Abbey Ale · Achel Trappist
Achel Trappist
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During World War I, occupying German forces dismantled the abbey's brewing equipment to salvage roughly 700kg of copper — the monks didn't resume brewing at full scale again until decades later.
Achel produces amber and brown Trappist ales, brewed on a small scale inside the Abbey of Our Lady of Saint Benedict right on the Belgian-Dutch border. The beers are rich, warming and traditionally sold only at the abbey's own café.
Why it's made this way: Brewed in the village of Achel in the Belgian province of Limburg since the 19th century, it represents this province's own distinct abbey-brewing heritage, separate from the beer culture of Dutch Limburg just across the border.
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