Comments on: Surly mentioned in Wall Street Journal

By: beachscrat

beachscrat — Wed, 05 Dec 2007 01:54:24 +0000

Westveleteren yeast comes from Westmalle, which is another Trappist brewery.

By: scott

scott — Tue, 04 Dec 2007 20:55:54 +0000

I have a brother-in-law who is in seminary in Belgium. I’m hoping when we go to visit to work in a trip to the brewery.

By: tj

tj — Mon, 03 Dec 2007 05:58:46 +0000

hey al, i’ve never had the westveleteren 12 but have had st. bernardus abt 12 a few times .750 only. so i’m just curious about your close cousin comment. i’m not planning on making an effort for westveleteren although i probably could once i get my darkness. anyway are they pretty similar? same yeast or what?

By: Ben

Ben — Sat, 01 Dec 2007 22:44:50 +0000

Yeah you can call the brewery and make an appointment to go there (they only sell on certain days from what I understand) and pickup a small quantity. Then people ship it over here. I got mine from some guy who had friends over seas. Still have a bottle or two in the cellar.

By: Trav

Trav — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 19:17:55 +0000

Westy 12 is available only at the brewery in Belgium then? Im surprised as it has a ton of ratings on RB. Lots of people willing to ship overseas i guess?

By: Ben

Ben — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 18:28:09 +0000

Al, maybe it was back when Surdyk’s had the employee that was selling Fat Tire illegally (was that like 2 years ago or so?). I agree that it was very likely St. Bernardus Abt 12.

By: al

al — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 09:17:56 +0000

you may be confusing the westveleteren 12 with st. bernardus abt, 12, it’s close cousin.
westveleteren has never, ever been in minnesota stores, so far as i know.
we have to ‘settle” for the perfectly legal, non-bootleg st. bernardus.

By: Joe Lencioni

Joe Lencioni — Fri, 30 Nov 2007 03:17:01 +0000

I have a few of “the 12″ that I picked up at Surdyk’s and they are so good. The first time I had one I was very very pleased–I couldn’t find anything wrong with it.