Merchant du Vin recently announced that come July it is adding Rochefort 6 to its portfolio, which already includes Rochefort 8 and Rochefort 10.
But, you say, you can already buy Rochefort 6 at your favorite beer store. In fact, the beer previously was brought from Belgium by two different importers. When Rochefort signed a deal […]

A blogger from Oslo, Norway who calls himself the Beer Tourist has made an absolutely terrific discovery:

At the beer café De Gans in Huise, Oostvlaanderen they have their own way to make trappist beer hot: De Verbrande Trappist. A glass of Chimay Rouge gets an encounter with a red-hot poker from the open log-fire.
He wonders […]

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A six-pack of Westvleteren 12 sells for $99.75 at eBay.com, and when you add in $20-plus for shipping that amounts to $20 a bottle. A mixed six-pack (two of each strength) sells for $71, but once you add in shipping that still about $16 per bottle.

Stephen Beaumont educates the readers of Paste magazine about Trappist beers.
A music magazine published out of Georgia, Paste has found a growing audience while covering a wider range of topics than our favorite music publication, No Depression.
From Paste’s “About” page: “We pride ourselves in being the premier magazine for people who still enjoy discovering […]

Now there are seven “sanctioned” Trappist beers. The International Trappist Association has announced it will allow La Trappe to again use the official Trappist logo on its beers.
Because La Trappe was not sancitoned while I was researching BLAM I did not visit the brewery - although Derek Walsh did provide the same basic details […]