The Westmalle Trappist Brewery in Belgium could be considered one of the original "craft" brewers. Like all Trappist breweries, Westmalle was started by monks with all profits either being used to ...

Nestled in a western corner of Europe is a tiny country called Belgium. It’s about the size of Maryland with a population of 11 million people. It’s quaint. It’s pastoral. It’s agrarian. And it’s an ...

In the world of ales, there are few richer and more complex examples than the strong, dark dubbels and quadrupels of Belgium. These dusky delights meld together a dense mélange of dark fruit, spice, ...

If you are wondering what's tripled in a 'tripel' beer, the answer might surprise you because this style of Belgian beer gets its name from tradition, not math. However, the name and meaning have ...

We’re living in an interesting moment for classic Trappist beer—which is to say, beer brewed by Trappist Catholic monks in abbeys around the world. On one hand, the 2010s represented an era of new ...

It’s not every day that I find myself reading a science article about the discovery of new planets which also mentions beer. According to a recent CNN article, a new planetary system was discovered by ...

(CNN) -- Just how a team of five Belgian scientists discovered one of the most remarkable planetary systems -- and named it after their favorite beer -- is a story of ingenuity, persistence and luck.