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"The process of identifying the notes of [the proposed Zundert] beer began with no beer at all, but instead with an in-depth word map laying out words that spoke to the community itself. Motifs such as challenge, contemplation, br gray, silence, desert, nutritious, roots, and hope all make their way into the map."

"Scourmont (Chimay) employs more than 30 percent of the town's residents at the abbey, the dairy, the bottling plant, or the local inn."

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"The tons of spent grain generated at Chimay are sent to local dairy farmers to sustain their cattle. We could not help but notice that the cows in the region, apart from being incredibly well-fed, were also very content-looking specimens."