The Only Trappist Brewery in the U.S., Announces It’s “Time to Close”

Dear Client:   Spencer Brewery, the “first and only certified” Trappist brewery in the U.S., has announced its closure. The monks of St. Joseph’s Abbey – the Spencer, Massachusetts-based monastery that houses the brewery – explained in a press release over the weekend that “after more than a year of consultation and reflection… [they] have come to the sad conclusion that brewing is not a viable industry for [them] and it is time to close the Spencer Brewery.” The brewery,