Trappist Westvleteren 8

Trappist Westvleteren 8 is one of the best strong beer that you could have ever tasted! It got good feed backs on different beer reviews. This beer made from Belgium is a world favorite. Its taste and aroma are amazing! I bet that once you have tasted this best strong beer, it would be one of your favorites!

This best strong beer pours a deep dark chestnut brown color which is completely opaque with a one finger off-white head that slowly fades into a thin lasting ring. Minimal spots of lacing left behind. I find it alluring and I may say, its appearance is already a winner! Severalbeer reviews said its appearance is a "Belgian Classic" that's why everyone is being hooked into it by just its appearance.

Spicy, estery aroma with lots of vinous dark fruit, zesty pepper and earthy hops are the aromas you would sense on this best strong beer. Complex nose with lots of plum, grape, raisin, fig, date and dark cherry are present as well. This is complimented by a nice roasted malt presence with hints of chocolate and caramel and subtle earthy pine. Peppery with coriander as well as hints of yeast/bread, sweet alcohol phenol and licorice. Its complex aroma gives another plus factor for this best strong beer.

Medium bodied with a prominent spicy and hoppy flavor that lingers over the roasted malt body and sweet dark fruit notes into a dry finish for this beer. Dry, earthy and slightly bitter with some piney hop flavor which is complimented by the zesty, peppery spice. This is countered mid palate by a slightly roasted chocolate malt backbone with hints of caramel, toffee, biscuit and licorice. Hints of slightly chalky, bready yeast add complexity and fullness to the body. Toward the end of the swallow there is a very prominent vinous dark fruit flavor with hints of fig, raisin, plum, grape and dark cherry. The hops have held up surprisingly well and are very prominent in the flavor profile. The malt and dark fruit notes are enhanced as it warms, balancing things out a bit. ABV is excellently masked with subtle alcohol sweetness but no heat whatsoever making this pretty quaffable.

Overall,  Trappist Westvleteren 8  is one of the most interesting trappist beers I've had. It's well balanced but much hoppier than any Belgian beer in this style that I have encountered. The malt and dark fruit notes really start to shine as it warms. Different beer reviews state that it is truly one of the "bestest" ever! This beer is recommended drinking at cellar temperature or letting it warm up considerably to enjoy it at it's fullest potential. Not as complex, flavorful or easy to drink as the 12 but it's still pretty good! Two thumbs up for Trappist Westvleteren 8!

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The Abyss

The Abyss would definitely be one of the best light beers I had tasted! It is overwhelmingly famous due to different beer reviews that it has been included. This beer made from Oregon, United States is one of the many favorites by the Americans. It is undoubtedly a must taste beer, a prove to that would be almost majority of all beer reviews gave it a good remarks!

This best light beer pours pure black- darker than used engine oil. Its color is quite a unique one when you compared it to the normal color of beers. When I hold this up to the bright sun there are no highlights revealed. I mean this is totally black. The pour produces two fingers of doughy dark brown compact head that coats the glass. Again, the looks of this best light beer is awesome!

The nose is one of the most complexes of any dark beer I have smelled in quite some time. A touch of smoke overlays a duo of roasty malt and hops. A further hoppiness pairs with tannic notes of woody oak. A slight touch of vanilla is probably due to the added vanilla and not bourbon barrel; only 6% of the beer in these bottles ever saw the inside of one but then who know? Maybe it was a young set of barrels. I find it great.

Well this best light beer is complex. I guess I will start with the basic stout flavors, which are present in this beer but there is so much happening on top of them that I have to think about it to isolate them. Hops are here in plentiful quantities and they pair with the roast of the dark malts in the typical big stout fashion. The most prominent non-traditional stout flavor is a pronounced woodiness. This is a popular comment on "The Abyss" on different beer reviews. Anyway, it almost reminds me of roasted chicory, or an over-oaked stout I brewed once. Anyway, this flavor almost dominates, but doesn't eclipse everything else. I do taste both licorice and a tiny bit of vanilla, which are both tasty. So I wonder if that particular woody flavor is the cherry bark. Regardless of the flavor of this best light beer that you would taste, I tell you its taste was simply epic! 

The mouthfeel is rather dry and viscous, but not as thick and chewy as something like Bourbon County Stout. I think it is still quite good, and I imagine that it is exactly what the brewers at Deschutes intended. Carbonation feels fairly low.

This beer as expected is an awesome beer! It has so many flavors that it is walking the line between complex and muddled. I like it quite a bit, but find myself straying back the purist mindset of doing little to a beer save for aging it in oak. However, this beer is doing something awesome and this beer is recommended for everyone loves American brewed beers! It should be tried by anybody who has an interest in American beer or big dark beers of any sort. Kudos to this beer!

