Why Belgium's Trappist Beer Is Considered One Of The Best Beers In The World

[@DWFood]

What's your favorite type of beer?

[@peterahazlewood]

Good Belgian beers, such as lambic, or German wheat beer. 🤤🤤🤤

[@greenbluemonkey]

So many good local craft beers now to try, no matter where you live. New ones coming all the time. But I do like Parallel 49 brand lager at the moment. Brewed here in Vancouver, Canada. The brand that produced the beer that Ricky Gervais called the best he's ever had.

[@IiiERT]

New Zealand India Pale Ale brewed with Motueka hops.

[@anaical]

YES

[@StillAliveAndKicking_]

Berlinner Weisse are wonderful, or a nice black IPA, or a New England IPA. Honestly it’s not the style, but the quality and nature of the ingredients and brewing process.

[@atp1130]

I like how the beer expert guy took a tiny delicate sip, then just drank the rest in one gulp.

[@DWFood]

@Andre Pelletier A true connaisseur!

[@roxcaz]

Jef Van Den Steen is the one

[@jorenbosmans8065]

The Nice thing with the trappist Beers is that they don't try to reinvent themselves all the time to make more Profit. They have their Beers which sell enough and they keep it with that. So when you like one, you know it Will always be the same. There are many Belgian Brewers who do the same. Many of the large Brewers however constantly try to be more appealing or create 20 different flavors that make Lil Sense.

[@charlyroadmolko8090]

Belgium has turned up into the leader of Beer in the world...The Belgian beers are famous here in Mexico...🇧🇪♥️♥️

[@Diggnuts]

Actually the USA has become that leader for all the good or bad that implies.

[@stijnvanderveken]

@@Diggnuts AB Inbev the largest beer company in the world, and that is a Belgian company

[@Diggnuts]

@@stijnvanderveken At this point is is basically a multinational, but is you argument that the biggest must by definition be the best? Because, I mean, a 5 year old could dismantle that argument in a second. Being BIG does not equal quality. Is that concept foreign to you?

[@stijnvanderveken]

@@Diggnuts wauw your easily offended. Now I used Inbev because I have found out most Americans tend to care more about size, the bigger the better. Now excuse me I had no idea I was dealing with a superior specimen. The fact that you have figured out already that a 5 year old has a mind of it's own is a giveaway. You might want to consider to react a bit less toxic, no one asked for it. And I sure didn't react to you with the intention of offending you If you talk about quality then yes Belgium still wins, and this is subjective. Depending on what style of beer you prefer there will always be a county that has the most beers you prefer. But if you do a quick search on best beer county in the world and you scroll trough the list of websites, well as far as I went Belgium ranked nr1 most of the times. And yes it's a matter of pride as well. If you live in a county as small as Belgium there is little to be proud of when your comparing with other county's. I think that our best known landmark is a little boy pissing on the street in Brussels so woohoo great for us. So when it comes to beer, chocolate and fries we could get a bit defensive.

[@Diggnuts]

@@stijnvanderveken The word "offended", you are using it incorrectly or you do not precisely know what it means. You can't possibly offend me at all, and I'll be as "toxic" as I bloody well please. "If you talk about quality then yes Belgium still wins, and this is subjective. " Nonsense. Quality and consistency are measurable. The "it's subjective" defence is always a sign of a lacking or non existent argument. A beer culture like yours that still vehemently uses the archaic method to produce something like Lambic and Geuze can't possibly claim to be of high standards. Do you understand that simple concept? You should understand that the main ingredient of most special beers from Belgium is simply "hype". Sure there are a couple of pretty good beers, but there is also a lot of mediocre fluff, in fact that is the majority. It is only by a mythical and undeserved reputation that Belgian beers are ranked higher than they should be. If you watch beer rating sites, which sound a bit like wanking off to me, you might have noticed that the last couple of years, non-belgian brewers have started out-competing Belgian brewers. If you care about these things, surely you know this? The (false) pride bit I understand. I have been to Belgium a couple of times (to many) and it is a miserable place. It is dirty, unfriendly, uninteresting, boring, ugly and the people generally have a crippling sense of self loathing that is projected in a way that makes interacting with a Belgian very unpleasant. So I understand why you try to hold on to that myth that despite being a shit country, at least you are best at some things. Well, that is an illusion! Belgian beer culture is, on average, just mediocre just like the Netherlands, only they do not bitch about it. If you want to see proper beer culture, go to Germany. Those guys take it seriously and are able to consistently produce quality and have true masterful variation. I would be happy to go into detail for you why you are mistaken about Belgian beer culture and why it actually is quite overrated on every level.

