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