A couple of items about Trappist beers from a newsletter. Note that
there are again seven (yep 7) Trappist breweries in the world.
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Welcome to RBPMail 11.10, October 2005
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LA TRAPPE REGAINS TRAPPIST SANCTION
Now there are seven "sanctioned" Trappist beers. The International Trappist
Association has announced it will allow La Trappe in the Netherlands to again
use the official Trappist logo on its beers. In 1999, the I.T.A. withdrew its
logo for all the La Trappe beers after the agreement concluded by
Koningshoeven Abbey with Bavaria B.V. The Association considered the
situation so confused that it could not guarantee the authentic provenance of
beers bearing the name of "La Trappe." Consequently, Koningshoeven Abbey had
ceased to use the logo. To satisfy the logo criteria, Koningshoeven Abbey
recently revised its cooperation agreement with Koningshoeven Brewery (a
subsidiary of Bavaria B.V.). In the new agreement, the position of the monks
resulted in the Trappist provenance of "La Trappe" beers being strengthened
and guaranteed.
http://www.brewlikeamonk.com
MONKS ASK AMERICANS NOT TO BUY THEIR BEER
The monks at the abbey of St. Sixtus of Westvleteren have turned to one of
America's largest newspaper to make it clear they don't want their coveted
beer sold in the United States. Brother Joris, the monk who oversees brewing
at Westvleteren as well as running the library, agreed to be interviewed by
USA Today for a story about he monastery brewery so he could to warn
Americans against buying illegally imported Westvleteren. "My message is,
people should know that the beer arrives there in a very un-Trappist-like
way," he said. "It's the result of a lot of maneuvering in the dark before
it
actually shows up there. "I would advise your readers not to ask for or buy
Westvleteren," he said. "You do not support the Trappist cause by buying
Westvleteren in the United States."
http://www.realbeer.com/news/articles/news-002708.php
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