Yes it’s named The Abbey for a reason.  The study of world history fell by the wayside for many when they left High School and Monastic History was but a blip on but a few radar screens if any at all.  But in the world of beer Abbeys (or monasteries) played a very important role.  So in a very condensed form I present you the reason behind the name of your new favorite spot.

An ‘Abbey’ is a Christian monastery that acted as the central government of a community centuries ago to provide direction and control.  In order for these ‘Abbeys’ to survive it needed to produce goods and services to sell to generate the necessary income to support it’s community.  The Trappist monks that populated many Abbeys turned to the craft of cheese and beer making to produce the needed income.  Yeah.  It must of been pretty fun to live back then is what I thought too.  I bet it was one of these Trappist monk guys that dined on the first beer & cheeseburger.  That must have been something for sure b