Westvleteren (Dutch: Brouwerij Westvleteren) is a brewery founded in 1838 at the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus in Vleteren, Belgium. The brewery's three...

St. Sixtus' Abbey, Westvleteren (Dutch: Sint-Sixtusabdij Westvleteren), which belongs to the Cistercians of Strict Observance, or Trappists, is a Roman...

settlement along the N321 road. Westvleteren is primarily known for the Westvleteren Brewery (Dutch: Brouwerij Westvleteren), a brewery founded in 1838 inside...

Instead, "Blond(e)" (La Trappe, Westvleteren), "5" (Achel) or "6" (Rochefort) have been used to describe the brewery's lightest beer. Chimay introduced...

their beers. They had historically also sometimes supplied yeast to Westvleteren Brewery and Brouwerij Felix in Oudenaarde. There are several different types...

Rochefort Brewery (Brasserie de Rochefort) is a Belgian brewery which produces four beers designated as Trappist beers. The brewery is associated with...

Orval Brewery (French: Brasserie d'Orval) is a Trappist brewery within the walls of the Abbaye Notre-Dame d'Orval in the Gaume region of Belgium. The...

and Brewery St. Bernard was founded. The brew master from Westvleteren, Mathieu Szafranski (from Polish origin) became a partner in the brewery and brought...

10, the numbers referring to the original gravities of the beers. Westvleteren Brewery, meanwhile, produces three beers, and calls them Blonde, 8, and 12...

Westmalle Brewery (Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle) is a Trappist brewery in the Westmalle Abbey, Belgium. It produces three beers, designated as...

Extra" (8.1% ABV) Westmalle sells Dubbel (7% ABV) and Tripel (9.5% ABV), Westvleteren sells Green Cap or "Blonde", (5.8% ABV), Blue Cap (dark, 8% ABV) or "8"...

De Koningshoeven Brewery (Brouwerij de Koningshoeven) is a Dutch Trappist brewery founded in 1884 within the walls of Koningshoeven Abbey in Berkel-Enschot...

Chimay Brewery (Brasserie de Chimay) is a brewery at Scourmont Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium, one of the thirteen breweries worldwide...

one and a half tons of fruit into preserves daily. Spencer Brewery is the name of the brewery run by the abbey that produced Trappist beer from 2013 to...

Achel Brewery or Brouwerij der Sint-Benedictusabdij de Achelse Kluis was a Belgian Trappist brewery, (the smallest of the Belgian Trappist breweries) until...

Tripel and the name was widely copied by the breweries of Belgium, and in 1987 another Trappist brewery, the Koningshoeven in the Netherlands, expanded...

abbot of Westmalle Abbey and Westvleteren Abbey. Six years later, on 25 July 1850, a small group of monks from Westvleteren settled on Scourmont and founded...

Trappist Brewery, part of the Trappist abbey Maria Toevlucht, from the town of Zundert in the Netherlands. Since 2018 De Kievit Trappist Brewery produces...

Chimay Engelszell La Trappe Orval Rochefort Spencer Tre Fontane Tynt Meadow Westmalle Westvleteren Zundert Others Mont des Cats Mariawald Achel...

Abbey near Coalville joined the International Trappist Association. A brewery was built in the abbey and on 9 July 2018 Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale was...

site caused concern when various world media reported that supplies of Westvleteren 12 were sold out due to being listed as the "Best beer in the world"...

name "dubbel" was used by several breweries for commercial purposes. Westmalle's Dubbel was imitated by other breweries around the world, both Trappist...

(April, 2021), 309-66. "Italy's Tre Fontane Approved As Newest Trappist Brewery - Brookston Beer Bulletin". 11 May 2015. Staff, I. T. V. (2020-05-01)....

Friars Minor Capuchin) and provided support for the Saint Sixtus abbey (Westvleteren). In 1840 a vineyard was created and a new entry gate was built. On 3...

public domain. "Austrian Trappist abbey closes leading to uncertainty over brewery", The Brussels Times, 13 May 2023 "Engelszell : Ordre Cistercien de la...

because it had been seriously damaged in the war. After World War II, a brewery was run at the abbey until 1956 when beer production ceased, in part due...

trappist after the village of Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium Westvleteren after the town of Westvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium Windhoek after the city of Windhoek...

edged out for the #1 slot only by the venerable Trappist brewers of Westvleteren. In 2008, RateBeer declared Struise to be the best brewers in the world...

produces over 1100 varieties of beer. The Trappist beer of the Abbey of Westvleteren has repeatedly been rated the world's best beer. The biggest brewer in...

breakaway group of Trappist monks left Mont des Cats and settled in Westvleteren (Belgium). During World War One the abbey was the scene of much action...