SPENCER — Several years ago, the monks at St. Joseph's Abbey realized they needed another way to sustain themselves and to support the abbey where they live. Over the years they've turned out millions ...

Father Isaac Keeley, the soft-spoken director of Spencer Brewery, was once a potter. It was this qualification alone, he says, that led to his involvement in creating the first official American ...

SPENCER - One of the priests cited in a sweeping Pennsylvania grand jury report on child sex abuse in six Catholic dioceses in that state reportedly was sent to Spencer for treatment. The report, ...

Who knew there even WAS a Trappist monastery in the U.S.? Or that it brews beer? Not I, and not me. But now, it turns out, America's first Trappist Ale is coming to Ohio, including the Dayton market.

Spencer Trappist Ale, brewed by the monks at St. Joseph's Abbey, is made at one of a dozen craft breweries in Central Massachusetts. PHOTO/COURTESY Spencer Trappist Brewery, the only Trappist brewery ...

Sad, worrisome news to report today from a particularly difficult niche of the U.S. craft beer world, as the monks of Spencer, Massachusetts’ Spencer Brewery announced that the only Trappist brewery ...

I recently received a call from Patrick Leddy, a former longtime Illinois resident who I once bonded with at a local tavern through the twin themes of good beer and an admiration for the late Chicago ...

The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey, who worked to get Spencer Brewery recognized by the International Trappist Association, announced Saturday that they’re going to let the brewery’s taps run dry. The ...

St. Joseph’s Abbey produces the only Trappist ale in the United States. The monks at St. Joseph’s Abbey in Spencer, Massachusetts, spend their days in quiet reflection on the spiritual world, reading ...

SPENCER -- Nestled amid 2,000 acres of former dairy farmland in central Massachusetts lies the only Trappist brewery outside of Europe. The 55 Trappist brothers of the Order of Cistercian of the ...