Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Brother Sebastian Richey points to the base grain and oatmeal for his stout. Monks have been brewing beer since the 1400s. Subiaco ...

SPENCER, Mass. (AP) – For more than a century, Catholic Cistercian monks known as Trappists have been brewing and selling what many beer lovers consider some of the best in the world. Eight ...

In this Thursday, Jan. 9, 2014 photo Spencer Brewery Director Father Isaac tastes a sample of Spencer ale wort, an early stage of fermentation, as Belgian brewing engineer Hubert de Halleux looks on ...

Monks have been brewing beer since the 1400s. Subiaco's monks carry on the tradition today as a way to interact with their tiny community, which resides just outside of Paris. Subiaco Abbey's ...

GILBERT, Ariz. - The beer is flowing at Desert Monks Brewing Company, and looking at the long line of taps, two in particular stand out. "We as the Desert Monks, one of the things we pride ourselves ...

These monks don’t usually watch TV or use the internet, but an exception was made for the Pontifice. Their celebration wasn’t very lively, though: Trappists rarely exchange words. But they do brew one ...

On Saturday, Bold Monk Brewing will be hosting a deluxe, all-access launch party in honor of its first batch of beers off the canning line. Limited to 100 people, the $100 entry fee includes one case ...

HAMONT-ACHEL, Belgium—Exclusive Trappist breweries are facing a supply problem: They’re running out of monks. Brothers at the picturesque abbeys are aging, and fewer men are taking vows these days.