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Interesting piece of monkish history, by way of blogger friend Rick.
If you love beer, thank a monk. Monks have been producing beer for 1,500 years, and in that time, they have revolutionized and perfected the beer-making process.
The history of monks and beer begins early in the sixth century when Benedict of Nursia wrote a template for monastic life called The Rule. One of Benedict’s directives was that monks should earn their own keep and donate to the poor by the work of their own hands. In the centuries following, monasteries have produced goods to sell, including cheese, honey, and, of course, beer.
Beer production served other purposes too. The Rule outlines the monastery’s obligation to show hospitality to travelers and pilgrims. Beer was safer to drink in medieval times than water contaminated by sewage, and therefore was served to visitors. Beer was also helpful to monks in getting through periods of fasting in Lent and Advent. Beer’s nutrients earned it the nickname “liquid bread.”
In the Middle Ages, monks introduced regulation and sanitary practices in their breweries. They also extended the life of beer by adding hops, which acts as a preservative.
Earn…their own…keep. How very fascinating. It starts with an understanding of the simple idea that if helping people is the objective, it is far more helpful to do something to contribute, than not to…and eventually one of the benefits of the thinking is, beer as we know it today. And who could object to that?
The more years I see come and go, the simpler things become. The people who say “I can do good things for the world by stopping those other people from doing what they want to do,” bring very little, when it’s all said & done, besides taxes, trials, turmoil and trouble. The people who say “I can do good things for the world by getting up off my ass and making something,” well…everything we have that we enjoy, we owe to them and not to the others.
“Monk.” You have to look at the word a whole different way now. It’s not all about eschewing material possessions and deeds, and for this we should be grateful. Especially when we have a beer.
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Beer, the source of, and solution to, all of life’s problems.
– Homer Simpson
- pdwalker | 11/19/2013 @ 07:34“The people who say “I can do good things for the world by getting up off my ass and making something,…”
But…but…but… “administrators”, and politicians aside, THOSE folks are the ones now known to have STOLEN their place in the despised “rich” 2% demographic!
They OWE me!
It’s only FAIR!
The leaders of “Nationalized” labor and industry SAID so.
- CaptDMO | 11/19/2013 @ 12:17(insert 10-12 “economics” catch phrases here)
Egypt’s pyramids were built on beer.
- Zachriel | 11/20/2013 @ 19:10http://www.aeraweb.org/lost-city-project/feeding-pyramid-workers/
And, there’s the paper as well. Nevertheless, the history that came afterward is still important.
- mkfreeberg | 11/21/2013 @ 06:50Enough about beer. The caption you have on the photo to the left – “If Barrack Obama were an architect” – is inappropriate. While ugly, the building depicted does appear to be somewhat functional.
- Southern Man | 11/21/2013 @ 10:43