World's Best Beer coming to the US!

m4ff3w wrote: Wild Hare is too hoppy for me.

i don't like hoppy beers, but for some reason i really like wild hare, its not overpoweringly hoppy like most of the "craft beer" IPAs

I think I met a guy who has some. He got it directly from the abbey, and pretty much had to smuggle it back here. And actually at the time it was supposed to only be sold TO monks, and he pretty much had to smuggle it out of the abbey. I may be thinking of another beer, but that sounds like it. I saw it on his shelf, but never got to try it. :( .

Strizzo wrote:

AugustusGloop wrote: Has an interesting history behind it, but the world's best? Reminds me of this..... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CUPDRnUWeBA

in true beersnob fashion, the "best" beer is the one that is the hardest to get, and that the least amount of people have actually tasted.

Sounds very hipster-y.

What's the Barons take on this beer?

JohnInKansas wrote:

Barry Badrinath said: I wish it were winter so we could freeze it into ice blocks and skate on it and melt it in the spring time and drink it!

Just watched that movie!

"We're not that drunk!"

Gearheadotaku wrote: What's the Barons take on this beer?

I have not had it yet. I want to. Everything I've heard says that, yep, it is an excellent beer and definitely in the running for best in the world. Also not worth the price it commands in the U.S. (people smuggle over bottles, going rate is upwards of $60+ per bottle before this). General consensus is that there are a number of beers that are arguably of the same caliber for much less. Pretty much all the other Trappist beers are available without too much trouble in the U.S. for a heck of a lot less money.

I need to check with some friends but there is a beer that is almost identical to the Westvleterin beers because it is from a brewery started by several former monks who left the Westvleterin abbey. I forget which one it is, but I'll try to ask.

And yes, this made me get really excited and want to find some. But every place that got it sold out within hours. Maybe it's overly-hyped, but it's an opportunity to try an excellent and deservedly famous beer.

In NY it is only down state.

ansonivan wrote: I wonder if we're going to see rampant price gouging on these?

Little late on that isn't it?

I see the Total Wine down the street is getting some. If anyone wants some, I charge one bottle tax for every pack.

m4ff3w wrote: The best beer is already available in the US....

You need to get out more

Keep your stinky trappist abbeys. I'm counting down the hours to KBS day.

Gearheadotaku wrote:

JohnInKansas wrote:

Barry Badrinath said: I wish it were winter so we could freeze it into ice blocks and skate on it and melt it in the spring time and drink it!

Just watched that movie! "We're not that drunk!"

Alittle slap and pickle?

http://youtu.be/xxJW-AkLV78