Tre Fontane Tripel
Tre Fontane is the newest brewery to join the brotherhood of Trappist breweries. Their first offering is a Tripel. Thanks to my friend Kevin of […]
Tre Fontane is the newest brewery to join the brotherhood of Trappist breweries. Their first offering is a Tripel. Thanks to my friend Kevin of […]
La Trappe is the elder of Netherland’s two Trappist breweries with over 130 years of brewing experience. Zundert, on the the other hand, has only […]
2012 marked the 150th year of brewing for Chimay. Founded in 1850 by monks from Westvleteren, the decision to brew as part of their livelihood […]
This is the 2nd of 2 Westvleteren 8 bottles I acquired on my 2012 trip to Belgium. It’s been resting nicely in my temperature controlled […]
Orval is consistently one of my favorite beers. Brewed in the Trappist monastery of Orval deep in the Belgian Ardennes, Orval has achieved international fame […]
Achel has only been brewing beer since 2001, making them one of the newest breweries in the Trappist community. They basically make 6 beers: a low, […]
In the first part, The Brewing Monks: A Brief History of the Trappist Order and Monastic Brewing, we covered the basic history of Trappists and how […]
Founded in 1899 by the monks of Konigshoeven, the Trappist abbey called Abdij Maria Toevlucht is located near Klein Zundert in The Netherlands. After reducing […]
Chimay, also known as the Abbaye de Scourmont, is the largest of the Trappist Breweries with a global reach. Their three beers; red, white, & […]
Moving from the far north of Belgium, Antwerp, I decided to go to south of Belgium and visit the Trappist Monastery of Chimay. Chimay is […]
Westmalle Trappist is one of the 10 Trappist Breweries (including the new Spencer Abbey in Massachusetts and Zundert in The Netherlands). They also boast the second […]
The Brewing Monks: Almost Trappist – The rumors have finally been confirmed. There will be an American Trappist Ale brewed by the monks of Spencer Abbey. […]
Rochefort 8 was first released to the public in 1955 after Chimay helped the struggling Trappist brewery revamp their brewery and recipes. 8 was the […]
Updated & edited 03/07/2014 The Brewing Monks: The Benedictine Breweries (Part 1) In the first 5 parts of the The Brewing Monks, we looked […]
Save Rochefort’s Water Source This story has been in the new for a few weeks now, but I’ve noticed that the attention it’s getting is […]