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Achel No Longer a Trappist Beer, As Last Monks Depart Abbey

John Scholte via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 NL).
Achel Abbey.

In order for a beer to claim itself as Trappist, the ITA requires the beer to be brewed in the confines of a monastery, under the direction of the monks, and the production is limited to the costs of monastic preservation, including their pastoral work and providing sustenance for the monks.