"Monks have been given planning permission to build what would be the UK’s only Trappist brewery at a rural monastery in North West Leicestershire."
So states a recent article in the Leicester Mercury newspaper. Now approved by the local planning council, the monks of the Mount St Bernard Abbey plan to brew their beer in accordance with strict Trappist rules, thus becoming the 12th such Trappist brewery in existence.
We look forward to sample their ale.
To read the article - by Dave Owen - click here.