[@josephmathew12]

I can vouch for this video. It brings back memories of Belgium. Superb. Absolutely superb.👍 Buying the Trappist beer at a store is one thing, getting to taste it at the monastery is priceless.❤️

[@roberthoyle6371]

At 2:48 Spencer Trappist Ale is shown. The only American Trappist brewery, located in Spencer, Massachusetts.

[@0katmandude0]

a great beer! has a nice toasted feel to it. warm rye bread and a butteriness to the beer.

[@ThugaPT]

Chimay grand reserve 2018 was probably the best beer I've ever drank... Gorgeous

[@bhaaratsharma6023]

Once you start drinking Trappist beers it's hard to like other beers more.

[@paleo704]

It’s actually impossible

[@hammothw4814]

i think you are right. i like them. ut i also really like stouts, what are the best stouts?

[@croninalan]

@@hammothw4814 He is right. However being from Ireland stouts and strong IPAs can be very good also. However Westmalle is in my opinion the very best. Nothing wrong at all with Chimay, infact I'll be drinking one after my Westmalle

[@kuroki_suzume]

@@paleo704 Actually it's possible. When you start brewing your own beer :D

[@kylenichols8944]

Trappist beers are my favourite, with La Trappe and Trappiste Rochefort topping my list of favourite brewers - at least that are available here in Ontario, Canada. I’d absolutely love to visit Belgium to try more of these!

[@booshmani8841]

La Trappe ✊

[@Alix777.]

Trappiste Rochefort 8 is my favorite belgian beer

[@shawnfraser16]

Love how we get a good selection here in Ontario. Though if you ever get to travel international some bottle shops will carry Westvleteren. It's something special!

[@haarlem4048]

my favourite is Achel but you must try once in a lifetime brewery " De glazen toren "

[@sailormanoyster1849]

I was formally a regular visitor😢

[@maevethefox5912]

Rochefort 10 is a Trappist Quad, and perhaps the best thing I've ever drank. Highly, highly recommend it if you can find it!

[@aagg6124]

In every cafe or shop in my town XD

[@mrccc90]

Rochefort 10 is my favourite beer ever, that thing is literally liquid gold! Pricey but worth every damn cent!

[@jeremyroenick2202]

From the famous trio Rochefort is deffinitely the winner

[@aagg6124]

@@jeremyroenick2202 you know Rochefort has a fourth beer since last year?

[@fishbonegaga]

My favourite.

[@maximusdecimus4017]

Fully agree. Nothing beats Belgian beer. If Trappist beer is available I would always choose that before any other beer 🍺

[@DWFood]

Heck yeah! 😀

[@hammothw4814]

how much Belgium beer can i drink a day without becoming an alcoholic?

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

I certainly like a Chimay beer. I actually dreamed about Chimay last night. It's fairly inexpensive as well. Off the top of my head, about €1.50 in the Dutch supermarkets. But it's also delicious.

[@paleo704]

Not inexpensive here in USA. Very expensive actually

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

@@paleo704 Yeah, imports can get expensive. Until recently, Bud Light would cost be 2.50. And that's not even good beer. Your average shitty brand lager like Heineken is 0.80. Nowadays Bud is permanently on rebate because nobody wants to buy it.

[@alanb.6198]

Living in Brussels now I can see how cheap it is: €1,50. In my hometown, São Paulo, it is €8,00. 😕

[@hammothw4814]

how much Belgium beer can i drink a day without becoming an alcoholic?

