Westvleteren Brewery

Westvleteren is a Trappist beer, the Trappist abbey of Saint Sixtus in in Vleteren (West Flanders) is brewed. In addition to Westvleteren only five other Trappist beers in Belgium may carry the proprietary label Authentic Trappist Product: Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort and Westmalle and La Trappe in the Netherlands. Since September 2012, the new brewery of the pen Engelszell in Austria may use the coveted label for its beers.

History

History of the Trappist monastery dates back to 1831, 1839 was the first brewery.

The abbey and the brewery is not to visit, standing as an information center about the monastic life the " claustrum ", as well as serving the monastic specialties Café "In de Vrede " in the immediate vicinity of the Abbey are available. The beer is bottled in bottles of 0,33 l, they are without a label. The content can be seen only by the bottle caps.

The beer is "In de Vrede " sold exclusively at the monastery, or in the café. A sales of beer through dealers not exist. According to the company, the monks do not live to brew, brew to live. They produce only limited amounts and are not always all beers available. The current capacity can be obtained via a " beer phone ". At buyer a maximum of two wooden boxes are sold each 24 bottles. Potential buyers must be possible to give a pick-up date, indicating the motor vehicle registration plate at the monastery. Such a reservation is possible only every 60 days. The beer is only on parole, not to resell it sold. Westvleteren Trappist beer is elected at international beer rating sites in the very first rank. On " RateBeer.com " Westvleteren 12 was voted the world's best beer; the monks of the abbey of Sint Sixtus already feel disturbed in their religious life from the hubbub caused by this.

Beers

• Westvleteren 6 ( blonde), 5.8 % vol. , Green bottle caps
• Westvleteren 8 ( bruin ), 8 % vol. , Blue bottle caps
• Westvleteren 12 ( bruin ), 10.2% vol. , Yellow bottle caps

Trappist beer is at least one week stored standing in a dark room before it is consumed at a temperature between 12 ° C and 16 ° C. For pouring pouring it carefully into a goblet, so that the sediment, about one centimeter, remains in the bottle. You can drink the last centimeter also tasty with the vitamin-rich yeast lees followed in second gear safe.