WHEN THE INVIABILITY OF FARMING BECAME OBVIOUS, WE BEGAN TO LOOK FOR AN ALTERNATIVE SOURCE OF INCOME AND COMMON WORK. WE AIMED TO ESTABLISH AN INDUSTRY IN WHICH MANY OF US COULD BE INVOLVED. BREWING MET OUR REQUIREMENTS. AFTER MUCH CAREFUL RESEARCH AND COMMUNITY DISCUSSION, WE DECIDED TO REVIVE THE ABBEY’S BEER-MAKING TRADITION. WE KNOW FOR A FACT THAT BEER WAS BREWED HERE IN THE NINETEENTH CENTURY AND, CONTRARY TO WIDESPREAD PERCEPTION, MONASTIC BREWING HAS NEVER BEEN CONFINED ONLY TO THE LOW COUNTRIES. PAST VISITORS TO OUR COMMUNITY HAVE LEFT ACCOUNTS EXPRESSING THEIR LIKING FOR THE MONKS’ TABLE BEER. ALTHOUGH THE HISTORIC RECIPE HAS BEEN LOST, WE’RE CERTAIN THAT THE ALE WE’RE BREWING NOW IS AT LEAST AS DELICIOUS AND NURTURING.