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Monks Lose Brewing Recipe For A Historic Ale (Belgium) – When the monks of the Belgian monastery of Grimbergen decided it was time to get back into the brewing game and relaunch a famous Abbey Ale that they’d stopped producing in the 18th century, they were confronted with the ugly reality that they couldn’t find the original recipe in their archives.
Since 1958 Grimbergen Beers has been produced locally by the Alken Maes Brewery, as well as by a Carlsberg-owned brewery for international markets. But the original recipe has yet to be found by the monks.
Founded in 1128, the monastery has been destroyed three times in its history, according to the Drinks Business, and the recipe has not been seen for over 200 years – when the monastery and it’s brewery was destroyed by the French. So excluding ‘an act of God.’ it’s perfectly understandable that the famous may never be found.
Words To Drink By (Germany) – “Beer makes you sleep easy. Easy sleep makes you not sin. Not sinning gets you into heaven.” Anonymous German monk
Bira 91 / Bira 91 / Bira 91 (New Delhi, India) – B9 Beverages, India’s leading craft beer producer who are widely celebrated for their popular Bira 91 brand, has just completed its largest round of fund-raising, (is everybody BrewDog nowadays?), and is now preparing to more than quadruple its production.
Over the next 18 months B9 plans to up its monthly production capacity from 350,000 cases to 2 million cases. According to Quartz the company already has two breweries in Indore and Nagpur, both of which will be expanded upgraded considerably thanks to B9’s latest round of crowd-funding. They’ve also a new facility in Mysuru which B9 hopes to be up and running soon.
What We’ve Been Drinking Lately (Nantucket Island, MA) – Last night we hit up a new seasonal from the Boston Beer Company that’s exclusive to the Samuel Adams American Summer Variety Pack. Disarmingly straightforward and as welcome as a day at the beach, Samuel Adams Golden Ale is a 5% ABV American Golden Ale that just gets it right.
