Brouwerij der Trappisten van Westmalle

Microbrewery in Westmalle, Antwerp, Belgium 🇧🇪
Associated Venue: Brouwerij Trappisten Westmalle

Established in 1836

Contact
Antwerpsesteenweg 496, Westmalle, 2390, Belgium
Description
The Westmalle brewery is closed to visitors. It is situated within the abbey walls where a quiet, peaceful atmosphere is essential to the secluded life of the monks. Our website provides information about and images of our brewery.
Café Trappisten, opposite the abbey, shows a video of the brewery free of charge, in three languages: Dutch, French and English. Please make a reservation by calling +32(0)3 312 05 02 or email info@trappisten.be. The café also regularly hosts events linked to the abbey.

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8.5/10
Tried from Draft on 23 Oct 2022 at 15:18

8/10
Tried from Bottle from Livonia Liquor & Fine Wine on 09 Oct 2022 at 02:07

8.1/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
Pours a rich mahogany from a bottle, light khaki colored foamy head. Caramel, yeast, clove aroma. Similar flavor but rich esters present, effervescent, initial sweetness offset by rising bitterness. Very good beer.
Tried from Bottle on 04 Oct 2022 at 17:49

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Fairly clean, light golden-yellow colour with a big frothy white head, good retention and some foamy patches of lacing. Sweet malt nose with some wheat notes of bananas and hints of herbal hops that do help. These hops do help even more in the taste. Pear flavours with enough dryness to cut the sweet malts. The bananas are still present, but really not offensive (oversweet) like the nose gives out to be. This aroma sweetness does calm down with time, and a little haze appears. Quite a nice light Trappist ale.
Tried on 30 Sep 2022 at 01:13

6.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Flasche 0,33l: Golden, klar, sehr kräftiger + sehr stabiler feinporiger Schaum; frische + fruchtige Nase, malzige Süße, würzig, leichte Zitrusnoten, helle/eingelegte Früchte, frische Hopfennoten, blumig/floral, Malz, Malzzucker, Karamell, Honig, kräftige Hefearomen, belgische Ale-Hefen, grüne Bananen, fruchtig-trockene Bitterkeit; würziger + leicht fruchtiger Körper, leichte Süße, eher trockene Hopfennoten, blumig/floral, Malz, Getreide, Karamell, etwas Honig, sehr cremig, kräftige Kohlensäure, kräftige belgische Hefearomen, grüne Bananen; würzig-trockener Nachgang
Tried on 26 Sep 2022 at 09:04

7.1/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 8 Texture 6 Overall 7.5
Pour is a cloudy yellow with a large white head. Aroma is a creamy lager malt with a nice fruity yeast ester. Flavor is about the same. A rich creamy dry almost lager malt with some fruit ester and very herbal hop notes. Pretty good low abv Belgian.
Tried on 22 Sep 2022 at 01:56

7/10
Not sure how this is extra but it's good.
Tried from Bottle on 21 Sep 2022 at 21:39

8/10
Tried on 21 Sep 2022 at 16:48

7.6/10
Can’t believe I’ve never checked this one in. Lovely grain forward classic funnel. Bit of banana, clove, dried fruits.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 19:10

7.5/10 Appearance 10 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Hazy yellow with a big white head, dissipates fairly quick. Nose and taste of hay, herbs, bread and fruit, medium bitterness, sharp bubbles. Very well balanced, like a tiny Tripel of theirs.
Tried from Bottle on 10 Sep 2022 at 15:49