A Pilgrimage To Meet Germany’s Last Beer-Brewing Nun

link: www.npr.org/2021/08/... Posted in Beer culture, Craft Beer, History, Just for fun, Travel at   


It seems that every town in the southern German state of Bavaria — no matter how small — has a brewery, and beer is brewed by all sorts of people. And before you judge farmer Zausinger for his morning beer run, consider who he bought it from: Sister Doris Engelhard, a 72-year-old Franciscan nun. She claims to be the world’s last nun brewmeister, and woe unto anyone who would argue that title. Read or listen to more at NPR