[@knotwilg3596]

The distinction between trappist beers and other abbey beers is a formal one: only certain abbeys adhere to the order of "Trappists". There are 13 such abbey-breweries in the world, only 6 of which in Belgium, one of them being Chimay. Yes, they have become a household name in the world of beer, but they vary among them, and their qualities are not exclusive. The tastes vary by a lot as most of these breweries offer different varieties. The three flavors offered by Chimay (blonde, lighter brown, darker brown) are already very different. The dark one has similar but still differentiable taste as Rochefort 10 or Westvleteren. The blond one, a triple, is akin to the triples of other trappists, like Westmalle. Orval produces only one variety, which is very distinguishable in its amber color and specific taste. Another major difference is the extent to which these breweries are profit oriented. In the case of Westvleteren or Orval, they limit their production to what is needed for self sustainability. Other breweries operate more like commercial entities, though the abbeys still have their stake and say. As such you can't really talk about the taste or process of "Trappist beer". There are other abbey beers too, with equally varying degrees of profit orientation.

[@janoski09]

Hey George, nice comment and all. I like belgian beer too, but when the fuck are you finishing Winds of Winter already??

[@fellspoint9364]

Cretin

[@knotwilg3596]

@@janoski09 Still 2544 youtube videos to comment on first, but then it's a promise! Thanks for the encouragement!

[@janoski09]

@@knotwilg3596 so dont hold my breath? Got It. Gj trying to inject some culture into this cesspool btw. Read It again, good stuf

[@fellspoint9364]

@Knotwilg- my insult wasn’t directed at you. I enjoyed your comments about brewing. However, the other fellow who complained surely deserved a shot.

[@Brandon-bh7pj]

If I could I would drink Trappist beer all the time. I love Trappist beer, wish I could try more.

[@richadams881]

You should look into home brewing.

[@Brandon-bh7pj]

@@richadams881 I have considered that before. I'm definitely keen on doing it sometime in the future.

[@roobadoob1984]

Underrated channel

[@DWFood]

Thanks 🤗!

[@Supermariocrosser]

Belgium is a bit like bavaria being a strong catholic germanic region with many monks making simple bread into the best enjoyable drink. Some buildings in munich look like the ones in Brussels and antwerp. But bavarians are rather conformist in beer . But belgians tend to be individualistic , you could say rheinish people the same with their unusual altbier or kolsch

[@KnivingDispodia]

Scaldis, while not a Trappist beer, is a Belgian beer modeled after the Trappist fashion and I cannot recommend it enough.

[@kylenichols8944]

Absolutely agree. This one reminds a ton of Orval as well. Delicious

[@MrIkesimba]

@@kylenichols8944 Unibroue in Canada also brews in the Trappist style and is world class.

[@0katmandude0]

you taste tradition ^^between Chimay, Mardesous, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren, La trappe, Orval, Zundert, L'Engelszell, The Spencer, Tre fontaine, Tynt Meadow days and days of fun ^^. My favourite is probably the Orval, and if the weather is warm a nice chilled Westmalle. Oh and the cheese made by certain abbeys is a real treat too!.

[@elmarvandrogen4620]

Try the karmeliet once you will be amazed

[@0katmandude0]

@@elmarvandrogen4620 thats one of the wifes favorates, along with the triple of anvers

[@0katmandude0]

@@elmarvandrogen4620 yup tried it :0) at volle gas in ixelles

[@elmarvandrogen4620]

Yeah karmeliet is the only one my wife drinks to.

[@elmarvandrogen4620]

Will get the tripple of anvers for her once

[@sibagatov]

I've been to Belgium once and tried almost all of the trappist beers. As I remember, some of them are sold once in a few years and only 1 bottle per person.

[@123davaro]

Westvleteren is the rarest

[@sibagatov]

@@1234hijs yeah, maybe that "one bottle per person" wasn't the trappist beer. I don't remember its name. But I remember that the brewery is based in Brugge.

[@123davaro]

@@1234hijs I think Orval does this on some special editions

[@jorenbosmans8065]

@@sibagatov Brugge Doesn't have a trappist normally. Only Brewery I know Is halve maan. So Brugse zot or Straffe Hendrik.

[@joebanish7517]

As good as Chimay Grand Reserve is (and it is damn good), my favorite would have to be Westmalle. Unbelievable beer.

[@third_mate]

nothing beats the westmalle, nothing like it

[@vaughnwilliams1208]

Yes, that's good 👍

[@garzapedroa]

I'm drinking the Blue Chimay, definitively, a World Class Beer, 9 degrees de alcohol, nevertheless, son drinkable. Saludos desde Monterrey Mexico, ciudad cede de cervecería Cuauhtémoc - Moctezuma.

