This cache is placed for SCAR2025 and should not be found or logged prior to 5:30 p.m. on Friday, May 23, 2025.
The Trappist monks have been brewing beer at their monastery in Belgium for several centuries. Monks may have sworn vows of poverty, chastity and obedience, but this has never prevented them from producing (and consuming) much sought-after beer and wine. I first became acquainted with this beer in my university years when I was tending bar at The Pilot House in Kingston, ON. The owners were quite adventurous at the time and stocked more imported beer than was to be found just about anywhere else. The uniqueness of Chimay was that it was served in wine-sized bottles and was 10% alcohol. I never took a particular liking to the beer, and my main memory of it is of having to clean up washrooms after some over-eager punters thought they could chug back several bottles with minimal effect.