Joris Pattyn wrote:

> "Dick Adams" > schreef in bericht
> ...
>
>>>>>However I am impressed that Dick knew about the Belgium
>>>>>Trappist Brewery.
>>
>>>>Dunno why. There are six of them, plus a seventh in the
>>>>Netherlands. Their existences are hardly a secret, and
>>>>beers from all except one of them are available in the USA.
>>
>>Quibble: Beers from all of them are available in the States. On
>>
>>>One of them, however, is not legally available.
>>
>>I have purchased the following within the last year:
>> Chimay Grande Reserve
>> Rochefort 10
>> Westmalle Dubbel
>> Westvleteren 12
>>
>>So the Monasteries in question:
>> Achelse Kluis
>> Orval
>> Koningshoeven (Netherlands)
>>
>>So which one is not legally available? And why?
>>
>
>
> Your Westvleteren 12 ought to have been perfectly illegal - at least at one
> stage, because:
> 1° Westvleteren abbey explicitely refuses to export
> 2° Every customer has to declare (on the bill) that he will refrain from any
> second sale of the purchased goods.
>
> So, the only legal way for a non-resident of Belgium to obtain a
> Westvleteren, is to make an appointment with the abbey, and purchase himself
> the goods. Any subsequent sale being out of the question, of course.

Could you give it away, as a present?

Or give it to anyone who bought one of your (strangely overpriced)
bottle openers? -Eric