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Trappist monasteries generate millions brewing beer

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Vows of poverty are significantly easier to maintain when your basement is a massive profit center. A select few abbeys fund their entire quiet existence by producing some of the most critically acclaimed, fiercely protected, and aggressively priced alcohol on the global market.

Trappist monasteries generate millions brewing beer
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