St. Bernardus Pater 6 | Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
Brewed by:
Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
Belgium
sintbernardus.be
Style: Dubbel
Alcohol by volume (ABV): 6.70%
Availability: Year-round
Notes / Commercial Description:
No notes at this time.
Added by BeerAdvocate on 12-17-2002
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Ratings: 1,631 | Reviews: 727
3.96/5 rDev -3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Gorgeous dark brown with a huge white head that foams up and stays there.
Smell: Spicy and fruity malt. A hint of sweetness, but very sharp otherwise.
Taste: Molasses is strong. Bits of dried fruit in the background. Low bitterness without any hop flavor.
Mouthfeel: Decently thick and slightly carbonated.
Overall: Very, very different. Almost doesn't taste like a beer, but in a good way.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Look: Gorgeous dark brown with a huge white head that foams up and stays there.
Smell: Spicy and fruity malt. A hint of sweetness, but very sharp otherwise.
Taste: Molasses is strong. Bits of dried fruit in the background. Low bitterness without any hop flavor.
Mouthfeel: Decently thick and slightly carbonated.
Overall: Very, very different. Almost doesn't taste like a beer, but in a good way.
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3.62/5 rDev -11.5%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
4.23/5 rDev +3.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L- pours a deep brown mohagany looking beer with a healthy thick two fingered head.
S- Sweet molasses, Brown sugar and butter. Also some dried fruit is present.
T- Butter, brown sugar, dates and other dried fruits, very very tasty.
F- Smooth, light and fizzy.
O- This beer is fantastic overall. St. Bernardus never fails to make an amazing beer. Absolutely delicious.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4 | overall: 4.25
L- pours a deep brown mohagany looking beer with a healthy thick two fingered head.
S- Sweet molasses, Brown sugar and butter. Also some dried fruit is present.
T- Butter, brown sugar, dates and other dried fruits, very very tasty.
F- Smooth, light and fizzy.
O- This beer is fantastic overall. St. Bernardus never fails to make an amazing beer. Absolutely delicious.
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4.1/5 rDev +0.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
look: 4.25 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
4.31/5 rDev +5.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled
pours a Barbados brown sugar coloured body with a massive staying tobacco stained foaming head
That brown sugar element is prominent in the aroma with hints of dates
slight tart initial flavour then some treacle finishing with a wholemeal and brown sauce but sweeter and beer-yer
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look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.5
Bottled
pours a Barbados brown sugar coloured body with a massive staying tobacco stained foaming head
That brown sugar element is prominent in the aroma with hints of dates
slight tart initial flavour then some treacle finishing with a wholemeal and brown sauce but sweeter and beer-yer
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3.79/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy brown with amber/red highlights and a good sized head that dissipates quicker than expected and leaves just spotty lace. Nose is very earthy with sweet and fruity caramel malts coming in behind. Those sweet malts dominate the taste, and this is sweeter than some other famous dubbels like Westy 8 or Rochefort 6. Some root flavor as well. Overall, a solid beer that is only falling short due to the competition in Belgium, as it lacks the depth of those beers. Different from StB 8, but not really better or worse. It has that same rough, soda pop carbonation.
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look: 3.75 | smell: 4 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 3.5 | overall: 3.75
Pours a hazy brown with amber/red highlights and a good sized head that dissipates quicker than expected and leaves just spotty lace. Nose is very earthy with sweet and fruity caramel malts coming in behind. Those sweet malts dominate the taste, and this is sweeter than some other famous dubbels like Westy 8 or Rochefort 6. Some root flavor as well. Overall, a solid beer that is only falling short due to the competition in Belgium, as it lacks the depth of those beers. Different from StB 8, but not really better or worse. It has that same rough, soda pop carbonation.
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4.75/5 rDev +16.1%
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
look: 4.75 | smell: 4.75 | taste: 4.75 | feel: 4.75 | overall: 4.75
3.87/5 rDev -5.4%
look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I am not really a fan of the dubbel beer style (tripel being my favorite). However, the StB brewery has never let me down in the past. In fact, it is my opinion that despite their silly label (something I grew up with seeing as a kid, and actually made me reluctant to try any of their beers before going into a serious beer craze), they are one of the best breweries in the world.
And well, I was very much pleasantly surprised by this one. Best dubbel I have ever had. Period.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 4 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4
I am not really a fan of the dubbel beer style (tripel being my favorite). However, the StB brewery has never let me down in the past. In fact, it is my opinion that despite their silly label (something I grew up with seeing as a kid, and actually made me reluctant to try any of their beers before going into a serious beer craze), they are one of the best breweries in the world.
And well, I was very much pleasantly surprised by this one. Best dubbel I have ever had. Period.
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4.19/5 rDev +2.4%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 3.75 | overall: 4.25
3.79/5 rDev -7.3%
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
look: 4 | smell: 3.75 | taste: 3.75 | feel: 4 | overall: 3.75
4.07/5 rDev -0.5%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
11.2 ounce bottle poured into a St. Bernardus goblet
A: Pours a dark red/brown/mahogany color with an off white creamy, full head, lots of retention, slight lacing, and loads of carbonation, lots of tiny bubbles streaming up the glass's side.
