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"newToBrew":iod2dbr6 wrote: Right - not reading the 10 pages - takin a stab in the dark this is the trapping monks beer right? Well ..... world wide wines offie have a batch coming in in waterford next Monday[/quote:iod2dbr6]
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I doubt an off license will have a batch of Westvleteren XII coming in as they don't usually export it at all. These bricks are the only opportunity of getting it other than someone driving to the abbey and buying his allowed quantity and selling it on.

&amp;quot;JamesM&amp;quot;:2suclzmy wrote: This isn't the only way it c could have been got. A few off licences have had it.

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I would love to know which ones. Could you tell me which one as I'd be happy to travel around Ireland for more Westvleteren?
It's as rare as diamonds even in Belgium so I'm always willing to travel for it.
Have to do so in Belgium as well as my ancestral home is exactly on the other side of Belgium. Westvleteren is the southwest corner of Belgium and I come from the most northeastern place in Belgium.
Used to make day trips to Westvleteringen and Poperinge and I know many people from there travel to Achel or places near my home for our beers.

&amp;quot;JamesM&amp;quot;:219r23di wrote: No need to even travel - drinkstore and nectarbeerandwine will deliver it to your door (and have or will have (or at least have had this))
The guys down in the franciscan well were getting a batch too I think.
Geoff might even still have some spare in the B&C.[/quote:219r23di]
Sounds good. Will bug Franciscan well first.
Westvleteren is not my favorite beer and I don't think it's the best beer in the world (personally) but it's a great beer indeed.
There's many beers that are just as good and I can't really choose what I would like most and it differs from day to day.
It's in the top 25 for sure though.
Important though for a beer is the surrounding as well. Drinking a beer on a hot day in summer is different than drinking a beer when it's cold in front of a fire. In the last case I would say Westvleteren is very, very good but a dark, deep Belgian ale or a triple would be better.