Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Multiple schemes involving the resale of Trappist beer at sky-high prices have forced a centuries-old Belgian monastery to take ...

Trappist Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last survivor of the 1996 attack on the Tibhirine monastery in Algeria, died at the age of 97. In a message released Nov. 21, the Trappist community of ...

In an era dominated by lagers, hazy IPAs, and non-alcoholic beers, Trappist brews have remained a small, but quintessential part of the global craft beer experience. Even as their existence is ...

The link between monasteries and breweries runs centuries-deep, but collaborations between the monks are a sign of innovation ...

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 ...

The seven martyred monks from his community were beatified on Dec. 8, 2018, along with 12 other Christians killed during the Algerian civil war in the 1990s. Pope Francis greeted Father Jean Pierre ...

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 ...

The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey, who worked to get Spencer Brewery recognized by the International Trappist Association, announced Saturday that they’re going to let the brewery’s taps run dry. The ...

Sad, worrisome news to report today from a particularly difficult niche of the U.S. craft beer world, as the monks of Spencer, Massachusetts’ Spencer Brewery announced that the only Trappist brewery ...

And for the past 73 years — since he joined the order at age 17, answering a call from God, he said — physical labor has been an integral part of his daily routine. Lately, though, Brother Joseph’s ...

WESTMALLE, Belgium, Oct 20 (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. Sign up here.

Trappist Father Jean-Pierre Schumacher, the last survivor of the 1996 massacre in Tibhirine, Algeria, died Nov. 21, 2021, at the age of 97. In this photo Pope Francis kisses Schumacher’s hand during a ...