Westvleteren 12 (XII)
(has 29 batches)

Hell yeah. Really good bottle. Stunning.

Tan to brown colour. Orange highlights. Opaque. Tall creamy off-white head. Thick lacing. Nose of dark fruit, Port, leathery yeast, nuts, honey, syrup, marmelade, a milk note. Full body. Oily texture. Soft carbonation. The flavour is brilliantly balanced & enveloping. Well-rounded mouthfeel. Dry notes of dark fruit, lots of nuts, toasty dark malts, toffee, honey, soft alcohol booziness of Port, some hops making the composition perfect. An epic beer. I’m not the first one to say that.

Pours a dark brown color, with some red undertone on the light. Fairly big and quite lasting tan colored head. Right after opening a strong honey aroma. Following are some sourish cellar notes with a mix of spices joinig in. They have a peppery feel somehow. Dry fruits in the back with biscuity/caramel presence. Starts sweet, honey presence again, malty, biscuity with some woody feel to it. A bit spicy with quite noticeable alcohol warmth. Full, thick and creamy body. Complex as hell, both aroma and taste. Not a fan of the style in general, but this one really is special.

Zwart bier met weinig schuim. Smaak is complex, bitter hoppig, chokolade, port en koffie. Fles heeft 2 jaar gestaan, uiteindelijk valt het bier wat toch tegen. Het is zeker niet slecht maar naar mijn menig enigszins overgewaardeerd.

Bottle at Doerak, during Nederlandse Bieren Festival Delft. Vijgen gist kruidig, maar blijft overrated hype bier. Balans is erg goed, zoetje kauwgombalcoating, ben nog niet helemaal betoverd, maar we will be back.. Backlog from 2015/06/28.

Backlog. Bottle shared with JMD at HNB 11.05.13. Dark copper. Great head. Red berries and some alcohol in aroma. First taste is of red berries, malt and slightly medicinal alcohol. Then more complexity evolves, with bitter blackcurrants, Long aftertaste of malt and berries, with moderate bitterness. Average carbonation. A beer to be enjoyed!

Yet another classic milestone type beer on a not so milestone event. I’m very okay with this type of living. I’m not sure what was more difficult. Obtaining a bottle of this, or mastering the pronunciation of the brewery. I really wanted to save this for my 1838th rating (matching the year the historic brewery first opened), but that’s a tough waiting game to play, and I can’t hold a backlog for more than a few days. I wish I could have tried this in a blind situation, to know for sure if this is as incredible as it seems. One thing that is for certain, upon pouring this, my first thought was "this is a beautiful beer." Best by 9/30/2018, so according to my researched math, this is pretty damn fresh. Shipped to me with prompt and precision by Beer of Belgium. Thanks guys! I’ll contact you guys again for sure. Pours a dark, ruby, dusty brown color with a swirl of tan active fizz head. It’s hard to put a hyped beer like this into words, when I’ve been dying with curiosity on the subject for as long as I’ve enjoyed beer. Tried my best to pour this at the proper cellar temp. I feel like I got it as close as its gonna get. Sweet plum like aroma. Flavor is very complex with raisin, smooth semi sweet. Rum like hints throughout. Oakey. Has a very nice warming palate that gets better and better. By far the smoothest, finest drinking quad I’ve ever had. In a style that is always a rough go for me, this is a masterpiece for sure. I would very much enjoy an opportunity to open one of these on random special occasions. This beer is not perfect to me, but damn is it good. I wonder what’s next.