Leicester: Monks unveil first Trappist beer in UK

Monks at Mount Saint Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire have become the first in the UK to brew an officially recognised Trappist beer, the BBC reports.

Tynt Meadow, which is 7.4% ABV, is named after the meadow in which monks originally settled on the site in 1835. It will be on sale at the abbey and beer shops next month.

The monks began looking at opening a brewery in 2013, after closing down their dairy farm when it became economically unviable.

Some of the brothers visited other Trappist breweries - whose beers are regarded as among the finest in the world - as part of their research, and conducted their first experimental brew on St Lutgard's Day, a saint famous for surviving on bread and beer during fasts.

Roger Protz, one of the country's leading beer writers, told the BBC the beer was "seriously nice" and should generate "enormous interest" from beer drinkers.

"It's really very exciting - this is the first beer brewed by monks in England since the Reformation," he said.

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Visit the Mount St Bernard website here: www.mountsaintbernard.org