The breweries that still carry the Authentic Trappist Product label

Map of 7 locations in Europe

The Authentic Trappist Product logo is not a flavour promise. It certifies that the beer is brewed inside an abbey's walls, under the supervision of the monks, with the income going to the community rather than to shareholders, and the association that owns the mark has withdrawn it before: Achel lost the logo when its last monks left, Engelszell and Spencer closed outright. What remains is a short roster running from an 1836 brewhouse in the Antwerp countryside to a Roman abbey certified in 2015.

Places in this collection

  • Tre Fontane — The first Italian abbey to brew Trappist beer, granted the Authentic Trappist Product logo in 2015, two years after Zundert and Spencer. Th…
  • Orval — The youngest of the Belgian five, brewing since 1931, and the one whose single core beer is dry-hopped and bottle-conditioned with Brettano…
  • Westvleteren — Sint-Sixtus has brewed since 1838 and deliberately stayed small: 4,750 hectolitres in 2004, less than a thirtieth of what Koningshoeven mad…
  • Westmalle — The oldest brewery on the list, running since 1836 at Our Lady of the Sacred Heart, and the house that gave the Tripel its name. Westmalle…
  • Chimay — The beer takes its name from the town, but it is made at Scourmont Abbey outside it, where brewing dates to 1863. Scourmont was among the s…
  • La Trappe — Koningshoeven Abbey at Berkel-Enschot has brewed since 1884 and was the largest of the recognised Trappist producers in 2004 at 145,000 hec…
  • Brasserie de Rochefort — Our Lady of Saint-Remy has brewed since 1899 and remains one of the five Belgian abbeys still entitled to the logo. Output was 18,000 hecto…

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