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The abbey's jam-making operation began modestly about 40 years ago when one of the monks took fresh mint from the garden, made jelly and bottled it in paraffin-topped mason jars.

WESTVLETEREN, Belgium -- The Trappist monks at St. Sixtus monastery have taken vows against riches, sex and eating red meat. They speak only when necessary. But you can call them on their beer phone.

Amen! Monks Release First American Trappist Ale The beer will be sold throughout Massachusetts beginning this week.

TRAPPIST, Ky. -- Across the country for the next couple of weeks, many Roman Catholics will remember and honor the life of Trappist monk Thomas Merton, who died 40 years ago this month in a freak ...

Diversification is common advice for investors, but guess what? Monks have to do it too. For more than 60 years, the Trappist monks at St. Joseph's Abbey had relied on jams and jellies to support ...

Read about how the monks of St. Joseph's Abbey built the first American Trappist brewery, Spencer Brewery, and the labor behind making their trappist ale.

SPENCER, Mass. — 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 ...

After all, for nearly 60 years the monks in Spencer, Mass., had been selling jams and jellies to help support their community. Now they were interested in the real family business: beer.