Are there any Trappist beers made in the USA?
By definition, a trappist ale is produced in one of the 6 monasteries legally allowed to be called a trappist brewer. Similar to how Champagne can only be made in a certain area of France, but sparkling wine can be made anywhere despite the fact they describe very similar products. So, Trappist breweries produce Abbey ales. That’s the general thing you’d be looking for. Abbeys come in double, tripel and quad, but the Belgians choose often to export the quad and they instead have something, fairly uncommon, a single (what we would call a Belgian pale ale). I’m fairly sure there are no monasteries producing beer in the US, atleast on the commercial scale. BUT! There are many breweries producing honest Abbey style ales. Allagash in Maine comes to mind, Lost Abbey does as well.
