Inparablog

I organized a small drink in the department a week ago and I asked everybody to chip in. Somehow everybody was without cash that day and offered to pay me back on Monday. Now, I’m known to like beer. Belgian beers specifically. Heck, we even went to Rochefort for our honeymoon and brought back a trunk full of the stuff. But I am digressing… Instead of money, one of the Post-Docs in the group brought me a beer instead… Westvleteren 12! Jay! Since I suspect that he has this blog marked in his Google Reader I’m posting this to see if I am correct! So here’s to you Gabino! Muchas gracias!

Fortunately my wife shares my taste for Belgian beers and we are known to grade beers. Now, Westvleteren is a very special brewery in that it is one of the seven Trappist monastery breweries. But unlike the other six Westvleteren does not sell its beer through retail. In fact, you can only buy the beer at the monastery for your own consumption. The Westvleteren 12 is rated as one of the best beers in the world, which unfortunately does not work well for the monks. Anyway, I got one and I agree with the rest of the world. It is definitely my favorite!