Bottles of Westvleteren Trappist beer are seen at the brewery in Westvletern
Bottles of Westvleteren Trappist beer are seen at the brewery in Westvletern February 18, 2014. Having a beer rated as the world's best and selling out in minutes should be a brewer's dream, but for the Trappists who brew Westvleteren ale at a monastery in western Belgium it seems more of a burden. Monks at the Sint Sixtus abbey have been selling to locals since 1878, limiting production so that brewing never took over monastic life or earned more than the community needed. Picture taken February 18, 2014. REUTERS/Francois Lenoir (BELGIUM - Tags: SOCIETY RELIGION BUSINESS)