Westvleteren 12

Tasting Summary

These comments are the opinion of the individual reviewer and represent what they thought of the beer on a particular day in a particular pub. If a review is less favourable, it may be because the beer suffered somewhere in the supply chain between them and the brewery.

In de Vrede, Westvleteren, Belgium

Who	Score	When	Notes
Stephen Harris		22 Dec 2014	Magnificent, strong, complex, dark beer. But is it the best beer in the world?
Ian		10 Sep 2005	Dark brown. Thin lasting beige head. Intense almost syrupy aroma of dark fruits. Touch of vanilla. Full in mouth with a wonderful mix of fruit and vanilla cream with hot alcohol finish. Some hops but they are masked by the heat. Black cherries amongst the raisin/sherry fruit.
Martin		22 May 2005	10.6% - not 12! €3.40 at time of writing. Almost syrupy texture in the mouth - richer still than the 8. Figs, dates and banoffee pie all lurk in this complex beer. Must try more but I may fall off my chair - doesn't taste quite as strong as it suggests, but...
Ian		21 May 2005	Dark ruby. Sweet nose, lots of different fruits inlcuing raisins adn banana. Some alcohol heat with coffee, sweetness. Still hoppy to balance the sweetness, with a warming finsih.
Ian		28 Dec 2004	Good alcoholic kick, but the malts and smoothness of the beer balance the strength