Author Topic: The Beer Fast (Read 399 times)

poche · « **on:** February 24, 2020, 12:43:50 AM »

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 Italy to the Cloister Neudeck ob der Au in Bavaria. “Being a strict order, they were not allowed to consume solid food during Lent,” the braumeister and beer sommelier of Paulaner Brewery Martin Zuber explained in a video on the company’s website.
They needed something other than water to sustain them, so the monks turned to a common staple of the time of their region – beer. They concocted an “unusually strong” brew, full of carbohydrates and nutrients, because “liquid bread wouldn’t break the fast,” Zuber noted.

https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-17th-century-monks-did-a-beer-fast-for-lent-90886

Anybody ready for a beer fast?

AlligatorDicax · « **Reply #1 on:** February 25, 2020, 02:00:02 PM »

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Author Topic: The Beer Fast (Read 399 times)

poche

The Beer Fast

AlligatorDicax

Plagiarized from 2018/Re: The Beer Fast