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Westvleteren

Westvleteren
Trappist 12 Gold Cap

Category: Belgian Style Strong Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: Belgium
Alcohol: 10.2%
100 Points
Platinum Medal
Superlative

Westvleteren
Trappist 12 Gold Cap

Category: Belgian Style Strong Ale

Date Tasted:
Country: Belgium
Alcohol: 10.2%
Reddish mahogany color. Aromas of fudgey caramel brownie with vanilla cream cheese frosting, German chocolate cake with dulce du leche gelato, pumpernickel fig bread pudding, and toffee on baked black currants with a fat body and a very long rich caramel and chocolate malt, caramelized bacon, candied red currant, chicory coffee with spiced honey, and sweet potato pie with a touch of pepper honey jam finish. Extraordinarily well balanced with sweet complexity and mild spices; a colossally deep and delicious Trappist Ale with an endless cornucopia of dessert-like fruit and malt flavors to savor and delight in.

Tasting Info

Beer Glass Style: Spicy & Complex
Aroma Aroma: fudgey caramel brownie with vanilla cream cheese frosting, German chocolate cake with dulce du leche gelato, pumpernickel fig bread pudding, and toffee on baked black currants
Taste Flavor: rich caramel and chocolate malt, caramelized bacon, candied red currant, chicory coffee with spiced honey, and sweet potato pie with a touch of pepper honey jam
Bitterness Bitterness: Low
Enjoy Enjoy: Enjoy with food
Recipes Pairing: Pot Roast, Baked Ham, Limburger
Bottom Line Bottom Line: Extraordinarily well balanced with sweet complexity and mild spices; a colossally deep and delicious Trappist Ale with an endless cornucopia of dessert-like fruit and malt flavors to savor and delight in.
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The Producer

Brouwerij de Sint Sixtus Abdij

The Producer
Donkerstraat, 12
Westvleteren, B-8640
Belgium
32 -057400376
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Belgian Style Strong Ale

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Serve in a Snifter
About
Belgian Style Strong Ale
Belgian style strong ales range in color from medium to dark brown and in alcohol from 8-11%. These beers typically have a fruity Belgian yeast character and a degree of sweetness coupled with a viscous mouthfeel. This category also includes Belgian style quadruples. Better examples of this style strike a seamless balance between rich, sweet malt flavors, alcohol and complex Belgian yeast flavors ranging from banana to dark fruit. Noteworthy examples of this style include: Dogfish Head Raison D’Etre, Brouwerij Bosteels Pauwel Kwak, La Trappe Quadrupel and Brasserie Dubuisson Freres Scaldis.

Westvleteren Trappist 12 Gold Cap rating was calculated by to be 100 points out of 100 on 1/2/2024. Please note that MSRP may have changed since the date of our review.