Sister Doris Engelhard, 2018

Sister Doris Engelhard is a Catholic nun and Bavarian brewmaster. Engelhard brews her beer in the Mallersdorf Abbey, and feels that "brewing is her way of serving God."[1] Engelhard is the last nun working in Europe as a brewmaster.[2][3]

Biography

Engelhard is a Franciscan sister.[4] In 1961, Engelhard started at Mallersdorf Abbey as a student.[2] The nuns also helped take care of her sick mother.[2] Engelhard wanted to be a nun after her experience, but her father felt she could pursue more lucrative career choices.[2] So she thought about studying agriculture and then at the suggestion of the headmistress, studied brewing.[2] She began her apprenticeship in 1966 and in 1969, she took her vows to join the convent.[2] In 1975, she became the brewmaster in Mallersdorf Abbey, taking over from another sister who had been brewing there since the 1930s.[4] In 1977, she was brewing 3,300 pints a year.[5] Today, Mallersdorf brews about 80,000 gallons of beer a year.[6] The beer brewed at Mallersdorf is not exported and is only consumed locally.[7] The beer is untreated and needs to be drunk while it is still fresh.[8]

References

  1. ↑ Hamilton, Tracy Brown (30 March 2015). "Sister Doris, Beer-Brewing Nun". Draft. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Hamilton, Tracy Brown (2 October 2014). "The Meditations of Europe's Last Brewmaster Nun". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. ↑ Rodriguez, Cecilia (17 October 2014). "Taste, Courtesy of Sister Doris". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. 1 2 Conrad, Tom (29 October 2014). "Sister Doris: Europe's Last Beer-Making Nun". CNN. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. ↑ "Sister Suds". The Anchor. 8 September 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. ↑ Esparza, Daniel (12 August 2016). "Sister Doris Engelhard: The Master Brewer of Mallersdorf Abbey". Aleteia. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  7. ↑ Rodriguez, Cecilia (17 October 2014). "Best Craft Beers You'll Probably Never Taste, Courtesy of Sister Doris". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  8. ↑ Conrad, Tom (16 May 2014). "Craft Beer Chronicles: Germany's Beer-Brewing Nun, Sister Doris". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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