Ale, Beer, Stout appreciation

^This is the 2nd best beer in the world. After this

Which is unavailable outside Belgium

A pedant speaks: that's westy 8, note the blue cap. The one everyone raves about is 12, the yellow cap. There's also a green cap which is nothing special.

I've had it a few times and have several bottles at home now. It's an excellent beer, but opinions are usually split on whether it's better than Rochefort 10. It gets a lot of hype because of its rarity. I can say with confidence that it's not worth 5 times as much as Rochefort 10, which is roughly the price difference.

The whole idea of declaring one beer "best in the world" is pretty silly anyway. At most you could say it's best of its style. Beer nerds end up excited about really OTT styles like belgian quad and Russian imperial stout. There's just as much honour in making a fantastic best bitter, but nowhere near as much glory.