Only 60,000 cases a year of Westvleteren are brewed because the Belgian Trappist monks with the centuries-old recipe refuse to expand their business. Westvleteren is sold only at the monastery gate, by appointment, with a two-case-a-month limit, at a price that's reasonable for retail beer, but anyone who gets it from a re-seller will pay 10 times that much. 'Producing more', said Brother Joris, 'would interfere with our job of being a monk.' Furthermore, said Brother Joris, referencing the Bible, 'If you can't have it, possibly you do not really need it.'
Makes you think...
Thursday, February 21, 2008
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