[@andrewbaginski6414]

I was born in a city where beer is made for over 500 years. In my life I have had the opportunity to try thousands of different beers from all over the world, living in deferent parts of the world. I can boldly say that the best beers are made by German, Poland, Czech, Belgium,sam of English is okay (dark)

[@zalien6]

What about Mexico. All their beers are German in origin or Austrian I believe

[@noelvandenbogaard5509]

German beer is all right, but not very special it's even a bit boring. They keep to mutch to the Rineheits gebode.

[@ghilesous7804]

U forgot to mention latvian, Lithuanian, and russian one of the finest beers, if u haven't tried them i highly recommend them

[@ww3032]

Any recommendations for polish beer?

[@sosna1443]

@@ww3032 Try Zawisza czarny from Łańcut brewery.

[@mattc825]

Superb documentary!!

[@gauravgandhi4317]

Beer is about memories. Best beer is what brings you to memories

[@Diggnuts]

And Belgian beers are what delete those memories by killing brain cells with high ABV brews with many impurities.

[@per-olamjomark7452]

I am not surprised that UNESCO in 2016 inscribed Belgian beer culture on their list of the intangible cultural heritage of humanity.

[@Diggnuts]

I am! There is no baseline definition of what Belgian beer culture actually is. Most of it is not even "just" Belgian at all.

[@MrNullifier]

Back in the day I used to almost exclusively drink Trappist beer. Now I rarely have the same kind of beer twice. I enjoy trying different styles and breweries.

[@danielegrazioli3077]

Great job! Very entertaining

[@DWFood]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@secretd2503]

I'm from Denmark, and my one of my favorite beers is La Trappe!

[@henkdeklapsteen6787]

Thats amazing dutch beer! The brewery is 5 minutes away from me

[@Marco_Onyxheart]

La Trappe is pretty good. And super cheap for its quality (at least going by Dutch supermarket prices). Usually between 1 euro and 1.50. It depends a little on the specific variety. I think I usually like Chimay better, but La Trappe has some very lovely beers as well. Their White Trappist is a great summer beer, and their Bock is another excellent seasonal brew.

[@TrappistNation]

Love this! ❤

[@robertcain3426]

The best beer is the one you like.

[@gennaterra]

So, so true!

[@nextlifeonearth]

Best depends on your definition of "best". Not necessarily the same thing as the one you like.

[@blickluke]

*WRONG*. The best beer is the one I like. (Sarcasm)

[@TexanInItaly]

No, my friend likes michelob ultra.

[@vladtepes9614]

@@TexanInItaly My dad drinks that stuff. It's like beer flavored water.

[@JahangirKhan-kg3oo]

Today I have,first time, seen chimay beer in Goa India and now I am watching this video. Its very costly beer here as compared to the local indian brand as it's been imported. I was wondering why it's so costly however after seeing this video, I realised the story behind it. Let me try it today amd than will comment..thanks

[@GM-ub8qy]

St Bernardus abt 12 is my favorite beer

[@crabmansteve6844]

My favorite style of beer in the world. ❤

[@popdartan7986]

Tastewise they taste heavenly

[@chansaicommerce1721]

AMAZING !!

[@charlesballiet7074]

3:30 I think that man is far to thin to be a real beer expert I mean all the people I know who have drunk a lot of beer all carry a extra tire around the middle.

[@DWFood]

😅😅

[@patrickwolf5796]

Chimay also makes an exquisite cheese!

[@matthiasvanhecke1283]

As a belgian my favorite cheeses are the trappist ones including Chimay. but I also really love goat cheese but that isn't really a belgian product often.

[@christophehiguet7838]

Ok but the Trappist cheeses except Chimay are not made locally where the beer is made.

[@wabisabi6802]

More beer episodes please? How about featuring Weihenstephan? Prost! 🍻

[@DWFood]

Not a bad idea! 😉

[@wabisabi6802]

@@DWFood wow thanks! Danke! 💜

[@kerbygator]

St. Bernardus abt12 quad is very good.

[@janoski09]

Just one of many delicious belgian styles of beer. Your average belgian pilsner will also knock your socks off

[@janoski09]

@@Diggnuts you talking about american beer? Cuz yes, they are all dirty bathtub water.

[@chansaicommerce1721]

AWESOME !!

