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Trappist beer is brewed by Trappist monks. Thirteen Trappist monasteries—six in Belgium, two in the Netherlands, and one each in Austria, Italy, England, France, and Spain— produce beer, [1] but the Authentic Trappist Product label is assigned by the International Trappist Association (ITA) to just ten breweries that meet their strict criteria.
Westmalle - The 2 beers: Tripel and Dubbel Westmalle Trappist Beer glass Westmalle Trappists. The brewery produces three beers. Westmalle Dubbel is a 7% abv Dubbel. Westmalle Tripel is a 9.5% abv tripel, was first brewed in 1934 and the recipe has not changed since 1956. It is made with pale candy sugar and has a very pale colour produced from ...
The term dubbel (also double) is a Belgian Trappist beer naming convention. [1] The origin of the dubbel was a strong version of a brown beer brewed in Westmalle Abbey in 1856, which is known to have been on sale to the public by June 1861. [2] In 1926, the recipe was changed by brewer Henrik Verlinden, and it was sold as Dubbel Bruin. [3]
Chimay Brewery (Brasserie de Chimay) is a brewery at Scourmont Abbey, a Trappist monastery in Chimay, Hainaut, Belgium, one of the thirteen breweries worldwide that produce Trappist beer. They make four ales: Chimay Rouge, Chimay Bleue, Chimay Blanche, and Chimay 150; and one patersbier for the monks. The monastery also makes four varieties of ...
A Chimay tripel beer with its branded glass. Beer in Belgium includes pale ales, lambics, Flemish red ales, sour brown ales, strong ales and stouts.In 2018, there were 304 breweries in Belgium, [1] [2] [3] including international companies, such as AB InBev, and traditional breweries, such as Trappist monasteries. [4]
The Saint-Sixtus Abbey was founded in 1831 by Trappist monks from the abbey at Mont des Cats in France. Records show that a small volume of beer was brewed at the abbey in 1838 [1] and in 1839 the abbey received a brewing license from King Leopold I. [citation needed] In 1850, a group of monks left Saint-Sixtus abbey and founded Scourmont Abbey, which also brews a Trappist beer under the brand ...
Belgium portal; Pages in category "Trappist breweries in Belgium" The following 7 pages are in this category, out of 7 total.
The beers of Rochefort. Rochefort 6 (red cap, brown beer, 7.5% ABV). Reddish colour, brewed only about once per year, representing approximately 1% of total beer production. This beer begins with a density of 16.5º Plato is 7.5% ABV. "Rochefort 6" is the oldest Rochefort Trappist beer and was brewed empirically until the end of the Second ...