Trappist beer news

From: rbpmail <newsletter(a)realbeer.com> Reply-To: newsletter(a)realbeer.com To: rbpmail-out(a)realbeer.com Date: Tue, 11 Oct 2005 08:08:55 -0400 Subject: October Real Beer News: GABF results; Smart beer coasters; Beer milk? Welcome to RBPMail 11.10, October 2005

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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