Worlds best beer, made by monks, available in store for the first time.

[powderman]

http://abcnews.go.com/blogs/headlines/2012/12/worlds-best-beer-available-in-stores-for-first-time/
 
By Christina Ng
@ChristinaNg27
Follow on Twitter  Dec 12, 2012 12:36pm   ‘World’s Best Beer’ Available in Stores for First Time     Email 0 Smaller Font Text Larger Text | Print    (Image credit: WikiMedia) Beer aficionados are pouncing at the rare opportunity to buy one of the world’s most elusive and revered beers for the first — and perhaps only — time in the United States.
It is called Westvleteren XII, and it is often hailed as the “world’s best beer” by reviewers and fans.
 
Westvleteren XII is produced by Trappist monks in Belgium and sold at the abbey of Saint Sixtus in the Belgian countryside. The beer can usually only be purchased by reservation at the abbey — and reservations are extremely hard to come by.
But when the abbey found itself hurting for money for an expensive renovation, the monks reluctantly made the decision to sell the beer outside of the walls of the monastery on a one-time-only basis.
“I think it will be the last ,” Westvleteren Brewery spokesman Mark Bode [url=http://www.npr.org/blogs/thesalt/2012/12/12/166987378/a-sign-from-above-needing-new-roof-monks-sell-rare-beer-in-u-s]told NPR. [/url]“They say, ‘We are monks, we don’t want to be too commercial. We needed some money to help us buy the new abbey and that’s it,’ Back to normal again.”
 
Beginning today,  limited quantities of the beer are being sold in the U.S. and abroad. A [url=http://121212xii.wordpress.com/2012/12/03/hello-world/]number of stores[/url] have been sent “bricks” of the beer, which include six bottles and two glasses from the monastery. The gift box retails for $84.99.
“The phone has been ringing off the hook,” Megan McBrayer, manager at New York City’s Beer Table Pantry, told ABCNews.com. She said the store received 24 cases of the beer and has already sold many of them.
 
McBrayer said beer lovers are taken with “the whole mystique about it and the rarity of it.”
“It consistently rates as one of the best beers in the world,” she said. “It’s been something that [beer lovers] have wanted for a long time, but it’s been completely unattainable.”

[finisher]

Have you ever tried Franziscanner (not sure if I got the spelling correct)? Many of them sit on shelves so long that they lose freshness. But if you happen to come across a fresh batch, give it a try. It is completely unfiltered, so if you are the type that likes your beer dark and thick, although it is a pilsner and not a stout or a boch, you may still like this stuff.


Look for the label with the picture of a Franciscan friar holding a stein.


Spaaten Optimators are also pretty good but drink 'em responsibly because they have some kick being a double boch brew.


Thanks for the post. Always looking to try new brews[size=78%]. [/size]

[Brett]

My brother teases me about drinking used 40 weight and I tease him about drinking p!$$ water.

[AtlLaw]

Well, beer is like wimmins...     They's heavy ones, light ones and they come in all colors!      And, they all do what comes natural because of their makeup, but some get it done quicker and some will hurt ya!      But they most like wimmins because they all been known to make a good man go stupid!   

[powderman]

http://www.whas11.com/home/Rare-beer-brewed-by-Monks-makes-Louisville-debut-183172421.html
 
 
It sold out locally. I'm curious how it tastes, but not that curious. Too pricey for my tastes. POWDERMAN.