Do not boycott this beer. Brewed with God's blessing

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That last step required a monk.

Within a minute or two, Father Joseph Delargy appeared, dressed in the white robes of the Cistercian order, to bless the proceedings in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. And bottles of Britain’s only Trappist beer were soon rattling swiftly along the small production line.

Only beers brewed in monasteries with the active involvement of Roman Catholic Cistercian monks are classified as Trappist products, and there is just one in Britain — Tynt Meadow, a dark English ale that is celebrating its fifth anniversary.

https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/11/world/europe/england-trappist-beer.html

 

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Trappist beer is among the best in the world.

 

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There are just a dozen Trappist breweries worldwide, most in Belgium and the Netherlands. The only U.S. producer, St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Mass., said last year it would cease operations.

To be recognized by the International Trappist Association, products must be made within the surroundings of an abbey under the supervision of monks or nuns, and profits should be devoted to the monastic community, the Trappist Order or development projects and charitable works.