IndependentMicrobreweryAbbey Beer
Brouwerij St. Bernardus
Watou, West Flanders, Belgium · Est. 1946
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Tally's Take
Why this matters
After their Westvleteren license ended, they kept the original yeast and recipe to craft their legendary Abt 12.
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The Beer Library
Beers
St. Bernardus Abt 12
Year-RoundBelgian Quadrupel
ABV10.0%
IBU22
St. Bernardus brewed Westvleteren's beer under licence from 1946 to 1992. When the contract ended the monks went back to brewing themselves — and this recipe stayed here.
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