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Hopulist Issue Eight

Welcome to issue eight of Hopulist... • It’s not all bad news out there on planet craft • We do the craft beer circuit in Wellington • When craft brewing met the Peak District • We visit a creative brewer in Florida • England’s Trappist brewer shows how it’s done • All the freshest beer merch to keep you looking slick

Welcome to issue eight of Hopulist...
• It’s not all bad news out there on planet craft
• We do the craft beer circuit in Wellington
• When craft brewing met the Peak District
• We visit a creative brewer in Florida
• England’s Trappist brewer shows how it’s done
• All the freshest beer merch to keep you looking slick

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It is a masterfully brewed beer that uses local ingredients<br />

to their fullest and achieves a taste that is wowing beer<br />

drinkers all around Europe.<br />

In the background of the peaks and troughs<br />

of decent beer, though, has been one constant:<br />

Trappist. The select few officially approved<br />

Trappist beers are brewed by monks in their<br />

own monasteries, seeking to help make a little<br />

money for their church, but also to continue<br />

ancient brewing traditions, making beer from<br />

simple, locally-grown ingredients. And now,<br />

after many years, the UK has its own official,<br />

approved Trappist brewer: Mount Saint<br />

Bernard Abbey.<br />

The monks who live, work and worship<br />

in this abbey in rural Leicestershire have<br />

a simple outlook on life, which is reflected<br />

in the simple, pure quality of the beer they<br />

have produced. Tynt Meadow, is so named<br />

after the original cottage that these monks’<br />

brethren arrived at in the area in the early<br />

1800s, and is a full-bodied dark ale, full of<br />

gently balanced flavours including dark<br />

chocolate, pepper and fig. It has gentle<br />

aromas of the same chocolate and fruits,<br />

but also with a hint of liquorice and leaves<br />

a warm and dry feel after sipping. Tynt<br />

Meadow is brewed with English barley and<br />

hops and also uses an English strain of yeast.<br />

This gives it a distinctly different flavour<br />

to Trappist beers you may have tried from<br />

Belgium. It is unique. Another unique thing<br />

about it is that it ferments twice – once in the<br />

tank and then again in the bottle once stored<br />

in a cool, dark place.<br />

The monks of Mount Saint Bernard say<br />

that work provides balance in their life<br />

and keeps their feet firm on the ground<br />

in the pursuit of spiritual perfection. This<br />

attitude definitely comes across with Tynt<br />

Meadow. It isn’t trying to do anything fancy<br />

or innovative, it is a masterfully brewed beer<br />

that uses local ingredients to their fullest and<br />

achieves a taste that is wowing beer drinkers<br />

all around Europe.<br />

The beer has also recently benefitted from<br />

a newly installed artisanal brewery at the<br />

abbey. This means the brewing process<br />

can continue, but only in small batch. The<br />

monks deliberately want to keep production<br />

small, just enough to meet its expenses and<br />

support its charitable work. In more than<br />

one sense, this beer is old school, and we are<br />

proud to call ourselves big fans.

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