AAA brewing monks needed

Cinzia Cuneo 13 dicembre, 2013 bevande

The enormous success of Belgian Trappist beer all over the world could come to a grinding halt due to aging monks and lack of new vocations.

Mechanization is here. It takes less labor than before. But for beer to be recognized as Trappist, there have to be monks who manufacture or control it.

420,000 hectoliters flowed from the six Trappists abbeys in Belgium last year. Which is 100,000 more than 10 years ago. Production is on track but the same can’t be said for the producers. Monks are gradually disappearing.The most glaring case is that of the Achel abbey. There are only 6 monks left, all quite old. The day the last one joins the Lord, will mark the end of the Trappist abbey.

The appeal has been made, so please spread the word.

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Cinzia Cuneo

Italiana di nascita e canadese d'adozione, Cinzia ha deciso di coniugare le sue competenze professionali e la sua passione per la buona tavola sviluppando un servizio per aiutare i numerosi «aventi bisogno» a riprendere il controllo della loro alimentazione. Così è nata SOSCuisine. Ingegnere di formazione al Politecnico di Torino, Cinzia ha conseguito un Master's Degree in scienze applicate all'École Polytechnique de Montréal.