UPDATED: JAN 5, 2022 I have dreamed of this beer quite long time a s a fan of Belgian trappist beers. I was a bit disappoint ed but I am not sure I had drunk the original beer. I expected more complex taste and aroma.

UPDATED: DEC 29, 2021 330ml bottle, 2019 vintage, thanks Immanuel! Caramel malt aroma with notes of dark fruit, Belgian yeast, bread, candi sugar and a hint of booze. Pours deep toffee brown colored with a large tan head that has excellent retention and lacing. Starts with sweet caramel malt, dark fruit and candi sugar flavors as well as having a rich, full body and sweet, sticky mouthfeel. Finishes incredibly smooth with bread and Belgian yeast flavors as well as a bit of body warmth at the end. Wonderful!

UPDATED: NOV 24, 2021 Fles. Fles. Licht bruisend, vol van smaak, bitter. Geen overdreven aroma of smaak van alcohol. Noten, hout.

UPDATED: NOV 16, 2021 Ooit genoemd als beste bier ter wereld. Mwah. Is naar mijn mening overrated. Neemt niet weg dat het smakelijk is.

UPDATED: NOV 13, 2021 Senteurs de noix, de prunes et boisées Première gorgée ronde et gouleyante, l'alcool ne se sent absolument pas, des arômes de pruneaux, de Kirsch, de réglisse, de vanille, de noix de pécan, de sirop d'érable. Exceptionnelle en bouche, c'est la perfection, d'une extrême finesse avec de légers accents de café. Une exception, un rêve, la bière parfaite, d'un équilibre absolument parfait, elle ne démérite pas son titre bien mérité !! Bravo !!

UPDATED: OCT 22, 2021 33cL bottle at Carlsens Kvarter Opaque and dark brown with lots of yeast sediments. Deep, earthy, and sweet aroma with clear notes of nuts and figs, finishing with vinous alcohol. Intense, incredibly deep and complex taste. Starts off with slight notes of citrus, rounding over in figs, nuts, honey, cocoa, slight coffee. This is followed by a slight bitterness before it ends in chocolaty feel. Full-bodied oily texture and very foamy. An incredible experience. The people who claim that Sint Bernardus Abt 12 is like this beer are incredulous, for lack of better word. Beats that firmly, and even edges out my old favourite: Trappistes Rochefort 10. 9-5-10-5-20

UPDATED: OCT 2, 2021 Ochutnáno sdíleně z lahve zakoupené v některé z pražských pivoték. Díky suen!

UPDATED: SEP 25, 2021 Brune - n’est pas vraiment à la hauteur de son prestige. Reste néanmoins une bonne bière brune

UPDATED: SEP 23, 2021 Bevuta con particolare emozione sapendo dell'unicità dell'esperienza. Bottiglia in edizione speciale XII, BB 02/12/2014, dunque imbottigliata nel dicembre 2009. Invecchiata per quasi 12 anni. Schiuma praticamente assente, colore marrone scuro non torbido ma con molti lieviti sospesi anche al primo colpo. Carbonazione leggera. Al naso enorme complessità, su tutto caramello, frutta secca e di bosco, sentori erbacei. In bocca leggermente acquosa ma allo stesso tempo di buon corpo. Caramello e i tipici derivati dell'ossidazione dominano la bevuta, la frutta rimane sullo sfondo. Arriva poi uno delizioso amaro che porta diverse pennellate erbacee e floreali, accentuando anche il resto dei sentori. Finale dolce ma secco, che assume anche una nota acida e tostata quando la birra sale di temperatura, oltre a un pelo di liquirizia. La transizione tra amaro e il finale è il più grande pregio di questa birra. Un viaggio in un sorso, estremamente complessa ed elegante nonostante 11 anni di invecchiamento. Alcool che non si sente per nulla nonostante si avverta una parte quasi di rum. Mistica.

UPDATED: SEP 20, 2021 Bottle was shared with my by my partners in-laws who live in Koolskamp Ardooie Belgium. Cap indicated it was drink before 13.01.24. As good as advertised.