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To curb the behavior, the monks of the St. Sixtus Abbey have now launched a website to sell their beer. Only two crates can be bought at a time, with priority going to newer customers.
Beers made by Trappist monks at St. Sixtus Abbey's Westvleteren Brewery in Belgium are sought by connoisseurs. For the first time, the monks are exporting the beer overseas, including to the U.S ...
The Saint-Sixtus Abbey in West Flanders, Belgium has a strong following for its delectable beer. But even they couldn't have imagined the surge in demand after lockdown finished.
WESTVLETEREN, Belgium -- The Trappist monks at St. Sixtus monastery have taken vows against riches, sex and eating red meat. They speak only when necessary. But you can call them on their beer ...
And although a relatively large shipment hit U.S. shores, the beer made by Belgium's St. Sixtus Abbey is still not widely available. Only 15,000 six-packs, priced at $85 each, were sent to the ...
The Trappist monks of the St. Sixtus abbey in Vleteren, Belgium, sell their Westvleteren Abbey 12, one of the world's rarest, most sought-after beers in unlabeled bottles. The only way to tell it ...
Westvleteren 12, a beer brewed by Belgian monks that until Wednesday was only sold at the St. Sixtus Abbey, has been made available at select locations for the first, and possibly last, time.
Recent reports that Abbey Saint Sixtus, the Trappist monastery at Westvleteren in Belgium, might boost production of its much-cherished beer and sell it through supermarket channels led to the ...
The Saint-Sixtus abbey, home to 19 monks, has been brewing since 1839 and selling to the public since 1878, but with limited production and controlled sales to ensure brewing never takes over ...
From shortly after World War II until 1992, St. Bernardus brewed beer for the Abbey of St. Sixtus, known to beer aficionados for its sought-after Westvleteren 12 ale. St.
Five monks in a remote corner of Belgium work silently, shrouded in secrecy, brewing what many connoisseurs consider the best beer in the world. Outside their monastery in Westvleteren, a line of ...