Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 4 11/11/2018
From the fall of 1914 through the end of the war in 1918, thousands of troops were stationed at the abbey. One of the monks, […]
Category: Trappist Slider
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 3 2/19/2018
Westvleteren doesn’t quite fit into the normal perameters of The Brux Project. For one, as indicated by the name of the project, it isn’t […]
Achel Extra Blond
Some beers are available all over the world, including some Trappist beers. If you look hard enough, you can probably find a Chimay or an […]
Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale
Special beers created to commemorate the Christmas season are a long tradition of the monastic brewery. Brewed to a higher abv with special ingredients, often […]
The Brewing Monks: A New Trappist Brewing in England
On my recent trip to Belgium last September, I learned that several Trappist monks from an English abbey were touring the Trappist breweries of Belgium. […]
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 2 6/14/2017
Westvleteren 12 is a world classic beer and one that’s often lauded as the “best beer in the world.” It’s also one of the hardest […]
Orval – Bottle no. 1 28/3/2017
Orval is a beer I’ve wanted to add to my cellaring project for a long time. The problem though: by the time Orval makes it […]
Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle No. 1 11/22/2016
Westvleteren 12 is a world classic beer and one that’s often lauded as the “best beer in the world.” It’s also one of the hardest […]
Tre Fontane Tripel
Tre Fontane is the newest brewery to join the brotherhood of Trappist breweries. Their first offering is a Tripel. Thanks to my friend Kevin of […]
La Trappe Isid’or
La Trappe is the elder of Netherland’s two Trappist breweries with over 130 years of brewing experience. Zundert, on the the other hand, has only […]
Stift Engelszell Nivard
Stift Engelszell was the first new Trappist brewery to join the ranks in quite some time. For years, the Trappist club only had 7 members, […]
Westvleteren 12
Westvleteren 12 is one of the most pursued and lauded beers in the world. Usually, you can only get it at directly from the Abbey […]
Chimay Spéciale Cent Cinquante
2012 marked the 150th year of brewing for Chimay. Founded in 1850 by monks from Westvleteren, the decision to brew as part of their livelihood […]
Westvleteren 8 – Aged Version
This is the 2nd of 2 Westvleteren 8 bottles I acquired on my 2012 trip to Belgium. It’s been resting nicely in my temperature controlled […]
Orval – Bottled: 14/06/2012
Orval is consistently one of my favorite beers. Brewed in the Trappist monastery of Orval deep in the Belgian Ardennes, Orval has achieved international fame […]