Pics Inside Westvleteren

tagz · May 9, 2011

Someone posted their pictures of a rare Westvleteren brewery tour over at Ratebeer. Thought you guys might be interested.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/bethmasoch/sets/72157625974747146/

hadabar · May 9, 2011

thank you for this...this is awesome...

Zen_Brew · May 9, 2011

Wow! Lucky bastid!

Teromous · May 9, 2011

Do they not normally allow visitors or something?

j1laskey · May 9, 2011

Great Pics!

AmandaK · May 10, 2011

Teromous said:
Do they not normally allow visitors or something?

It is impossible to get inside the abbey and visit the brewery. I had the luck that brother Michael invited me inside the abbey after i had made many visits to the beer pickup point and after several mailcontacts.

Straight from Flickr. :mug:

beersteiner2345 · May 10, 2011

That is so freaking awesome.

Thanks for sharing.

unionrdr · May 10, 2011

Yeah,thanx for sharing,that was cool to finally get to see! I had to chuckle,though,that even the monks have gone high tech...

Caboose · May 10, 2011

Looks like an amazing place to visit!

Nerro · May 10, 2011

From what I've heard about the monks that brew in Belgium and the Netherlands they are all very modern. Apparently the reason is that they can brew faster with a modern brewery (and they don't have to dump out nearly as many bad batches) which means they have more time left for their real tasks (the contemplation of their faith etc.).

Was het verder nog gezellig bij de patertjes?

unionrdr · May 10, 2011

Aaaah,the more things change,the more they remain the same. Das ist gute!

j1laskey · May 10, 2011

Nerro said:
From what I've heard about the monks that brew in Belgium and the Netherlands they are all very modern. Apparently the reason is that they can brew faster with a modern brewery (and they don't have to dump out nearly as many bad batches) which means they have more time left for their real tasks (the contemplation of their faith etc.).

Was het verder nog gezellig bij de patertjes?

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