Brewery: Westmalle Brewery, Westmalle, Belgium Description: Inspired by a tradition dating back to 1836, this golden-blond Trappist beer features fruity notes and a rich aroma. ABV: 4.8% ...

On the palate, Westmalle Extra is very crisp, grain-forward and drinkable, again supported by mild fruitiness and yeast-driven spice. You get a bit of fresh apple, along with faint clove, but the ...

The Beer: Westmalle Dubbel The Brewery: Trappist Abbey of Westmalle The Stats: 7.0% ABV; Bottle Conditioned The History: In the year 1098, due to disagreements with the religious status quo, ...

The brewery at Westmalle is credited with creating the first Dubbel in fact. Originally, brewed as a strong brown beer in 1856, the current version is based on a recipe developed in 1926.

Manu Pauwels, head of marketing at Westmalle and ITA spokesperson, is quick to point out that “Trappist” beer is not a style — rather, it’s a designation that must meet three conditions to ...

For many cyclocross racers, the love of racing is only rivaled only by a passion for hand-crafted beer. Ty Kurth is no exception to this. Kurth traveled to the Westmalle Monastery, just north of ...

Westmalle The monks of the Abbey of Our Lady of the Holy Heart of Westmalle have been brewing Trappist beer in Belgium since the early 18th century. Today, they produce three signature Trappist ...

Since 1931, the brewery at Orval Abbey has been producing high-quality, all-natural Trappist beer. Made of spring water, barley malt, hops, candy sugar and yeast, Orval beer is dry hopped twice ...

The Belgians take their beer seriously, and none more so than the Trappist monks. William Little makes a pilgrimage to the country's top monastic breweries.

Perhaps most often paired with wine, cheese is a snack that comes into its own in the company of beer, finds Will Hawkes ...