Plaza Beverage Inc

The abbey of Val-Dieu was built 1216 by Cistercian monks. They were looking for a lone valley with a stream for agricultural and brewing activities, a haven of peace full of nature. Cistercian orders are well-known abroad for their brewing skills. The monks of this abbey made no exception to this rule.

Because of the numerous hazards encountered by the abbey over time (fire, destruction, expulsion of the monks during the Napoleonic revolution), monks have not always been able to brew. That explains why their beer production remained limited to the local level.


Fortunately, since 1997, the farm has discovered the typical roar of the brewery again. The only difference with the past is that beers are nowadays brewed by a layman. Moreover, the beers of Val-Dieu are brewed in the former agricultural exploitation.

 

Reinstalled 1997 in the abbey itself, the brewery took inspiration from the receipts formerly used by the brewers-monks of Val-Dieu to make this tradition last. Of course, those receipts had to be adapted to the raw materials and techniques of today.

Nowadays, our beers are real abbey beers, of high fermentation, not pasteurized, simple, without seasoning and brewed according to the old infusion method.

24/12oz Bottles $79.99 Belgium Price & Inventory

Origin :
Brewery tradition of the abbey Notre-Dame de Val-Dieu, going back to its foundation in 1216.
Type of beer :
Highly fermented monastery beer, partly filtered but unpasteurised.
Aroma :
Beautiful perfumed aroma, slightly piquant.
Alcohol volume:
6%
Colour :
Pale yellow, slightly cloudy.
Flavour :
At first taste sugared, then slightly bitter, being made from two traditional hop varieties. Little after-taste on a very slighly bitter base. Extremely digestible and refreshing.
Head :
White but not too thick.
Glass :
Large rounded goblet.
Conditioning :
33 cl bottles. 

24/12oz Bottles  Belgium Price & Inventory  

Origin :
Similar to its pale sibling and also inspired by an old abbey recipe.
Type of beer :
Highly fermented monastery beer, slightly filtered but undergoing a second fermenteation in the bottle.
Aroma :
Powerful café/moka.
Alcohol Volume :
8%
Colour :
In spite of its name the colour is more dark ruby.
Taste:
If its aroma reminds you of coffee/mocha, the mocha taste disappears, leaving only a slight coffee flavour, with almost no bitterness. Piquant like the pale ale.
Head :
Brownish and jagged at the edges.
Glass :
Wider, more rounded goblet, as for the pale ale.
Packed in :
33 cl bottles with caps. 

24/12oz Bottles  Belgium Price & Inventory

Origin :
Originaly inspired by a monastic recipe from the abbey of the same name, which as already produce a pale and a brown ale.
Type of beer:
Abbey triple pale ale, unfiltered and unpasteurised, brewed by a layman in the right wing of the abbey.
Aroma :
Both delicate and full-bodied.
Alcohol content:
Strong 9%
Colour:
Warm yellow, slightly cloudy.
Flavour:
Its a full bodied taste is progressive but never excessive. A slightly sugared flavour in the middle of the mounth - a perfect combination of alcohol, bitterness and sweetness. Finally accentuates an aromatic and alcohol bitterness. Excellent and highly digestible, particulary when accompagning a good meal.
Head :
Nice white head, not too oily because of its high alcohol content.
Glass :
Flared goblet, rounded at the rim and in its parison.
Packed in :
Bottle 33 cl with cap