I just finished reading this book, and it really changed my point of view about the Trappists. Some things are far more simple than I thought, such as thier grain bills, and some are just mind boggling, such as some beer dropping 80 gravity points and pretty much fermenting out in 3 or 4 days.
The book removies alot of the mystique from the beers, and seems to make them more attainable to a brewer. But I bet for some reason this will not be the reality.