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Beer-making returns to Belgian Catholic abbey after 200 years

On: June 3, 2021

Brussels, Belgium: For the first time in 200 years, beer is being brewed at a historic Catholic abbey in Belgium. The Grimbergen Abbey Brewery opened on May 27 at Grimbergen Abbey near the Belgian capital, Brussels. The Norbertine monastery, founded in 1128, was forced to abandon beer-making when the abbeyContinue Reading

These 17th century monks did a beer fast for Lent

By: Matters India

On: March 1, 2017

In: International

Washington D.C.- As Ash Wednesday kicks off the Lenten season, Catholics enter into 40 days of abstaining from sweets, technology, alcohol and other luxuries. But did you know that Catholic monks once brewed beer specifically for a liquid-only Lenten fast? Back in the 1600s, Paulaner monks moved from Southern ItalyContinue Reading