Denver restaurants to feature beer tasting from Belgian monks

November 6, 1:42 PMNorthern Colorado Beer Examiner'Chipper' Dave Butler

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Some of the best beers in the world are made by a small group of Trappist monks in Belgium.  Some of these beers are being featured in two Denver area restaurants next week.  Have you tried the the fine line of beers made by the monks of the Abbey de Scourmont?  Perhaps you may know them by another name: Chimay. 

The Abbey de Scourmont has been a monastery and a brewery in Belgium for over 150 years. One way that the monks support themselves is by brewing beer out of water pulled from a well dug deep beneath their monastery and by making fine cheeses.  Only 6 breweries in Belgium can carry the appellation of producing Trappist beers.  They are: Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, Westvleteren and Achel.

In celebration of 150 years of their fine ales and also to celebrate the 30th anniversary of signature steakhouses, Morton's The Steakhouse is hosting an evening of "Chimay... A Taste of Tradition" on Wednesday, November 12, 2008 at 6:00pm.  Two separate locations, one in Denver and one in the Denver Tech Center, will host a tasting of three different Chimay beers featuring: Chimay Premier, Chimay Grand Reserve and Chimay Cinq Cents.  In addition, your $45 per guest fee will include several signature hors d'oeuvres from Morton's.

While you're sampling some fine Trappist beers, you'll also be helping to benefit the Make-A-Wish Foundation as $5 of your entry price will go to that charity organization. 

If you've never tried some of these fine Belgian beers, you owe it to yourself to try these.  They are simply like nothing you've ever tried in a beer before.  The tasting runs from 6:00pm to 7:30pm at both Denver Morton's The Steakhouse locations.