[@arunmalat3138]

Please do next on Westvleteren! and Rochefort!

[@jondoe19896091]

sad that the monks dont drink anymore. i was hoping to see some Panderan Brewmaster action

[@hammothw4814]

i'm sure they drink any chance they get.

[@calebcrittenden]

I like how this video opens with someone incorrectly pouring the beer

[@enkidude]

What's wrong?

[@calebcrittenden]

@@enkidude well typically with this style it has a second fermentation in the bottle due to leftover yeast. Basically you'd typically carefuly pour this beer out of the bottle and attempt to leave the cloudy nasty yeast at the bottom. Hense the person in the video just emptys the whole bottle into a glass which would cause there to be chunks of yeast floating in your beer.

[@Diggnuts]

If a beer comes with a manual how to pour it, the brewer is at fault. You should not be expected to follow some archaic ritual just to have a bloody drink.

[@calebcrittenden]

@@Diggnuts then drink a fuckin coors lite. You just cant really make this style of beer without the fermentation that occurs in the bottle.

[@enkidude]

@@calebcrittenden I don't believe that's true about the pouring or the 2nd/multiple fermentation. You want to pour a bottle hard to release the CO2, it will settle the same way as if you nicely pour it. As for yeast, the 2nd ferment is also an intended aspect of the flavor and character, nobody is putting yeast in as an obstacle to avoid, it's part of the product, and there's no way it would be in chunks unless you just poured the yeast in, brewers can time their distribution, and they do, especially with 2nd ferments. I've drank Chimay from the bottle and glass, never had any issues like that

[@yongjianyi3556]

St Bernadus abott 12 is my favourite trappist beer. Any other commercial brand from Czech is good too, though I am partial to Kozel.

[@elsmym6821]

But it's not a trappist mate

[@knotwilg3596]

Abott 12 is a favorite of many Belgian beer lovers. You probably know the story how it is associated to Westvleteren?

[@yongjianyi3556]

@@elsmym6821 WHAT! You mean the monk on the label doesn't mean that its made by them? SOrely disappointed.

[@haarlem4048]

@@yongjianyi3556 yes et no it's same recipe. he took the recipe from the monastery. Westvleteren and Sint- Bernardus is the same beer.

[@arthursimsa9005]

@@elsmym6821 it nearly is. They brewed for Westvleteren for decades. Give it a break.

[@mcgibs]

I was a bit dismayed at first about the monks' attitude towards their own beer, but it makes perfect sense. They're still monks, after all. The beer was always just a means to an end, and of course they can't be too attached to something so worldly. That's what the other people who work the actual brewery are for.

[@davebeckers1887]

Best beer in the world is TORMALES brewed in little town in Belgium, they have a blond triple and a brown winter, super beer even better than Westvleteren.

[@guitarsmurf2501]

Rochefort 10 for the win! 😁

[@jackdolah2031]

belgian beer is the GOAT

[@DWFood]

Absolutely pal

[@LocalLannister]

Recently discovered this channel its fucking class

[@_MANASYt]

Try Orval if you get a chance 🍺

[@kumarishomecookingandvlogs8341]

Super great.

[@DWFood]

Glad you're a fan!🍺

[@christopherskipp1525]

Is trappest beer good for burps?

[@DWFood]

Depends on how fast you drink it...😊

[@christopherskipp1525]

@@DWFood A fair point.

[@aniquinstark4347]

This is probably the only beer that could actually be considered healthy. It's very dense because it was designed to drink during lent as a calorie supplement. You could legitimately eat nothing and only drink this beer without losing much weight.

[@hammothw4814]

it;s not healthy though. if you drink more than one

[@XEinstein]

This video makes it seem that a Teappist is a type of beer, but it is not. A beer can only be a Trippist if it is made inside the monastry, but in theory it could be whatever type of beer.

[@Diggnuts]

Tea-ppist!! Yeah, there are a lot of those beers around. You are correct about Trappist not being a style, but then again, beers and styles are rather muddled and often arbitrary. I mean, you know something has gone wrong when there exists something like a "DARK BELGIAN style INDIAN PALE ale".

[@fatbelly27]

I consider Chimay Blue to be the best beer I have drunk

[@buci555]

After trying this beer i want to be a monk !

