[NYer]

Westvleteren "Trappist" Beer is ranked #1

The Westvleteren Brewery (Brouwerij Westvleteren) is a Belgian brewery founded in 1838 inside the Trappist Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren in the Belgian municipality of Westvleteren, not far from the hops-producing town of Poperinge and the medieval city of Ypres. The brewery and its beers are usually referred to as Westvleteren. The brewery's three beers have acquired an international reputation for taste and quality, as well as the limited availability of the beers which are not brewed to normal commercial demands.

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[Desdemona]

As a Catholic in a very Catholic city where every Catholic Church basement or hall has a bar complete with tappers that say “Budweiser”, “Bud Light”, “Michelob” and now “Bud Select” I’ve always wondered what the big deal about drinking is. What’s presented in this article is the way things were in the parish where I grew up and, frankly, still is the way it is. I guess it’s a cultural thing.

[mnehring]

Bump that, pretty much the same story for us Anglicans.

[xenob]

Wife did RCIA to become Catholic. It was funny, if they ran out of wine at the meeting, it was a panic and they sent out someone for more. (no water into wine I guess)

Wine or not, still one of the most rewarding things she said she ever did in her life.

[ichabod1]

I was taught to drink in that manner, but it went badly, and I had to quit, 8.5 years ago.

[southparkNationalist]

I might add that ex-catholics also drink well.

[jenk]

ping