There are only 7 breweries allowed to carry the Trappist logo...
These criteria must be followed:
**The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist abbey, by or under control of Trappist monks.
**The brewery, the choices of brewing, and the commercial orientations must obviously depend on the monastic community.
**The economic purpose of the brewery must be directed toward assistance and not toward financial profit.
This association has a legal standing, and its logo gives to the consumer some information and guarantees about the produce.
(criteria from Wikipedia.com)
**The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist abbey, by or under control of Trappist monks.
**The brewery, the choices of brewing, and the commercial orientations must obviously depend on the monastic community.
**The economic purpose of the brewery must be directed toward assistance and not toward financial profit.
This association has a legal standing, and its logo gives to the consumer some information and guarantees about the produce.
(criteria from Wikipedia.com)
There are currently seven breweries that are allowed to have their products wear the Authentic Trappist Product logo:
Bières de Chimay
Brasserie d'Orval
Brasserie de Rochefort
Brouwerij Westmalle
Brouwerij de Achelse Kluis
Brouwerij de Koningshoeven
Brouwerij Westvleteren -- only available at the Brewery
Bières de Chimay
Brasserie d'Orval
Brasserie de Rochefort
Brouwerij Westmalle
Brouwerij de Achelse Kluis
Brouwerij de Koningshoeven
Brouwerij Westvleteren -- only available at the Brewery
Just Arrived!!
The smallest of the 7 breweries.
Brouwerij de Achelse Kluis
Achel 8° Blonde...$5.49 / 11oz
"A pale, strong, fruity, hoppy Trappist ale from Belgium's newest Abbey brewery. Achel 8° is hard to find even in Belgium; in the U.S. it will be the rarest of beers.
This blond, flavorful beer is a surprisingly refreshing brew at 8% alcohol by volume. It is lightly filtered, but still wholesomely hazy with yeast remaining in the bottle. For the moment, it shares the same label with the Achel Bruin beer, but can be differentiated by the cap – the Blonde has a white cap and the Bruin a gold cap."--importer
This blond, flavorful beer is a surprisingly refreshing brew at 8% alcohol by volume. It is lightly filtered, but still wholesomely hazy with yeast remaining in the bottle. For the moment, it shares the same label with the Achel Bruin beer, but can be differentiated by the cap – the Blonde has a white cap and the Bruin a gold cap."--importer
Achel Bruin...$$5.49 / 11oz
"This dark amber, flavorful beer is surprisingly refreshing at 8% alcohol by volume. It is lightly filtered, but 
still wholesomely hazy with yeast remaining in the bottle. The Monastery is designing new labels for this beer, but for the moment is can be differentiated from the lighter Achel 8º only by the bottle cap – the blonde has a white cap and the bruin has a gold cap. Both beers are fantastic, however, so don’t worry if you didn’t get what you expected.
Selected as one of the top 50 beers in the world by Men's Journal Magazinie, July 2005." - importer
still wholesomely hazy with yeast remaining in the bottle. The Monastery is designing new labels for this beer, but for the moment is can be differentiated from the lighter Achel 8º only by the bottle cap – the blonde has a white cap and the bruin has a gold cap. Both beers are fantastic, however, so don’t worry if you didn’t get what you expected.Selected as one of the top 50 beers in the world by Men's Journal Magazinie, July 2005." - importer
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