Trappist Week

Picking a favorite style is nearly as hard as picking a favorite beer! But, one of my favorite styles is Trappist Ale. So this past week I designated as WBM Trappist Ale Week!
Sunday I led off with Westvleteren Blond. This was an incredible beer and most certainly world class. I was mildly diappointed on Monday with my Westvleteren 8. Not that it was not a great beer, it was. It was just that the blonde set the bar so high. I guess I had expected each one to be better than the previous. Tuesday was the day I had looked forward to for years, literally! Westvleteren 12. The legendary Trappist Ale. It did not diappoint! I can now answer the question - if you were stranded on a desert island with only one beer .......? Each of theses beers were from Belgian Abbeys.
Wednesday was for the Tre Fontane Tripel from Italy. Thursday was Stift Endelszell Nivard from Austria. The week wrapped up with an American Trappist Ale from Spencer, MA on Friday and then Zundert 8 from The Netherlands on Saturday. What a tasty (and expensive) week! The Stift Endelszell beer was an “A” in my book. Sadly, it was the one I liked the least! The rest I had to create an “AA” category for. They were simply awesome. Cheers!