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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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. […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
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 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 was the first new Trappist brewery to join the ranks in quite some time. For years, the Trappist club only had 7 members, […]
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 […]
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 […]
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, […]
Spencer Trappist Ale is the first Trappist Brewery to join the Authentic Trappist Product group outside of Europe. For years, the abbey, also known as […]
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 […]