Westvleteren Extra 8

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

(New Year’s Eve tasting Flight (2 of 3 9:50p)) Westvleteren Extra 8 - As soon as I started to try and uncap this there was a slight hiss and foam started to slowly come out. Once uncapped fully was able to pour almost the entire bottle into glass, which I couldn’t with the Westy Blonde. Darker tan head. Pretty rocky looking. Bready aroma. Sort of like Roman Meal bread if you know what that is. Sort of sweet wheat bread. Dark brown body. Wonderfully sweet flavors of raisins and brown sugar. Hops are just enough flavor to balance the sweetness. Body somethick thick, but not fully bodied. Mouth warming after drinking. Sweetness fades in aftertaste leaving hops to linger for a short amount of time.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 6 | Overall: 7

Bottle: Poured a black/brown with off white colored head. The aroma was very light fruit, not as strong as most of teh other trappist beers I have had. The taste was light tangy fruit. I love the 12 but this just seemed to fall short to me.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 8

15 CL glass at ’’Trappist- en Kaasproeverij Hamont-Achel’’ at 18-05-2013, Dark beer with a sweet aroma, taste was good, Actually prefer this better than the 12. But, there are better beers out there.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 9 | Overall: 9

Bottle generously shared by Dallas and Bonnie
Appearance: Hazy brown with a small beige head and spotty lacing
Aroma: Toasted malts, dark fruit and woody
Taste: Toasted malts, caramel, spices and dark fruit
Great, glad I was able to try this.

Aroma: 6 | Appearance: 6 | Mouthfeel: 6 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Copper colored brew. Well carbonated with a lacing hanging on till the final farewell.Winey, honey, grapey nose.Medium/light body.Honey,mead like flavors stand out.Probably a bit over carbonated, for me anyway.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 8 | Overall: 8

Share courtesy of Degarth. Courtesy of CigarCityBrew. Pours dark brown with some haziness to go along with a tan head. It has a big aroma of strawberries, raspberries, sweet rich Dr. Pepper notes and sugar drenched black currents. The taste is sweet and also tart with notes ranging from raspberry, strawberry, sweet dark grapes, plums, prunes and sugar coated apricots. It has a tart fruit edge to it. Seems a bit like Struise Pannepot, which is very good. All the flavor notes mix nicely and seem well melded.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 7 | Mouthfeel: 7 | Flavor: 7 | Overall: 7

Pours hazy chestnut with a nice buff head. Aroma presents woody, malty and pretzel tones. Flavor starts with malt and caramel, and earthy and woody notes come right behind. Mouthfeel presents good body and OK fizz. Not quite as Big Sister 12, but worthy.

Aroma: 10 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 10 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 10

I had this side by side with the 12, stuck viscoisity meter into both, and from what I can tell, two beers with identical colour, identical aromas, identical body, and identical flavours. I have to give them identical scores.

Aroma: 9 | Appearance: 10 | Mouthfeel: 9 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 9

I had this beer out of the bottle at the Mikkeller bar in Copenhagen, Denmark. The bottle cap didn't have a stamp on it so I was unable to tell the age of the beer - I presumed it was relatively fresh. Bottom line, this beer was AMAZING. In fact, I think the fresh 8 is better than the fresh 12. The only reason the fresh 8 has a lower score than the 12 is b/c I have had a 5 year old aged 12 and that was INSANELY good. This beer had a WONDERFUL softness about it - very complex flavors of fig and hints of bananna. Little to no heat from the alcohol. A superb beer. Amazing. I have two sitting in my closet for enjoyment in about 5 years.

Aroma: 8 | Appearance: 8 | Mouthfeel: 8 | Flavor: 10 | Overall: 8

Dark browne with small light brown foam head. Aroma is strong bittersweet, caramel. Taste is nice bitter with just enough sweet caramel. Long dry small bitter aftertaste. (Velp 201301)