Belgium is a beer country. One of my favorite beers is the Chimay.
I was really delighted when I read the "Authentic trapist product" text at the back of the bottle of Chimay Bleu:
An Authentic Trappist product follows the following criteria:
- The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist abbey, by or under control of Trappist monks.
- The brewery, the choices of brewing, and the commercial orientations must obviously depend on the monastic community.
- The economic purpose of the brewery must be directed toward assistance and not toward financial profit.
So the good news is that each time I drink a chimay I make a good action ! That's what I call win-win! :-)
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