A beer a day: how to survive a Great post and not lose weight

Lent is an important time for every Christian. These days, a ban on many products, and alcohol and, needless to say. Or worth it? How about a post, with daily use of a good craft beer? But if with the permission of the Pontiff?

If you believe that Catholic monks fasting particularly strict, you almost was not mistaken. However, if exercise extra diligence in prayer and praise worthy papal Christian asceticism, it is possible to obtain some concessions.

Perfectly illustrates the papal grace the history of mendicant religious order of the Minims (Paulinav) from the monastery Neudeck about der AU (Tip ob der Au), located near Munich. In the XVII century, this monastic brotherhood first moved to a post on the beer and have helped them in this pure coincidence.

Monks paulani arrived from Italy and immediately turned the abode Neudeck about der AU in reliable bulwark of Christianity. They were particularly austerity and was so zealous in the faith that during the post refused any solid food. However, fast therefore in the cool of Germany and warm, Italy — is not one and the same.

To transfer a post in the water alone in not the most comfortable time of the year it was not only difficult, but dangerous to life, so the monks began to seek a viable solution. The monastery is sometimes brewed beer and someone was asked to fast on this liquid nutrient. For the monastic lifestyle of those years replacement water beer in the post was nonsense, and the inhabitants Neudeck about der AU decided to ask for the blessing of the Pope.

As a result, the dad got a sample of very bad taste and nasty kind of stuff, like the mud of the pig trough. The Pontiff, San which is not allowed to drink anything other than choice of Mediterranean wines they tasted of the Cup of stinking rubbish, immediately felt respect for the servants of God are far from Munich. True faith these people had to be steadfast, if they, being able to drink the whole post spring water, choose such an infringement of the flesh.In General, a permit for beer the post received more and the monks of the monastery Neudeck about der AU did not know sorrow — the whole post they could whip a good German beer to the envy of their counterparts from neighboring monasteries, with a less severe form of the Charter.

The year of Foundation of the monastery brewery is considered 1634. In the same year, the fathers began secretly to peddle beer left over from his rigorous positions, and, I must say, not without profit. Beer, who was given the name "Salvator" (from Sankt Vater — Holy father), differed among the local lovers to cheer. This beer is sold now, though, most of all, he called doppelbock.

Tasting beer, first brewed in the monastery brewery, you will immediately understand why Paulina took the trouble to drag the barrel of the drink through the formidable Alps, spending in the path of one month. They wanted so badly to fast so — vigorous 12-degree, with an extremely rich taste of beer.

History doppelbock, in which reliability a doubt, however, in Bavaria is very popular. Around this beer is spinning a lot of jokes, tales and anecdotes which almost always appear monks. Most often, of course, joking about the "beer post." Wits love to tell you that after 40 days of strict fasting with beer "Salvator" monks, even after Easter is still a few weeks looking around Easter bunnies.

So, if you are a fervent Catholic, but want to diversify your Great post, feel free to load up on doppelbock and fasting on health — daddy allowed!