Beer Me! — Brasserie St.Bernard — Watou, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium

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Brasserie St.Bernard

Trappistenweg 23
B-8978 Watou
Telephone: +32 (0) 57 /38.80.21
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Notes

Opened: 1946

Annual Production: 10,000 hl

U.S. Importer: Artisanal Imports

Contributors: Mario Kornmesser, Darius Debski

Updated: November 24, 2021

Beer List

Abt 12

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

10.00% abv.
- Date: January 12, 2007 (#6274)
  
  Package: draught
  
  Place: Max & Joe's Belgian Beer Tavern, Omaha NE
  
  Score: 19 points
  
  Appearance (3)
  Almost black red. Nice dense brown head.
  
  Aroma (3)
  Spicy. Fresh malt. Dark caramel and raisin.
  
  Mouthfeel (10)
  Big really smooth body. really malty. Lots of dark Munich malt. Raisins. Plums. Etc. Spicy yeasty esters.
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Damn tasty beer. I'd like to cellar a keg of this.
- Date: October 5, 2002 (#4455)
  
  Package: bottled
  
  Place: Beer Club International
  
  Score: 20 points
  
  Overall Impression (3)
  Deep dark red, thick head. Spicy hoppy fruity chocolate aroma. Big body, hugely fizzy. Drying warming alcohol. Raisiny Munich malt. Lots of Belgian spiciness. Big hints of chocolate. Big smooth spicy tasty strong beer.

Bière Blanche

Belgian Style White (or Wit) / Belgian-Style Wheat

5.50% abv.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6226)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 15½ points

Appearance (3)
Yellow, opaque. Huge head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, perfumey.

Mouthfeel (8)
Light body. Really perfumey. Big wheat malt flavor. Spicy and sweet. Sweet spicy finish.

Overall Impression (1½)

Christmas Ale

Belgian-Style Dark Strong Ale

10.00% abv.

Date: November 22, 2008 (#7549)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red, hazy. Moderate head.

Aroma (4)
Plums. Cherries. Spicy, ginger-cookie dough. Anise.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Fizzy. Big cherry flavor. Chocolate cherries. Malty, a little dark, nicely smooth and balanced and warming.

Overall Impression (3)

Extra 4

Belgian-Style Abbey Ale

4.80% abv.

Grotten Brown

Belgian-Style Flanders/Oud Bruin Ale

6.70% abv.

Date: January 3, 2005 (#5548)

Package: bottled

Place: Liquid Solutions, Tigard OR

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Deep red-brown. High carbonation. Massive dense head.

Aroma (4)
Lots of caramel malt. Spicy and alcoholic.

Mouthfeel (9)
Light-medium body. Mouth-filling carbonation. Malty, with lots of dark fruity esters and plenty of yeasty spiciness. Mild earthy bitterness at the end, and a caramelly-banana flavor as it warms.

Overall Impression (3)

Date: June 8, 2007 (#6545)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Deep bright golden. Chunky. Huge head.

Aroma (3)
Coriander. Malt. Spicy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fizzy. Really malty. Spicy, like gingerbread. Sweet, toasty malt. Malty, spicy, and clean.

Overall Impression (3)
One of "Pierre Celis' Signature Selections".

Date: May 26, 2007 (#6535)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 16 points

Appearance (2½)
Deep red. Really chunky. Big thick head.

Aroma (2½)
Rich caramel malt, raisins. Maybe some diacetyl.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium creamy body, fizzy. Rich dark caramel malt flavor with all the spiciness of a Dubbel. Sweet dark caramel finish, malty.

Overall Impression (2)

Date: December 25, 2006 (#6233)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 19 points

Appearance (3)
Deep bright red. Huge foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Spicy, woody, alcoholic. Raisiny malt.

Mouthfeel (10)
Thick and chewy. Really malty and warming. Nice gingerbread flavor. Spicy. Mild plum character.

Overall Impression (3)
Great breakfast beer.

Date: June 8, 2003 (#4891)

Package: bottled

Place: Discount Liquor, Milwaukee WI

Score: 17½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Deep red-amber. High carbonation. Thick head. Malty, yeasty aroma with some spiciness. Medium body, richly malty. Mild spicy flavor. Hints of bananas in the malty finish.

Date: December 22, 2006 (#6227)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Golden. Opaque. Big thick head.

Aroma (3)
Floral. Biscuity. Spicy.

Mouthfeel (9)
Big body. Really malty. Fairly spicy. Bready, yeasty, and spicy.

Overall Impression (3)
Real Tasty Beer.

Date: May 11, 2002 (#4321)

Package: bottled

Place: Beer Club International

Score: 15½ points

Overall Impression (3)
Golden, HUGELY carbonated, MASSIVE dense head. Yeasty, wheaty aroma. Light body, fizzy, sweet, with lots of wheat flavor. Mild spicy phenols in the middle, warming at the end. The label mentions malted barley, but not wheat.

Date: October 19, 1997 (#2347)

Package: bottled

Place: The Liquor Collection, Honolulu HI

Score: 16 points

Overall Impression (3)
Amber, extremely fizzy, big head. Candy-sweet aroma, with some bananas. Thick, but not all that sweet. Just a little metallic, but not enough to offend. Gets sweeter as it goes along, and finishes with a hint of banana pudding.

Date: March 2, 2007 (#6359)

Package: bottled

Place: Beertopia, Omaha NE

Score: 18 points

Appearance (3)
Bright golden-amber. Thick foamy head.

Aroma (3)
Earthy, grassy. Spicy. Sweet malt.

Mouthfeel (9)
Medium body, fiercely fizzy. Nice sweet malt base. Fruity and spicy. Clean finish, with a sweet nutty note, like almonds, amaretto.

Overall Impression (3)
Bottle-conditioned.

Date: December 11, 2010 (#8379)

Package: bottled

Place: Hy-Vee Stony Brook, Omaha NE

Score: 19½ points

Appearance (3)
Deep golden. Translucent. Massive head.

Aroma (3½)
Bready. Orange peel. Spicy.

Mouthfeel (10)
Light body, fizzy. Bready, citrusy flavor. Clean and refreshing.

Overall Impression (3)