St Bernardus Abt 12 Oak Aged
St Bernardus Abt 12 Oak Aged
is brewed with the same recipe as the regular Abt 12 and then matured for 6 months in Oak Calvados barrels before it is bottle conditioned. This maturation on oak kegs gives the beer a deeper and richer taste.
Brewery Sint Bernardus
Brewery St.Bernardus was founded in 1946 with one purpose: to brew and commercialise the beers of the Trappist monks of Westvleteren. After the Second World War, the monks did not want to commercialise their beers anymore, and were looking for somebody who would do that for them. A deal was made with the owner of a cheese factory in Watou, some 7 kilometres from the abbey. To start up the new brewery, the brew master from the Trappist monks became a partner in the brewery, and he brought along the knowhow, the recipes and the St. Sixtus-yeast. For many years we brewed and commercialised these beers under the names Trappist Westvleteren or St. Sixtus.