Under normal circumstances, I would agree with the “Bottles I can drink at home” sentiment, but perusing their bottle menu, I noticed the Westvleteren abbey brews for sale – haven’t had the pleasure of...

Whole Foods in Vienna. Prices might not be a lower but you can get hard to find beers like, Westvleteren 12, 8, and blond. The Rochefort 10, 8, and 6 are also almost always in stock. The usual Chimay, Duvel, Orval are also...

Agreed on Downtown Liquors—even better than A-Wines (which is pretty good). This shop has all (or very nearly all) the Trappist beers except Westvleteren, as well as St. Bernardus 12 and tripel, etc. Lots of good stuff....

on Harvard Ave in Allston, and Downtown Liquors in Davis Square. The only truly rare Trappist these days is Westvleteren. Unfortunately, it’s also the best beer in the world, imo. Does anybody know where Westvleteren can be...

Lord or a six pack of Westvleteren 12 (I just checked and saw that both of these are available right now.) Both of those beers are cult items and virtually impossible to find off the shelf.

,, koningshoeven quadrupel, pliny the elder, celebrator, rodenbach, blanche de bruxelles, trappist westvleteren 12 quadrupel]. ok tnx.

that list menus, food market items, etc. (Of the six true Trappist breweries, though, only Orval and Chimay have very informative sites, the other 4 – Achelse, Rochefort, Westmalle and Westvleteren - are dodgier or not...

Here you go. Honestly, it’s hard to go too wrong with Belgian beer. Try everything! Thank you. Top Beers (all strong dark Abbey beers): Rochefort 8 Maredsous 8 Maredsous 10 Westvleteren 12 Lambics, krieks and geuze: A La Becasse...

For Awesome Belgian trappist ale don’t get anything but the best: 1) Westvleteren 2) Rochefort These are the very best. For a “special beerhound” you might also want to get them a bottle of Fullers Vintage...

to the hype. It was better than almost anything out there, but to me, it was a little bit overdone on some of the flavors (way too much espresso, almost burnt). Westvleteren 8 also comes to mind (really good, but if I was...

Many thanks for the info on getting to Hop Leaf! I’m surprised to hear they have West-Vleteren, which always was hard to get even in Belgium (one had to go to the monastery in Southwest Flanders and buy it there). I hope the...

Best: Zatte Bie (Belgian Quadrupel) and Westvleteren 12 (Belgian Trappist Strong Dark Ale) certainly come to mind as beers that I think cannot be improved upon. Bavarian Hefe Weisse from Weihenstephaner, Schneider Organic, and...

"All I can remember is that it was a monk-brewed Belgian, which doesn’t narrow it down terribly" Actually, it does. The five trappist brewers (in 1995) were Westmalle, Rochefort, Westvleteren, Chimay, Orval, Schaapskooi, and...

I brought some Westvleteren back from Belgium in my luggage. Wrapped each bottle in bubble wrap, then put them in a zip lock bag with a bit of newspaper, then another zip lock for good measure. Then placed them among my clothes...

, Orval, Westmalle, or Westvleteren (the latter is extremely hard to find in the U.S. these days). -Nick