It's so easy to get carried away with the latest and greatest, but always important to take a step back and appreciate the roots of good beer.Consistently haunting the top tiers of the BA top 100, this widely available brew is about as close as you can get to the Westy 12 without selling a kidney, being bilked on eBay or actually getting off your broke ass and traveling to Belgium.
This beer is what the wine aficionados fear most, because it entails many vinous qualities, but tastes like a beer, with the accompanying complexity, and for a price that absolutely can not be beat.
This beer proves that there's really no reason to beg borrow and steal to get the best of the best.
8/9/08 Review:
A dark brown pour is topped with a hearty two finger rolling, dark tan head. Head retention is average and leaves behind an uneven lacing all around the glass. Sediment chunks float throughout and there's a dark swirly spot of something or the other in the middle of the head*. Smells sweet with some licorice, chocolate and malts being most evident. A biscuity base is also apparent. A panoply of chocolate, caramel and licorice candies light up the taste buds in the front, with some grapes and apples in the middle, all followed by some invigorating spice and hops. Mouth-feel is medium to full bodied and well carbonated, while the alcohol is almost nondescript. This brew exudes quality, but there's a little something missing that keep it's from attaining godliness.**
* I have no idea wtf I was thinking when I wrote about this, b/c I have seen nothing like that since.
** I wonder if I was subconsciously wondering about the Westy 12 when I said that?
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