With a history dating back to the California Gold Rush, every building in Old Sacramento is rich in history, especially ...

We’re living in an interesting moment for classic Trappist beer—which is to say, beer brewed by Trappist Catholic monks in abbeys around the world. On one hand, the 2010s represented an era of new ...

WESTMALLE, Belgium (Reuters) - A gold standard for beer connoisseurs, the Trappist ale in Westmalle Abbey streams through state-of-the-art equipment with not a monk in sight. It's thoroughly in accord ...

Editor’s Note: This sponsored column is written by Nick Anderson, beermonger at Arrowine (4508 Lee Highway). Of all the topics we’ve covered in our tour through Belgian beer, and all of the categories ...

We’ve looked at Belgian Trappist Ales here before, but I wanted to take a quick moment this week to consider the newest member to the ranks of the official Trappist brewers. News of the addition of ...

The first and only certified Trappist brewery in the U.S. has said that it will close, citing a lack of financial viability. The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts say they will ...

For centuries, the monks that make up the Order of Cistercians of the Strict Observance, otherwise known as the Trappists, have been working and studying in monasteries all over the world. And at a ...

Trappist ales represent a wonderful niche in the great wide world of beers. You might even call them the original microbreweries. Not surprisingly, someone has created a website dedicated solely to ...

Brecht, Belgium, October 2019 -- The sisters of the Abbey Our Lady of Nazareth produce shampoo with Westmalle Dubbel ale. Shown here: picking lavender for another line of scented products. Did you ...

And starting Thursday, the 63 brothers of St. Joseph's Abbey - about an hour's drive west of Boston - will join them, selling the first Trappist beer brewed outside Europe. Their ambitious venture was ...