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| Monks in the bottling room of the brewery in Westvleteren in the early 1900s. Photograph: Hulton Deutsch/Corbis via Getty Images |
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A spokesman for the abbey said: “A price of nearly €10 per bottle goes against the ethical standards and values that the monks face. Every beer lover knows that the Trappists of Westvleteren do not pursue profit maximisation, they only produce as much beer as is necessary to provide for their livelihood. All the profits made go to the abbey charity.”
