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St. Bernardus: Abt 12

This quadrupel is/was brewed by St. Bernardus in Watou, Belgium. It's achieved an overall score of 72.21%. Based on 2 tastings, the average ABV is 10.00%.

Historical Community Tasting Notes

Preserved from the RateBeer community archive (circa 2000–2018)

Location: 750 ml bottle from Gillys Aroma: Strong fruitiness, complex. Appearance: Deep brownish color, thick head Flavor: As it warms the flavors separate enough to show off the excellent complexity that lies within. Palate: Thick, creamy mouthfeel Overall Impression: Really solid Quad, at first taste I was thinking this one was way overr
330ml bottle in the St. Bernardus glass. Pours dark amber with a huge amount of floaties, far more than Ive seen in any other St. Bernardus beers. Aroma is caramel, grapes, fruit. Flavor is completely smooth. Hard to describe exactly whats going on with the flavor - theres a lot going on with this beer. Very good.
Complex Aroma, Fun beer!! just like rochefort 10 in a lot of ways.. Nice fruit flavour throughout.. good beer!!

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Beer Listing

Date and Time Container Pub/Place and Where Strength ABV Colour Score Components Score Descriptive word(s) Book No.
11th Jul 2002 at 11:35 am bottle La Lanterne, Brussels, Belgium 10.00 dark and cloudy Taste: 82.35%
Head: 88.89%
Aroma: 40%
Ease: 44.44%
Clarity: 0%
 60.268% heavy 25
28th Jun 2007 at 8:35 pm bottle (home), Liverpool, Merseyside, England 10.00 dark Taste: 94.12%
Head: 77.78%
Aroma: 80%
Ease: 66.67%
Clarity: 100%
 84.159% outstanding 212

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Other Beers (etc.) by St. Bernardus

Apart from Abt 12, Hop Horizons lists 8 others by St. Bernardus. These are:
Christmas Ale
Grottenbier
Pater 6
Prior 8
Tokyo (2020-)
Tripel
Watou Tripel
Witbier

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