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  • You could tell by his face he was a "trappist," as Dick calls the motor-spies, and though Sir Lionel wasn't really going beyond the legal limit, he glared at our number as if he meant mischief.

    Set in Silver 1901

  • "trappist" started being used in the years between WW1 and WW11, and was popularized by Chimay in 1850.

    Vail Daily - Top Stories Cary Hogan Special to the Daily Vail, CO Colorado 2010

  • December 28, 2009 3:23 PM trappist pistoles olestra trappist said...

    Passing the Mantle: The End of the Aughts is Nigh BikeSnobNYC 2009

  • I will admit, as the beer warms up and you get to the bottom of the snifter, the brett character becomes more charming than abrasive and gives this beer a pensive dubbel-cum-trappist-esque quality

    Archive 2009-03-01 2009

  • Of course, other breweries can produce similar beers, but none can be called "Trappist" or, even "trappist-style".

    MBR In Chicago – Lost Abbey, Inferno Ale 2009

  • Speaking spiritually, I wish we had gotten someone more on the lines of HH the Dalai Lama, or, less celebrated, almost any Catholic trappist monastic.

    Top Liberal Group Hammers Decision For Rick Warren To Deliver Obama's Inaugural Invocation 2009

  • I will admit, as the beer warms up and you get to the bottom of the snifter, the brett character becomes more charming than abrasive and gives this beer a pensive dubbel-cum-trappist-esque quality

    Tasting Notes: Furthermore Thermo Refur 2009

  • Thus it was said in the town, when the Bishop does not indulge in the cheer of a cure, he indulges in the cheer of a trappist.

    Les Miserables 2008

  • Well, maybe, even as a newbie, I've done a little research and I know that the trappist ales (like Chimay and Orval) have different types: the ale, a double (dubbel), a triple, and sometimes a quad (like New Glarus!)

    Archive 2007-08-01 2007

  • Well, maybe, even as a newbie, I've done a little research and I know that the trappist ales (like Chimay and Orval) have different types: the ale, a double (dubbel), a triple, and sometimes a quad (like New Glarus!)

    New "Bar" on Monroe Street 2007

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