Abt 12 Special Edition
St. Bernardus Brouwerij in Watou, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪
Belgian Style - Quadrupel / Dark Strong Regular Out of Production|
Score
7.93
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The St. Bernardus Abt 12 is recognized as one of the best ales in the world. For the occasion of our 60th anniversary, our brewmaster Bert Van Hecke created a unique and special variety of the St. Bernardus Abt 12. This "Special Edition" (2011 only) contains hops from Poperinge: Challenger and Golding, and has been brewed with black, amber, munich and pale ale malts.
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8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
750 ml. Deep amber with reddish highlights. Large, fizzy off-white body that slowly diminishes to a thin layer of bubbles. The aroma is fruity with raisin and plum. Notes of candy, sugar, dates, clove and moldiness/mustiness. The flavor is heavily sweet and lightly bitter. It finishes moderately to heavily sweet, moderately bitter and lightly acidic. Tastes of overripe fruit, cotton candy, vanilla, raisins along with the warming of alcohol and leaving a slight sensation of mold. Excellent mouthfeel with a full body, velvety texture, lively carbonation. Classic quad, though a little chewier and richer than Westy and, at the same time, not as complex and much sweeter. A little more bitterness would have helped the balance, but still tasty.
Tried
from Can
on 11 Oct 2009
at 19:19
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle, thx to henrikb. It pours a cute amber to copper body with microfloaties and a creamy beige head. Cellar, dried fruits, sugars and spices blend nicely in the aroma. It’s sweet, smooth and warming in the mouth, full-bodied and nicely carbonated. There’s flavors of white sugar, dried fruits, some alcohol and caramel sweetness, with a nice bitterness in the finish. Just really lovely. 090724
Tried
from Bottle
on 27 Sep 2009
at 04:37
7.9/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 9
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
A hazy dark brown ale with a thick moka head. A pleasant dark fruit and treacle aroma. In mouth, a sweet candy sugar with light orange peels, coriander, yeast and Belgian hops. Rich and warming alcohol. Very nice. Bieropholie import. Enjoyed in Paipa, Colombia, March 7 2009.
Tried
from Can
on 17 Mar 2009
at 23:29
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle 75cl. @ home.Clear dark amber brown color with a average to large, frothy, good lacing, fully lasting, off-white head. Aroma is moderate to heavy malty, caramel, fresh raisin and dates, moderate yeasty, light alcohol. Flavor is moderate to heavy sweet and bitter with a average to long duration. Body is medium, texture is oily, carbonation is soft. [20081205]
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Feb 2009
at 02:31
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle sample at a tasting. Dark reddish-brown with a beige head. Aroma of plums, some dates, malt, caramel and alcohol notes. Sweet malty flavor with dark fruits, some caramel and some honey hints. Full-bodied.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Jan 2009
at 14:44
8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
Courtesy of kiefdog. Pours hazy brown with copper hues and thin tan head. The aroma has a nice load of raisins, prunes, plums and a bit of cherries to go along with molasses and a sense of ground black pepper. The taste has similar rich dark fruit notes like raisins, prunes, figs and plums that are sprinkled with a dash of black pepper. Beyond those notes are varied spices. From midway to the finish rich bold dark fruitiness rules the palate. Very nice.
Tried
on 30 Jan 2009
at 12:03
8.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 9
Texture 8
Overall 9
courtesy of kiefdog Pours dark brown. Aroma of dark fruits, malts. Taste, malty - caramel - with good sugary notes, strong dark fruit presence, candi sugar, enough yeast to give this one light spice presence, loaded with fruits and up there with the best Trappists.
Tried
from Can
on 29 Jan 2009
at 00:00
8.1/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8.5
Bottle. Creamy off-white excellent fully lasting head. Amber colour. Heavy malty and hopy very fruity aroma. Powerfull heavy bitter flavor. Loads f fruit and caramel. Long nice finsih. Creamy palate. Great well-balanced beer.
Tried
from Bottle
on 20 Sep 2008
at 04:33
7/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottled 75cl
Beautiful ruby color with some floating yeast particles, good cloudy beige head, lace. Fruity, grassy, light toffee, hints of metal and smoke - nose is weaker than expected. Quite carbonated. Frutiy, toffeish, not as complex as normal Abt 12. Alcohol is well hidden. With score 4.09 this is maybe a bit overhyped here.
Beautiful ruby color with some floating yeast particles, good cloudy beige head, lace. Fruity, grassy, light toffee, hints of metal and smoke - nose is weaker than expected. Quite carbonated. Frutiy, toffeish, not as complex as normal Abt 12. Alcohol is well hidden. With score 4.09 this is maybe a bit overhyped here.
Tried
from Bottle
on 31 Aug 2008
at 05:36
7.4/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 7.5
Bottled (thanks drewbeerme!). Amber colour with particles floating around. Mediumsized beige head. Aroma is grass, parfume, some caramel, alcohol, earth and spices. Flavour is caramel, toffee and grass with some mild fruityness. Quite different from the normal Abt 12, and sadly not as good as the normal either.
Tried
from Bottle
on 24 Aug 2008
at 12:35