Italy: Italian beer receives authorization to use the "Authentic Trappist Product" logo

In early May, two Trappist monasteries received authorization to use the "Authentic Trappist Product" logo for a new product. Tre Fontane Abbey in Rome was granted the right to use the label on its beer, and Koningshoeven Abbey in Tilburg, The Netherlands, was granted the right to use the label on its cheeses, the International Trappist Association reports.

Tre Fontane beer thus becomes the 11th Trappist beer in the world, while Italy becomes the fifth nation in the world housing authentic Trappist brewery.

Today, besides Italy, there are six Trappist breweries in Belgium (Achel, Chimay, Orval, Rochefort, Westmalle, and Westvleteren), two in the Netherlands, one in Austria, and one in the US.

13 May, 2015