A: Raisins, figs, brown sugar, spice, malts, honey, no alcohol on the nose, not as aromatic as I was expecting.
T: Dark fruits like raisins, figs, plums, brown sugar, toffee, spice, cloves, and Belgian yeast notes, moderate bitterness, finish is dry with lingering notes of dark fruits and spice.
M: Medium bodied, smooth with a very dry finish, lots of carbonation that rolls smoothly over the palate.
O: A great drinking dubbel from St. Bernardus, glad to have tried and I can't wait to try Prior 8 and see how it compares to this beer.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4
11.2 ounce bottle poured into a St. Bernardus goblet
A: Pours a dark red/brown/mahogany color with an off white creamy, full head, lots of retention, slight lacing, and loads of carbonation, lots of tiny bubbles streaming up the glass's side.
A: Raisins, figs, brown sugar, spice, malts, honey, no alcohol on the nose, not as aromatic as I was expecting.
T: Dark fruits like raisins, figs, plums, brown sugar, toffee, spice, cloves, and Belgian yeast notes, moderate bitterness, finish is dry with lingering notes of dark fruits and spice.
M: Medium bodied, smooth with a very dry finish, lots of carbonation that rolls smoothly over the palate.
O: A great drinking dubbel from St. Bernardus, glad to have tried and I can't wait to try Prior 8 and see how it compares to this beer.
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4.34/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.34/5 rDev +6.1%
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
look: 4 | smell: 4.25 | taste: 4.5 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4.25
4.14/5 rDev +1.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle from LCBO pours misty reddish brown with an off white creamy stable heas and dense lacing. Aroma: raisin’s, brown sugar, spice, hint of banana. Flavour; continues complexity of aroma - bidy medium.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.25 | overall: 4
Bottle from LCBO pours misty reddish brown with an off white creamy stable heas and dense lacing. Aroma: raisin’s, brown sugar, spice, hint of banana. Flavour; continues complexity of aroma - bidy medium.
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4.22/5 rDev +3.2%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
LOOKS: A dark, opaque, mahogany, with a huge, tan head that lasts and leaves a sticky lacing down the glass.
AROMA: Fruity, pear, dried apricot, some green apple, and a slight alcohol hit.
TASTE: No alcohol in the flavor, but everything from the nose, but, balanced/not overly sweet.
FEEL: Full carbonation, very dry, medium body.
OVERALL: Very nice beer. Not something I'd drink all the time, but, I'd always have a bottle of any St. Bernardus brew in the cellar, at any time.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4.25 | feel: 4.5 | overall: 4.25
LOOKS: A dark, opaque, mahogany, with a huge, tan head that lasts and leaves a sticky lacing down the glass.
AROMA: Fruity, pear, dried apricot, some green apple, and a slight alcohol hit.
TASTE: No alcohol in the flavor, but everything from the nose, but, balanced/not overly sweet.
FEEL: Full carbonation, very dry, medium body.
OVERALL: Very nice beer. Not something I'd drink all the time, but, I'd always have a bottle of any St. Bernardus brew in the cellar, at any time.
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4.02/5 rDev -1.7%
look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 11.2oz bottle into Chimay goblet.
L - Medium brown pour with slight red notes, a finger of sandy foam.
S - Brown sugar, brown bread, toasted grain. Not a lot of nose but should develop as it warms.
T - Whole grain bread, not super sweet, but very grainy.
F - Creamy carbonation, dry finish.
Subdued table beer. All the notes are there, but well balanced for drinkability.
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look: 4.25 | smell: 4 | taste: 4 | feel: 4 | overall: 4
Poured from 11.2oz bottle into Chimay goblet.
L - Medium brown pour with slight red notes, a finger of sandy foam.
S - Brown sugar, brown bread, toasted grain. Not a lot of nose but should develop as it warms.
T - Whole grain bread, not super sweet, but very grainy.
F - Creamy carbonation, dry finish.
Subdued table beer. All the notes are there, but well balanced for drinkability.
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3.27/5 rDev -20%
look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3.5
L: Hazy dark amber color, huge four finger beige head, messy lacing, loads of carbonation.
S: Typical Belgian yeast, alcohol.
T: Typical Belgian taste. But below average. Not even close to a Leffe, for example.
F: Watery. Like very watery. Goes down like...water.
O: Not sure why most give a high score for this beer but...nah.
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look: 3 | smell: 3.5 | taste: 3.5 | feel: 1.5 | overall: 3.5
L: Hazy dark amber color, huge four finger beige head, messy lacing, loads of carbonation.
S: Typical Belgian yeast, alcohol.
T: Typical Belgian taste. But below average. Not even close to a Leffe, for example.
F: Watery. Like very watery. Goes down like...water.
O: Not sure why most give a high score for this beer but...nah.
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St. Bernardus Pater 6 from Brouwerij St. Bernardus NV
Beer rating:
4.09 out of
5 with
1,631 ratings
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