Westvleteren is a village in the province of West Flanders, Belgium.
The current brewing capacity is roughly 500,000 cases per year.
The majority of members of BeerAdvocate[2] and RateBeer,[3] two beer rating websites, consistently rate the Westvleteren 12 as their most enjoyable beer; the 8 and the Blonde also rank highly on both sites.
The parish and the church were named after Saint Martin of Tours.
The Saint Martin Church (Dutch: Sint-Martinuskerk) is of late Gothic style with Romanesque components, and is a protected building.