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Name: Westmalle Trappist Extra
Brand: Westmalle
SKU: 1365664
Price: 1.89 EUR
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33 cl · 4.8% · Trappist

€ 1,89

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Westmalle Trappist Extra

Trappist

Westmalle Trappist Extra

€ 1,89

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Bottle information

Brewery	Westmalle
Country	Belgium
Type	Trappist
Alcohol	4,8%
Size	33 cl

About this bottle

Westmalle Trappist Extra is the blond monks' beer of Westmalle Abbey, at 4.8% vol in a 33 cl bottle. It is the beer the monks themselves drink during the working day, unlike the stronger Dubbel and Tripel, which are brewed mainly for sale. As early as the beginning of the twentieth century the abbey made a forerunner: a blond beer called Extra-Gersten.

At Westmalle the beer does not leave straight after brewing day. First it matures cool in lagering tanks, where yeast residues and proteins slowly settle. After bottling, with a small amount of sugar and fresh yeast added, it waits another two to three weeks in an underground warehouse where the temperature stays between 21 and 23 °C. During that time a second fermentation takes place in the bottle, in which the yeast converts the sugar into alcohol and carbon dioxide.

This is one of the oldest beers of Westmalle Abbey, with a tradition that goes back to the start of our brewery. It was created to be drunk with meals in the abbey refectory, something the monks still do today. As a golden-blond, top-fermented Trappist beer, the Extra is unique in combining a low alcohol content (4.8%) with a rich taste. Enjoy its fruity notes and its refreshing, thirst-quenching character.

Recommendation for this bottle

At the table with Westmalle Trappist Extra

Dubbel · Belgium · 4.8%

Main courseDuck breast with cherry sauceShopping and method
With the cheeseAbbey cheeseShopping and method
Before the meal or with drinksCharcuterie with dry sausageShopping and method

Why this works together

Chosen on the basis of the beer style (dubbel), the country of origin (Belgium) and the alcohol percentage (4.8%). What goes with it depends on the colour: light and dry suits poultry and fish, dark and sweet suits stews and cheese.

Serve at 8 to 10 °C.

What is needed

For 4 people

Main courseDuck breast with cherry sauce

Ingredients

2 duck breasts
300 grams cherries
100 millilitres red wine
1 tablespoon honey
20 grams butter
800 grams potatoes

Method

Peel the potatoes and boil them in salted water for about 20 minutes until tender.
Score the skin of the duck breasts in a diamond pattern, season with salt and pepper and stone the cherries.
Place the duck breasts skin side down in a cold pan and cook them for 8 to 10 minutes until the skin is crisp.
Turn them over, cook them for 3 to 4 minutes for pink, and leave them to rest, covered, for 5 minutes.
Pour most of the fat out of the pan and cook the cherries with the red wine and the honey for 5 minutes to make a sauce.
Whisk the butter into the sauce, slice the duck breast and serve with the sauce and the potatoes.

With the cheeseAbbey cheese

Ingredients

160 grams abbey cheese

Method

Take the cheese out of the fridge about an hour before serving; that brings out the flavour best.
Only cut or break the cheese just before serving.

Before the meal or with drinksCharcuterie with dry sausage

Ingredients

200 grams dry sausage and ham
1 baguette

Method

Take the sausage and ham out of the fridge 20 minutes before serving.
Cut the sausage into thin slices and the baguette into rounds.
Arrange the sausage and ham loosely on a board and serve with the bread.

To serve one bottle or glass per person

4 bottles of Westmalle Trappist Extra

The quantities are a guide for home cooking; salt, pepper and oil for frying are not always listed.

All recommendations A recommendation with every beer

Photos: Duck breast with cherry sauce: CharmaineZoe's Marvelous Melange, CC BY 2.0 · Abbey cheese: [puamelia], CC BY-SA 2.0 · Charcuterie with dry sausage: TheDeliciousLife, CC BY 2.0

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