Answers.Body: <p>Trappist beers are all abbey beers, but not all abbey beers are trappist. It's a bit like champagne, it's a protected product name to designate a certain type of classical brewn beers.Trappist is the enumeration of beers brew within the walls of an abbey inhabitted by the Trappist monks of the Tre Fontane. </p>
  
  <p>Currently (Okt. 2015) there are 11 recognized trappists, of which 10 are actively producing: </p>
  
  <p>Six Belgian trappists:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Chimay </li>
  <li>Orval</li>
  <li>Westmalle</li>
  <li>Westvleteren (St. Sixtus)</li>
  <li>Achel (St.  Benedictus of the Achelse kluis)</li>
  <li>Rochefort</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Netherlands:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>La Trappe (Brouwerij de Koningshoeven)</li>
  <li>Zundert (Brouwerij Abdij Maria Toevlucht)</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Austria: </p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Stift Engelszell</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>Italy:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Tre Fontane Abbey</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>United States of America:</p>
  
  <ul>
  <li>Spencer</li>
  </ul>
  
  <p>There's also one aspiring Trappist brewery in the US named St. Joseph’s Abbey.</p>
  
  <p>There are some strict rules to obtain "Authentic Trappiste Product":</p>
  
  <ol>
  <li>The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery,
  either by the monks themselves or under their supervision.</li>
  <li>The brewery must be of secondary importance within the monastery and
  it should witness to the business practices proper to a monastic way
  of life</li>
  <li>The brewery is not intended to be a profit-making venture.  The
  income covers the living expenses of the monks and the maintenance
  of the buildings and grounds.  Whatever remains is donated to
  charity for social work and to help persons in need.</li>
  </ol>
  
  <p>There are some standardized naming conventions, for instance the Double (orginally used by Westmalle) is a brown ale which has an alcohol level of around 7%. </p>
  
  <p>The Tripple is another name first used by Westmalle, which are often blond and have an alcohol level of about 8% to 10%. </p>
  
  <p>For future reference you can always visit the <a href="http://www.trappist.be/en/pages/trappist-beers" rel="nofollow">Trappiste website here</a>.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Your own link also talks about the Spencer in the US, which you left out.
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Answers.Text: @BryanCain that actually changed recently, they only got their first batch last month I think.
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Answers.Text: Ah  yes, I missed the date of your original answer - sorry about that.
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Answers.Body: <p>Lucas Kauffman has given a lot of details about the question you asked. I want only to add that all Trappist beers have this logo</p>
  
  <p><img src="https://i.sstatic.net/FuhNM.jpg" alt="Trappist logo"></p>
  
  <p>on their label except Westvleteren beer which does not have any kind of label on the bottle.</p>
  
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Answers.Body: <p>The wort in a trappist beer contains several kinds of malt and 'candy' (sugar) to increase the alcohol content.</p>
  
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Answers.Text: Not necessarily. There are many styles of beer brewed by the Trappists. The tripels would have candi sugar, but lower gravity ones may not. The various styles use several kinds of malt, but so do most British ales, American micro-brews, etc.
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Body: <p>What's the difference between normal beer and trappist? Is there any difference in flavour or brewing style?</p>
  
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Title: What's the difference between normal beer and trappist?
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ThreadText: # What's the difference between normal beer and trappist?
  
  (Asked by: username_0 on 2014-01-22)
  
  What's the difference between normal beer and trappist? Is there any difference in flavour or brewing style?
  
  **Tags:** terminology, trappist, differences
  
  
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  ## 3 answers
  
  ### Answer by username_0 on 2014-01-22. Score: 18 | Accepted answer
  
  Trappist beers are all abbey beers, but not all abbey beers are trappist. It's a bit like champagne, it's a protected product name to designate a certain type of classical brewn beers.Trappist is the enumeration of beers brew within the walls of an abbey inhabitted by the Trappist monks of the Tre Fontane.
  
  Currently (Okt. 2015) there are 11 recognized trappists, of which 10 are actively producing:
  
  Six Belgian trappists:
  
  * Chimay
  * Orval
  * Westmalle
  * Westvleteren (St. Sixtus)
  * Achel (St. Benedictus of the Achelse kluis)
  * Rochefort
  
  Netherlands:
  
  * La Trappe (Brouwerij de Koningshoeven)
  * Zundert (Brouwerij Abdij Maria Toevlucht)
  
  Austria:
  
  * Stift Engelszell
  
  Italy:
  
  * Tre Fontane Abbey
  
  United States of America:
  
  * Spencer
  
  There's also one aspiring Trappist brewery in the US named St. Joseph’s Abbey.
  
  There are some strict rules to obtain "Authentic Trappiste Product":
  
  1. The beer must be brewed within the walls of a Trappist monastery,
     either by the monks themselves or under their supervision.
  2. The brewery must be of secondary importance within the monastery and
     it should witness to the business practices proper to a monastic way
     of life
  3. The brewery is not intended to be a profit-making venture. The
     income covers the living expenses of the monks and the maintenance
     of the buildings and grounds. Whatever remains is donated to
     charity for social work and to help persons in need.
  
  There are some standardized naming conventions, for instance the Double (orginally used by Westmalle) is a brown ale which has an alcohol level of around 7%.
  
  The Tripple is another name first used by Westmalle, which are often blond and have an alcohol level of about 8% to 10%.
  
  For future reference you can always visit the [Trappiste website here](http://www.trappist.be/en/pages/trappist-beers).
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_2**: Although not strictly necessary, it would be nice if you could elaborate on where you obtained this information - whether you're drawing from external sources or your own experience, noting that in the answer can be helpful to future readers.  
  > **username_0**: I'll update the answer :)  
  > **username_1**: Your own link also talks about the Spencer in the US, which you left out.  
  > **username_0**: @BryanCain that actually changed recently, they only got their first batch last month I think.  
  > **username_1**: Ah  yes, I missed the date of your original answer - sorry about that.  
  
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  ### Answer by username_3 on 2014-06-30. Score: 3
  
  username_0 has given a lot of details about the question you asked. I want only to add that all Trappist beers have this logo
  
  ![Trappist logo](https://i.sstatic.net/FuhNM.jpg)
  
  on their label except Westvleteren beer which does not have any kind of label on the bottle.
  
  
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  ### Answer by username_4 on 2014-04-10. Score: -3
  
  The wort in a trappist beer contains several kinds of malt and 'candy' (sugar) to increase the alcohol content.
  
  > **Comments:**
  > **username_5**: Not necessarily. There are many styles of beer brewed by the Trappists. The tripels would have candi sugar, but lower gravity ones may not. The various styles use several kinds of malt, but so do most British ales, American micro-brews, etc.  
  
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