A few guys from the Bay Area Brew Crew and I recently put together an order from Belgian Shop. The beers arrived a couple days ago and I'm drooling just thinking about them. Belgian Shop ships beer anywhere in the world direct from Belgium and if you can get a few people together for an order, it is a really economical way to get rare Belgian beers for reasonable prices. For example, I paid $4.80 (plus $1.86 shipping) for a bottle of Westvleteren Abt 12°. When you can find it domestically--which isn't very often--the same beer sells for $9.00 in the store and $15.50 in the bar. The key to getting a good deal is putting together a large order and maximizing shipping value. Shipping is prohibitively expensive on a small order but for a larger order--our order was for just about three cases--the per-bottle shipping rate drops dramatically. Here's my portion of the order:
- Achel Bruin 8°
- Fantome BBB Blond 8°
- Prior Watou Abt (replacement for out-of-stock Halloween)
- Rochefort 6°
- Rochefort 10°
- St Bernardus 8°
- St Bernardus 12°
- t Smisje Tripel 9°
- Val Dieu Noel
- Westvleteren Blond 6°
- Westvleteren 8°
- Westvleteren 12°
- Prior Watou Abt (replacement for out-of-stock Halloween)
And a couple pictures (click the thumbnails for a larger version):
That's a great deal! Matt if you do it again and you need another, I'm in!
Posted by: jerm on December 18, 2002 09:44 AMWe also ship worldwide Westvleteren beers, at a cheaper rate. Including other fine and rare Belgian beers, trappist and abbey ones.
Posted by: Belgian beer on July 17, 2004 03:59 AM