"Dick Adams" schreef in bericht
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However I am impressed that Dick knew about the Belgium
Trappist Brewery.

Dunno why. There are six of them, plus a seventh in the
Netherlands. Their existences are hardly a secret, and
beers from all except one of them are available in the USA.

Quibble: Beers from all of them are available in the States. On
One of them, however, is not legally available.

I have purchased the following within the last year:
Chimay Grande Reserve
Rochefort 10
Westmalle Dubbel
Westvleteren 12

So the Monasteries in question:
Achelse Kluis
Orval
Koningshoeven (Netherlands)

So which one is not legally available? And why?


Your Westvleteren 12 ought to have been perfectly illegal - at least at one
stage, because:
1° Westvleteren abbey explicitely refuses to export
2° Every customer has to declare (on the bill) that he will refrain from any
second sale of the purchased goods.

So, the only legal way for a non-resident of Belgium to obtain a
Westvleteren, is to make an appointment with the abbey, and purchase himself
the goods. Any subsequent sale being out of the question, of course.