Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus in Belgium - Reviews, Beer & Craft Beer, Location & Contact

Established in 1839

Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus

Microbrewery in Westvleteren, West Flanders, Belgium 🇧🇪

Donkerstraat 12
Vleteren
Westvleteren
8640

+32 70 21 00 45

The abbey was established in 1831. Already in the early days beer was brewed in small quantities, not for sale but just for their own consumption. In May 1839, the Abbey received a brewer’s licence signed by king Leopold I on April 19, 1839. Most likely a first test brew was produced the same month. In June 1839 the first official brew was produced.

Around 1860 a vast complex of buildings for amongst others sheds, a guesthouse, barns and a second brewery, was built. It remained however a small domestic brewery for personal use. Only from 1878 on production increased due to a good turnover of the tavern ‘In de Vrede’. Between 1886 and 1896 a third brew house, fully operational as from 1896, was built.

On 20 March 1922 the monks started the expansion of the brewery. On 27 October 1927 for the first time steam was used to brew in the modernised, fourth brew house. This brew house was operational till 5 January 1990.

In 1976 a fermentation room with six open yeast vessels and a laboratory were installed. Fermentation in open yeast vessels, a method that is used very rarely, is essential for the ester profile of the Trappist Westvleteren.

The present brew house was officially put into operation in 1990. The new bottling plant was put into operation in 2013. Since 2014, two brews are made per brewing day. This meant a considerable saving in terms of energy consumption and man-hours.

The lagering cellar and the fermentation chamber were modernised and automated, but because the capacity did not change, production also remained unchanged. The production amounts to approximately 6,000 hectolitres annually, spread over 42 brewing days. In 2016 a new secondary fermentation unit with storage space was built.

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Dirk Ramaekers (850) ticked Westvleteren 12 (2012) from Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus 6 years ago

blijft goed. 2 jaar over datum. jum!

Tried from Bottle on 11 Nov 2017 at 16:20

Tom (2179) ticked Westvleteren 8 Extra from Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus 6 years ago

Imported from untappd on 02-05-2020

Tried from Bottle on 04 Nov 2017 at 19:14

8.5

fombe89 (7581) reviewed Westvleteren 8 Extra from Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 9 | Texture - 10 | Overall - 9

Botella @In de Vrede, Westvleteren 09/09/17.
Color ambarino buena corona de espuma blanca, aromas a pasas notas malta, grandes sabores a malta, buena sensación en boca, cuerpo denso, gran cerveza.

Tried on 13 Sep 2017 at 16:48

fombe89 (7581) reviewed Westvleteren Blond from Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus 6 years ago

Appearance - 8 | Aroma - 8 | Flavor - 8 | Texture - 8 | Overall - 8

Botella @In de Vrede, Westvleteren 09/09/17.
Color dorado con una buena espuma blanca, aromas a levadura con notas especiadas, el sabor es dulce con notas a levadura y ligeramente frutal y especiada, fresca rica.

Tried on 13 Sep 2017 at 16:45

jinroh (4385) reviewed Westvleteren 8 Extra from Westvleteren Abdij St. Sixtus 6 years ago

Appearance - 6 | Aroma - 7 | Flavor - 7 | Texture - 6 | Overall - 8

Bottle from 2008, drunk in 2017. Pours creamy brown, off-white head. Prunes in the nose, sweet dried fruits with no stickiness left. Something papery. Taste has more prunes, something papery also but does not really feel oxydised. Nice caramelly prune tingle in the back of my throat. Has aged nicely.

Tried from Bottle on 26 Aug 2017 at 22:37

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