[@mypointofview1111]

Belgian beer is really delicious

[@oliviercrush]

rochefort 10 for me the best Trappist 🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤🤤

[@yankeerose9011]

Gulden Draak 9000 Quad 🍻❤🍻

[@sunny-sq6ci]

let's keep in mind, this type of beer is prob one of the oldest continuing in Europe. it may not have changed at all for several centuries.

[@dampaul13]

Wrong. Most of the Abbey styles are relatively new.

[@sanansa4567]

I think it is the best.

[@kavorkaa]

Any way i can enroll into such monastery?

[@DWFood]

@kavorkaa Just for the beer?

[@kavorkaa]

@@DWFood oh,not at all, only for the habits, the praying,im very pious 🍺

[@laurentp1089]

Yes it is! A lot of monastery must close due to shortage of people willing to embrace the monastic life.

[@kavorkaa]

@@laurentp1089 tell them theres some beer testing after prayer and they will need to set up an entrance examination system

[@ayecarambapoker]

On a serious note these monasteries are running out of monks. No monks = no more Trappist beer www.wsj.com/articles/trappist-beer-needs-trappist-monks-to-brew-it-but-the-vocation-is-dwindling-11615392562

[@bauuau18]

Pint of Carling for me

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

4:30 170 years? So in beer terms relative recent upstarts compared to Einbecker (praised in writing by Martin Luther) or Weihenstephan.

[@jorenbosmans8065]

In a way? Yes. Many of the trappist monasteries were created by religious refugees who Came to the area and took up beer brewing to support their monestary. So not as old as certain other places.

[@ChevyBM]

You guys ever heard about Bud Light or Miller Highlife (the champagne of beers)!?

[@DWFood]

If Miller Highlife is the champagne of beers, White Claw must be a 30-year-old whiskey

[@ww3032]

@@DWFood Hahaha you're killing it!

[@hammothw4814]

how you likin that Bud Light now?.....lol

[@dannywhite132]

I love the idea of trappist monasteries being tho most laddish organisations. Men who have abstained from women, to hang out with other men and drink beer. I bet when the cameras leave the sky sports it turned on the bbq lit

[@DWFood]

They probably had a group chat on parchment called Thee Boys 🥶

[@123davaro]

It's actually quite a monastic life as you'd expect. Monks are usually not talking much, praying and working a lot, eating in silence very basic meals etc...But they do drink lots of beer :)

[@ThomeTeque]

Best beer (mostly) comes directly from a local brewery tank. Thank you and good night.

[@dweuromaxx]

*Mic drop*

[@HansVandeWerf]

“Is considered “ .. rephrase.. “ IS the best beer “

[@Diggnuts]

Nah, Belgian beers are mostly overrated.

[@alastor1052]

Be carefull or the imperial stout gang will come

[@rev.br.seraphmaryuzozie7639]

Can the beer and wine ship to African. Someone want to order

[@Geonious]

Some people consider Schlitz the best beer in the world. 😁😂🤣

[@MinnesotaFats]

Best beer in the world is De Glazen Toren saison.

[@haarlem4048]

Yep

[@haarlem4048]

Try also Witkap

[@Talkathon408]

Those monks lonk pretty young for over 170 year olds.

[@rynolascavio3381]

St. Bernardus Tokyo

[@Leeroy2586]

It was zee greatest bier in all of zee world

[@TheSpikehere]

Interesting video. But, you'll never top Brother Theodor being interviewed by Michael Jackson.

[@DWFood]

Mind-blowing.

[@benjaminbauer2947]

If its not made by monks its not trapping, no matter what they own. Never buying that beer again.

[@UncleMichaelable]

This white label is my favorite.

[@hammothw4814]

i just tried the white, red, and blue. all were good, but yes, i liked the white the best.

[@UncleMichaelable]

@@hammothw4814 blue was my favorite about 15 years ago, now I go for the white almost solely.

[@peterstephentrinh257]

28k subscribers...28k...

[@DWFood]

@Peter Stephen Trinh 😀Yes! And hopefully there will be many more to come!

[@TexanInItaly]

Westvleteren 12.

[@Diggnuts]

Which is one of the biggest cons in beer history. If you really want that, get St. Bernardus Abt. 12. Basically the same thing.

