While the name tripel is pronounced just like the American spelling of triple, the beer itself is not the same as, say, a triple IPA. The beers were originally created by Trappist monks (those who ...

quadrupel-style 12 the best beer in the world. The Trappist monks aren't in it for the money - they brew only enough to support themselves and the abbey. RateBeer executive director Joe Tucker ...

the beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery and the monks cannot make a profit from the beer (whatever is left after monastery upkeep is donated to charity). Trappist beers ...

We don’t want to end up as a brewery with a little ... out from the rest A fellow Trappist at the Abbey of Gethsemani in Kentucky – where the renowned monk and author Thomas Merton once ...