The end of Trappist beers?

[Deadhead]

The Spencer Brewery, which was the only Trappist beer maker in the USA, closed after only 8 years of being open and a huge investment. The beer was very expensive and you couldn't get tours, etc, because they're monks at heart, not brewers. Now considering you have the likes of Treehouse nearby, Wachusett Brewery, and many many many smaller , but very good breweries in the same neck of the woods and not the huge history of the Belgian trappist beers behind them, they really struggled. They were only making a 1/10th of the amount of beer their brewery could make. And an aging population, because people aren't becoming monks. So it's no wonder they closed.

 

[An Ankoù]

So the question remains: Why aren't people flocking to the monasteries if all you have to do is get up early for a full English and a bit of cheese, then a bit of communal yodelling and after that make homebrew for the rest of the day? Followed by a pint or two of Vespers and an early night before getting stuck in to an early morning's mucking out of the sheep pens and a bit of freestyle cheese-making.
Sounds to me like it's a man's life down at the monastery!

 

[Agentgonzo]

So the question remains: Why aren't people flocking to the monasteries if all you have to do is get up early for a full English and a bit of cheese, then a bit of communal yodelling and after that make homebrew for the rest of the day? Followed by a pint or two of Vespers and an early night before getting stuck in to an early morning's mucking out of the sheep pens and a bit of freestyle cheese-making.
Sounds to me like it's a man's life down at the monastery!

No WiFi...

 

[Pennine]

The Spencer Brewery, which was the only Trappist beer maker in the USA, closed after only 8 years of being open and a huge investment. The beer was very expensive and you couldn't get tours, etc, because they're monks at heart, not brewers. Now considering you have the likes of Treehouse nearby, Wachusett Brewery, and many many many smaller , but very good breweries in the same neck of the woods and not the huge history of the Belgian trappist beers behind them, they really struggled. They were only making a 1/10th of the amount of beer their brewery could make. And an aging population, because people aren't becoming monks. So it's no wonder they closed.

Their beer kind of sucked too.

 

[An Ankoù]

No WiFi...

Spot on. No wifi = no porn.
End of.
So it's not a man's life in the monastery, then!

 

[MickDundee]

So the question remains: Why aren't people flocking to the monasteries if all you have to do is get up early for a full English and a bit of cheese, then a bit of communal yodelling and after that make homebrew for the rest of the day?