Abbey beer

Abbot 12 (10.5% alc.)

Abbey beer is a top-fermented beer produced in Belgian monasteries (or outside the monasteries: according to a traditional monastery recipe). There are around 70 different brands of abbey beer in Belgium . Some of the beer names come from the respective community, others are dedicated to churches, ruins, saints or shrines. The abbey , if it still exists, remains the owner of the recipe and gives the beer its name. Many of the abbey beer brands are now brewed by external breweries under license (e.g. Leffe , brewed by InBev ). The alcohol content is between 6% (double) and 7-10.5% (triple) . Special abbey beers are the Trappist beers , which are exclusively brewed by the monks themselves.

Here are some abbey beers:

• Affligem ( Benedictine )
• Chimay
• Corsendonk
• Dendermonde ( Benedictine )
• Ename
• Floreffe (formerly Premonstratensian (Norbertine))
• Florival
• Grimbergen ( Premonstratensian (Norbertine))
• Chapter
• Leffe (formerly Premonstratensian (Norbertine))
• Maredsous
• Orval
• Postel ( Premonstratensian (Norbertine))
• St. Bernardus
• Engelszell Abbey
• Steenbrugge
• Val-Dieu
• Westvleteren Trappist beer received the title "Best beer in the world"
• Tongerlo ( Premonstratensian (Norbertine))

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Engelszell Abbey - Trappist beer brewery. In: www.stift-engelszell.at. Retrieved June 20, 2016 .