Bloodhounds date back to a seventh-century Belgian monk but they began to be developed in Britain some 500 years later to hunt rabbits, wild boar and deer. Described as “a nose with a dog ...

In Belgium, brewing culture runs far back, with monks crafting beers since the sixth century. Beer provided a method of drinking without worrying about contaminated water, monks devoted their time ...

Founded by Tina and James Pachorek, the Cheeky Monk has always focused on Belgian beers. Over the past year, however, both the original Monk on Colfax and its new brother in Westminster have ...

From lactose-loving nuns to beer-brewing Belgian monks, here are a few of the world’s most out-of-the-ordinary orders. An order of Mexican nuns is helping to save one of the world's most ...

The monks at The Abbey of Saint Sixtus of Westvleteren, Belgium, aren't in the business of brewing beer for the riches or glory. But fame found them anyway in the mid-2000s, when beer information ...