Bottle. Beer Central, Sheffield. Clear, dark, reddy brown. Film and ring of tan head. Nose has fruit and nut chocolate. Dried vine fruit. Caramel. Taste is sweet and fruity, with a vinous, tangy character. A little dry. Some vine fruit bitterness. Smooth and soft mouthfeel. Drinks easy at the ABV. Low carbonation. Vinous tang to finish. Very nice.

Bottle. Color: Dark ruby, creme head. Aroma: Dark fruit, chocolate and spicy hints. Taste: Pretty smooth, bit creamy mouthfeel. Notes of dark malt, milk chocolate, pralines and caramels. Hints of dark red fruit, spices, liquorice. Medium sweet, light to moderate bitterness. Medium body, average to above average carbonation. Slightly sticky mouthfeel. Slightly tingling on the tongue. Tasting somewhere in between an Abbey Dubbel and an English Strong Ale. Nice one.

The limited pool of traditional trappist beers brewed by (or, more often, under surveillance of) trappist monks has experienced one extension after another ever since the craft beer movement reached old Europe, and now the United Kingdom can proudly boast of its own first real trappist beer, this Tynt Meadow, said to be intended as an English style strong ale rather than a Belgian style one. Tasted at Gents Bierfestival, not the first time this festival introduces a new foreign trappist beer to the Belgian palate, by the way. Pale yellowish beige, medium thick, moussy, slowly opening head over a misty, purplish brown beer. Aroma of toasted nuts, dried figs, prunes, dried banana slices, nutmeg, toffee, dried wormwood leaves, chewing tobacco, chestnut cream sauce, dried apple peel. Sweetish onset, dried fig and raisins galore with a vague sourish undertone, medium carbonated, smooth and lean body. Very malty main profile, chestnutty, toffeeish and eventually lightly bitterish toasted, leading to a rooty, wormwoody hop bitter finish matching well with (and accentuating) the toasty aspect; the toffeeish malt sweet core of this beer, however, remains the dominant factor. Some warming, rum-like alcohol ensues. A very well-crafted ale indeed, English strong for sure but still feeling a bit maltier and sweeter than average for the intended style - which I suspect might still be the Belgian influence, with Belgium still being original trappist ale territory; seems to have come out as a compromise between the proud English stock ale tradition on the one hand and the Belgian dubbel and quadrupel tradition on the other hand. More than decent - in fact even better than expected and in that sense a valuable addition to the old monastic brewing tradition. Cheers from a Belgian trappist veteran to the Mount St. Bernard trappist monks, well done.

Thanks to sharing RB crew. Sampled 330 bottled @ Gents Bierfestival 2018. Amber brown, little tanned head. Nose is sweet dark bread, grain, leaves, BE dark fruit,..; taste is sugar, dark fruit, BE leaves, low milky sweetish sugar, caramel, chocolate, could be bit thicker. Funny that despite the whole English thing they came up with a very nice dark BE beer in flavor profile.

Bottle from Honest Brew. Interesting aroma - yeasty fruit and nut chocolate. Opaque dark brown. Creamy beige head. Medium bitter, tamed by dark fruit and chocolate sweetness. Medium bodied. Creamy. Average carbonation. Long finish, more astringent at the end. Good stuff. Makes me think of a cross between an ESA and a stout.

Small yellowish rim over dark chestnut-coloured beer. Chocolate, wood, sweet-ish aroma. Very woody, again chocolate, dark green leaves, melanoidin-rich. Finish is praliné, chocolate. Feels well-carbonated, very slick and well bodied. I have to say: this tastes much more Trappist than English... Remarkably similar, even, to the Monks' Reserve from Spencer.

Imported from my RateBeer account as Mount St. Bernard Abbey Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale (by Mount St. Bernard Abbey Brewery):
Aroma: 8/10, Appearance: 4/5, Taste: 8/10, Palate: 4/5, Overall: 15/20, MyTotalScore: 3.9/5

18/VIII/18 - 33cl bottle @ Gents Bierfestival - BB: n/a (2018-1005) Thanks to the Belgian Ratebeer crew for sharing today's beers!

Clear reddish brown beer, small creamy beige head, unstable, non adhesive. Aroma: malty, caramel, dried fruits, soft roast, banana peel, bit spicy. MF: soft carbon, medium body. Taste: sweet start, caramel, soft roast, malty, some vanilla, bitter touch. Aftertaste: roasted, malty, grains, some banana, coffee, slightly sourish, bit sharp, dark chocolate. Decent one!