Buy St. Bernardus Abt 12 - St. Bernardus Christmas Ale - St. Bernardus Extra 4

The St.Bernardus Abt 12 is the pride of our stable, the nec plus ultra of our brewery. Abbey ale brewed in the classic ’Quadrupel’ style of Belgium’s best Abbey Ales. Dark with a full, ivory-colored head. It has a fruity aroma, full of complex flavours and excells because of its long bittersweet finish with a hoppy bite. (10,0% ABV) Worldwide seen as one of the best beers in the world. It’s a very balanced beer, with a full-bodied taste and a perfect equilibrium between malty, bitter and sweet. One of the original recipes from the days of license-brewing for the Trappist monks of Westvleteren

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St.Bernardus Abt 12 es el orgullo de nuestro marca, el nec plus ultra de nuestra fábrica de cerveza.

Abbey ale elaborada al estilo del clásico ’Quadrupel’ de las mejores Ales Abadía de Bélgica.

Oscuro con una cabeza llena de color marfil. Tiene un aroma afrutado, lleno de sabores complejos y excells debido a su largo final agridulce con una mordedura de lúpulo. (10,0% ABV) Worldwide visto como una de las mejores cervezas del mundo.

Es una cerveza muy equilibrada, con un sabor con cuerpo y un perfecto equilibrio entre la malta, amargo y dulce. Una de las recetas originales de los días de licencia-elaboración de la cerveza de los monjes trapenses de Westvleteren

St. Bernardus Extra 4

Back to the roots: In the summer of 2014, Brewery St. Bernardus will bring one of their oldest beers back to the market.

When the brewery was founded in 1946 to brew and commercialize the beers of the Trappist Monks of Westvleteren, the brewery received 4 recipes from them: Abt 12, Prior 8, Pater 6 and Extra 4.

In the 70’s this ’Enkel’ or ’Single’ style got out of fashion and the production of the Extra 4 was discontinued.

In origin, the Extra 4 was brewed by the Monks for their own consumption, but this beer is seldom sold in Belgium or abroad.

The Extra 4 is brewed in the classic ’single’ style and is a light gold colored beer with a ABV of only 4,8%. It is a beer of high fermentation, bottle conditioned and full of flavours. It is brewed with more hops than usual for the other beers of Brewery St. Bernardus.

The Extra 4 will be available in limited quantities each year on May 15 for all customers in Belgium and abroad.

Did you know: Single or ’Enkel’ is the base of all Trappist and Abbey Ales. Later a Double and a Tripel were added to the range. These names refer to the amount of malt (x2, x3) that was used in those days to brew this type of beer.

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Cerveza belga de abadía, 4,8 % de alcohol, de alta fermentación, con segunda fermentación en botella.

St. Bernardus Extra 4 es una cerveza de estilo “Enkel” o “Singel” que son las cervezas que elaboran los monjes para su propio consumo. Está basada en la antigua receta que recibió St. Bernardus de Westvleteren cuando empezaron a elaborar sus cervezas en 1946.

Como no puede ser de otra manera, presenta un color dorado claro algo turbio. Con espuma cremosa, abundante, blanca y de gran durabilidad.

Aromas a levadura, pan y cilantro con ligeras notas de cáscara de naranja.

El sabor es suave y ligero con la confirmación de las sensaciones aromáticas. Evidente presencia cítrica con fino y leve amargor. Su refrescante final la hace ideal para la época estival.