem Karamell wirklich ein bekömmliches, feines Bier. Ein klassischer, toller Belgier.
Tried
on 12 Sep 2021
at 21:12