Westvleteren 12 (8/31/16) – Bottle no. 3 2/19/2018
Westvleteren doesn’t quite fit into the normal perameters of The Brux Project. For one, as indicated by the name of the project, it isn’t […]
Category: Monastic Beer
Achel Extra Blond
Some beers are available all over the world, including some Trappist beers. If you look hard enough, you can probably find a Chimay or an […]
Spencer Trappist Holiday Ale
Special beers created to commemorate the Christmas season are a long tradition of the monastic brewery. Brewed to a higher abv with special ingredients, often […]
The Brewing Monks: A New Trappist Brewing in England
On my recent trip to Belgium last September, I learned that several Trappist monks from an English abbey were touring the Trappist breweries of Belgium. […]
Hit the Ground Running: Side Hustlin’
Seems like everyone has a side hustle. It is, after all, the “gig economy.” I’m no exception. I’ve been writing about beer for a little […]
Book Review: “Trappist Beer Travels”
This combination beer journal, history book, and travelogue grants readers rare access inside monastery walls for an in-depth look at the legendary breweries of Trappist […]
The Brewing Monks: The Franciscans
The Order of Friars Minor – “Franciscans” Most commonly known as Franciscans, The Orders of Friars Minor are part of the group of mendicant orders […]
The Brewing Monks: The Brewing Nun – Sister Doris Engelhard
This is a special edition of The Brewing Monks. When you run across an interesting story that needs more than the cursory entry into the […]
4 More Years! 4 More Years!
Well, 4 years down since I posted my first post: “Welcome to my beer blog. I hope you’ll find my site enjoyable and informative. My […]
Logos, Badges, & Stamps: A Lesson in Belgian Label Iconography (Part 2)
Belgian Beer Label Iconography In Part 1 of Belgian Beer Label Iconography, we looked at 4 of the logos that appear on Belgian beer labels, in […]
Logos, Badges, & Stamps: A Lesson in Belgian Label Iconography (Part 1)
Belgian Beer Label Iconography American beer labels are surprisingly devoid of special badges and emblems. However, anyone who has picked up a bottle from […]
La Trappe Isid’or
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 […]
Stift Engelszell Nivard
Stift Engelszell was the first new Trappist brewery to join the ranks in quite some time. For years, the Trappist club only had 7 members, […]
The Brewing Monks: The 11th Trappist – Tre Fontane
Monastero dei SS. Vincenzo e Anastasio alle Tre Fontane (Tre Fontane) – Roma, Italia (Est. Early 4th Century CE/Modern Est. 1868, Brewery Est. 1873) In May […]
So Close, So Far Away: Westvleteren & In De Vrede
Visiting the Trappists Sint-Sixtusabdij Westvleteren is one of the renowned Trappist breweries of Belgium and arguably makes one of the world’s most famous and sought after […]