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Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia

Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia is an all time favorite on different beer reviews! This beer made from Michigan, United States is a worldwide favorite. This best strong beer should be tasted by everyone! This will complete your world's best beers list.

The appearance of this best strong beer pours a small, medium-thin, light tan head with lousy retention. Really noisy and fizzes down to a slight ring very quickly. Color is a clear seal brown with no carbonation evident. Slight ring remains but leaves no lacing down the glass. Not off putting, but definitely not attractive. Majority of beer reviews find it lame. Forget this though; the rest is killer!

The aroma of this best strong beer is the first big plus factor! A big, bold nose of bourbon barrel. Lots of oak, vanilla, piles of bourbon, and some nice caramel and toffee aromas. Notes of maple syrup and brown sugar as well. Smells like barrel aged sweet goodness. It is a total pleasure for the nose! If you would base it just from its aroma, it would be the best among the best strong beers around the globe! Different beer reviews on the 'net would agree to me!

Its taste is as much like it smells, but moves from a tamer initial flavor to a burst after the swallow. Caramel and toffee flavors up front, with lots of maple syrup and lots of brown sugar. After the swallow, an avalanche of oak, vanilla sweetness, caramel, and lots of bourbon goodness. Quite boozy and barrel heavy after the swallow, but it’s very, very tasty. Bold and lingering aftertaste is full of caramel sweetness and bourbon barrel, but is perhaps a little too hot for top marks.

Kuhnhenn Bourbon Barrel Fourth Dementia's mouthfeel was excellent! Medium-full body with medium carbonation. Creamy on the palate, goes down smooth with a blast of heat after the swallow and finishes slightly sticky. A big alcohol burn at the end is a little rough, but the rest of the palate is strong enough to support such a big brew.

Overall, what a tasty treat! It deserves to be one of the best strong beers indeed! This one is very barrel forward, especially after the swallow, and although I usually like my BA beers a little more nuanced, this one just seems to work. The base beer and relatively full bodied palate are big enough to support the big barrel presence, making it a delicious brew as opposed to a harsh booze bomb. It is, admittedly, still a little hot, but with a little time, this will be outstanding. In fact, according to the masses, it already is outstanding. I can’t argue with that. This beer is recommended for all those beer lovers out there! 

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Russian River Supplication

Supplication is one of those beers that caught my attention when I read some beer reviews. It is considered as one of the best strong beer ever! This beer made from California, United States is simply great. One must truly try this one.

The appearance of this best strong beer is the first plus factor. A lovely amber ale pours from the bottle and falls under a finger of taupe foam of fine nature. The foam settles into a solid, thick sheet of the same. Sandy, spotty lace as I may say. Excellent clarity. Looks both rustic and inviting. 

Its aroma is another win factor for this best strong beer. What jumps out at me immediately is how much this smells like a Flanders Red now, oak and cherry hues over an apple cider vinegar intonation. There's a tannic characteristic in the nose as well. There's a slight grassy funk which is woven into the tart and woody characteristics quite well. Although there is much going on here, I find the nose a little too delicate. The aroma of this best strong beer is a favorite on different beer reviews, which I indeed agree.

The taste of this best strong beer end up our conversation on why it is consider one of the best. Tart with cherries so dominant. I am very, very surprised on how pronounced the cherry is here. It is followed through with oak, dry grapes, and interesting canned spinach flavor. I'm noting an umami/leather flavor as well. It is complex and intriguing indeed. There's a bitter undertone that is just bitter enough to impress me to reserve appreciation for the other flavors, but just as I start to get annoyed, it seems fleeting, and I almost seek out the bitterness to help clean the medium of my tongue. The tart aspect of the beer is inhibited by this bitterness in so much as it accentuates the character and marries the other nuances of the beer together. Seriously, this is really, really well blended beer. Impressive indeed! It is no wonder why it is one of the favorites on different beer reviews.

Its mouthfeel was great. Medium bodied and lively foam conspire to a really velvety feel and as this roams my mouth, I think it will dry it out. Upon swallowing and exhaling, my mouth is simply wet and the notes are warmed via alcohol and blossom back through the mouth. Really nice feel here. I'm hard pressed to think of what I would change here, can't think of a thing, a hard earned 100% here.

Overall, I am struggling to think of another beer in this particular style I prefer to this one. I am calling this a Flander's Style, and I am only considering one other in the realm that competes for me: Dissident. And only time will tell if the '11 batch will meet expectations. I really enjoy this beer. And although I'm not likely to go out of my way to find it as much, I would likely grab some next time I see it on the shelves. This beer is recommended for all those beer lovers out there!

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