The term “Trappist beer” is one that is widely known throughout the craft beer community, but for those who are not familiar with the term, it may sound strange. A Trappist beer is brewed by Trappist ...

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 ...

After 22 years of silence as a Trappist monk in Iowa, Father Robert Valit, a self-proclaimed extrovert, decided to become a parish priest. Although he valued a life of prayer, Valit realized in 1972 ...

Home to a small community of less than 30 Trappist monks, the Monastery of the Holy Spirit was established back in 1944 when a group of monks left an abbey in Kentucky with the goal of founding a ...

It usually follows that the most highly rated beers in the world are also the hardest to get. This shouldn’t be surprising; as a beer’s acclaim grows, demand for its flavor will eventually outstrip ...

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. -- The Rev. William Wilson, a former Trappist monk who once lived in a hut as a hermit under a rule of silence, has tried many paths to spiritual enlightenment. One of his most ...

The eight gentle Trappist monks depicted in Of Gods and Men uphold the faith that brought them from France to Algeria, only to be abducted and massacred, presumably by fanatics of a rival religious ...