[@TexanInItaly]

@@Diggnuts I agree, its very close. But as a beer drinker, you have to try it at least once. I paid $17 a bottle though.

[@TexanInItaly]

@@Diggnuts I wouldn't say it's a con though, it's supply and demand.

[@Diggnuts]

@@TexanInItaly Funny thing is that Abt 12 probably is more like the old Westvleteren because Watou still uses the original yeast strain while Westvleteren started using Westmalle yeast. In that sense I really see no reason for anybody to try it because of the scarcity and hype. A rational and reasonable person will get the same experience from Abt 12.

[@Diggnuts]

@@TexanInItaly Of course it is a con! The scarcity and archaic selling method is purely for show. A show that seemingly convinces people that this beer is the bestast eva! Which is of course is not. It is not even a top 3 beer.

[@gomezfriesen]

Once and a while, on holidays, they have a beer too. Ha ha... sure.

[@dirtybies]

i did a construction job at the monastery in Westmalle a long time a go. When i asked the monks they told me they drink beer almost every day. They don't drink the heavy stuff though, they brew their own private supply which is much lower in alcohol by volume.

[@wildpianokorean679]

Here is my own hall of fame of best draft beers, by situations and only generic big brands 1. Hoegaarden (for every situation a good draft of hoegaarden is always right) 2. Asahi (this would be controversial, but asahi is a dry type that is almost always right) 3. Carlsberg (again only going for the brands. This danish pilsner is cold fresh and golden) Of course the best beers would be stuff that transcends simple brands.

[@chriskappert1365]

Chimay bleu , Rochefort 10 , LaTrappe Quadrupel . 🤪

[@vloev]

Its a neat flavour but I prefer lighter beers

[@Pressplay_Media_EU]

Leffe is the best trappist I've tried yet, it's awesome and has very complex smokey and savoury notes with some sweet ones, and when I sip it, I am suddenly thinking about a banana flavor for some reason, but I'm the only one I guess who tastes a banana note.. It's craft beer before craft beer.. before all these little breweries got so awesome, but modern craft beer still doesn't touch the real deal.. I live in Nova Scotia where the micro breweries are the best in the world IMO but still cannot compete with the Belgian classics IMO'O (In my OTHER opinion)

[@jme104]

Leffe is called an "Abbey" beer but it has nothing to do with an monastery, except for the name . Only "trappist" beer is made in a "trappist" monastery.

[@rolandxor179]

Yes and Leffe is owned by AB Inbev the same one that promotes transgenders through it's Bud Light brand. I love that they can never use the Trappist beers to push degeneracy.

[@rw3899]

@@rolandxor179 someone forgot to take their meds

[@funwithdoka1394]

best beer in this planet is the Moroccan Flag Special.

[@sailormanoyster1849]

Chimey🎉

[@davebeckers1887]

Tormales the new triple of the historical city Zoutleeuw is better than Chimay and all the others

[@Elandur]

Well, that killed the magic for me. I always imagined that this was brewed by devout followers of Christ using traditional methods. Not by employees using modernized equipment. At least the money is still going to good causes, though.

[@brozbro]

and their profit margins are the devil's workshop

[@SouthernFriedPap1st]

Thank you for your priesthoods, Fathers.

[@rollielopezducusin5986]

W O W !!!!

[@konskift]

BE beer > DE beer.

[@Diggnuts]

If you mean "more expensive" then yes. If you mean all round better, then no.

[@appleslover]

I'm not European nor American, so I guess my opinion is neutral. German beer and bread are the best in the world, French wine and Italian cuisine too.

[@schubiduba1]

For my taste St. Bernadus tastes better than chimey

[@rohits79]

This is my kind of church and religion

[@jeremyroenick2202]

Damn DW, how are you 15 years too late with this?

[@DWFood]

@Jeremy Roenick It's never too late for a nice, freshly tapped, cold beer....😉🍻

[@pieterjan29]

Belgium beer is so good that the rest taste like dishwater.

[@sicksideworldwide1599]

Beer shotters 😉

[@hypno6164]

I love how the church be trapping and they say it's for the kids LMAO y'all a bunch of hypocrites!!! Ily please don't change !! 😂😂😂

[@henkdeklapsteen6787]

Monks can have 1 beer a day

[@DWFood]

@henk baksteen The only question is: how big is the glass? 😊🍺