Westvleteren

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Westvleteren beers

Westvleteren is a Trappist beer that is brewed in the Trappist Abbey of Sankt Sixtus in Vleteren ( West Flanders ). In addition to Westvleteren, only five other Trappist beers are allowed to carry the legally protected Authentic Trappist Product label in Belgium : Achel , Chimay , Orval , Rochefort and Westmalle and La Trappe in the Netherlands . Since September 2012, the new brewery of Engelszell Abbey in Austria has been able to use the coveted label for its beers.

history

The history of the Trappist monastery goes back to 1831, in 1839 the first brewery was built .

The abbey and the brewery cannot be visited, but the “Claustrum” as an information center on monastic life and a bar serving monastic specialties at the “In de Vrede” café in the immediate vicinity of the abbey are available. The beer is bottled in 0.33 l bottles, they are without a label . The content can only be recognized by the crown cap .

The beer is only sold at the monastery or in the “In de Vrede” café. There is no distribution of the beer through dealers. According to their own account, the monks don't live to brew, they brew to live. Only limited quantities are produced and not all types of beer are always in stock. The current inventory can be requested via a "beer phone". A maximum of two wooden boxes of 24 bottles each are sold. Buyers must request a pick-up date from the monastery , stating their vehicle registration number. Such a reservation is only possible every 60 days. The beer is only sold against my word of honor not to resell it. Westvleteren Trappist beer is voted into the very top ranks on international beer rating websites. Westvleteren 12 was even voted the world's best beer on "RateBeer.com" ; The monks of the Sint Sixtus Abbey already feel disturbed by the hustle and bustle caused by this in their monastic life.

After a supermarket managed to get 300 crates of Westvleteren beer in 2019 and these were then sold for 10 euros per bottle, the sales process was changed. The sale is now on the Internet.

Types of beer

  • Westvleteren 6 (blond), 5.8 % vol. , green bottle cap
  • Westvleteren 8 (brown), 8% vol., Blue crown cap
  • Westvleteren 12 (brown), 10.2% vol., Yellow crown cap

Trappist beer should be stored upright in a dark room for at least a week before it is consumed at a temperature between 12 ° C and 16 ° C. To pour it is carefully poured into a goblet so that the sediment remains in the bottle, about one centimeter. Then, in the second course, the last, also tasty, centimeter can be drunk with the vitamin-rich yeast residue.

Web links

Commons : Westvleteren beer  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ top 50 beers in the world - ratebeer best 2012. Accessed on August 15, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Westvleteren is said to be the world's best beer - brewery myth annoys monks , August 25, 2011. In: n-tv.de
  3. ^ Sale of Trappist Westvleteren. In: trappistwestvleteren.be. Retrieved on August 15, 2020 .