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.