Trappist Westvleteren 12 (XII) - Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren)

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rAvg: 4.64
pDev: 8.62%
Reviews: 1485
Hads: 1533

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Brouwerij Westvleteren (Sint-Sixtusabdij van Westvleteren)

Belgium

Style | ABV
Quadrupel (Quad) | 10.20% ABV

Availability: Year-round. bottle (1481), on-tap (3), nitro-bottle (1).

Notes:
(Yellow Cap)

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todisht

Michigan

4.5/5 rDev -3%

01-30-2012 01:44:15 | More by todisht

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North Carolina

5/5 rDev +7.8%

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4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

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Michigan

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-18-2013 15:12:41 | More by mattvandyk

NJB145

Michigan

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-18-2013 12:11:08 | More by NJB145

Mscarpen

Tennessee

4.75/5 rDev +2.4%

05-18-2013 11:19:06 | More by Mscarpen

Ontario (Canada)

4.95/5 rDev +6.7%
look: 5 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 5 | feel: 5 | overall: 5

330 ml bottle, poured into a Westvleteren chalice. Bottle cap stamped 25-05-15

A: A beautiful hazy ruby or deep maple colour. A small tan head of about 1 finger appears, but some halo sticks around for your enjoyment the entire time.

S: The first smell I pick up is the yeast. It is gentle and pleasant. Dark fruits are there as well as hints of caramel and yes a bit of alcohol.

T: Carrying over from the smell, the dark fruits come to the fore on this beer. It is fantastically flavorful with so much going on. What jumps out at me is the fact that the yeast is somewhat hidden in the taste.

M: Incredibly smooth. Carbonation is perfect and there is little boozy finish on this. The beer leaves a lovely memory in your mouth with a great warm finish.

O: This is a superior beer. I hemmed and hawed as to whether I should actually pay the price for this, and in the end, it was well worth it (and quite reasonable considering). I prefer Belgian quads and tripels so to me this is like nirvana. What was surprising and pleasant was the complexity of the smell/taste. The fruitiness hid the yeast and the alcohol stayed in the background until the end. I've had Rochefort 10 and St. Bernardus Abt. 12 and Westvleteren just reaches above those making it well worth the chase.

Serving type: bottle

05-18-2013 11:00:16 | More by polloenfuego