Cause for Mirth: The Return of Abbey Brewing to the United States
Beer is another one of those testimonies to how the Catholic Church built European civilization. It is true that brewing was widely practiced in the ancient world, but the process was very primitive,...
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Il resoconto di una trasferta domenicale con i monaci di Birra Nursia e il...
Da http://www.cronachedibirra.it, Se oggi aspettate il mio report sul BdB Day di ieri, siete sulla strada sbagliata. Questo post infatti sarà sì un resoconto, ma di una giornata passata in Umbria,...
View ArticleMonks’ Outreach Is Part Of New Evangelization
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council for new evangelization and convoked a world Synod of Bishops on the theme, a new group of Benedictine monks was...
View ArticleIl birrificio artigianale del monastero benedettino di Norcia
Padre Benedetto Nivakof ci presenta il birrificio artigianale del monastero benedettino di Norcia.
View ArticleWelcome to Birra Nursia 2.0!
Two years ago, we began our little brewery of Birra Nursia. And by little, I mean very small for a sales brewery. We weren’t even a “microbrewery;” we fell into the category of “nanobrewery.”...
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Birra Nursia: the Experience of a Greenhorn
A little over a year ago I began working “full time” in our Monastery’s brewery, and oh how not a few things have changed! When I first began working as the assistant for Br. Francis, the head brewer...
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Celebrate the 2nd Annivesary of Birra Nursia with Us!
August 15th 15:30 – 17:30 The Cardinal-Prefect of the Secretariat for the Economy of the Vatican and guest of the monastery His Eminence, George Cardinal Pell, will give a speech for the...
View ArticleBirra Nursia: “An Example of the New Evangelization”
When Birra Nursia opened its doors now more than two years ago, our hopes rested not on our beer or our name but on God alone for we had no idea how good the beer would taste nor how it would be...
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Genesis of a Monastic Brewer
When I started brewing beer together with my dad during my final two years of high school, I had no idea that I would wind up in Italy, brewing beer as a monk. I am not exactly sure why we even...
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Gaudete Sunday in Rome with Birra Nursia
“Birra Nursia” was presented on December 14 in the splendid Palazzo della Rovere to ecclesiastical authorities and representatives of religious communities by Dr. Federica Mancinelli VATICAN CITY...
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3° anniversario dall’apertura del birrificio
On August 17 we will celebrate the third anniversary of the opening of our brewery. Our adventure into the world of monastic beer-making has not been met without challenges, but our output and brand...
View ArticleThe glass half-full: Birra Nursia expands, evangelizes 3 years on
NORCIA, ITALY – Celebrating three years of brewing, a new collaboration with the Italian craft-beer distributer Interbrau, as well as an increased level of production, the Monks of Norcia held a...
View ArticleA Lenten beer conversation with a fulltime monk
A couple of years ago, I did a little research into the Lenten practice of monks of the 17th Century. Thirsty as I am, I focused on the origin story of the doppelbock style of beer. Legend has it that...
View ArticleBirra Nursia is a work of evangelization
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Even before retired Pope Benedict XVI set up a pontifical council for new evangelization and convoked a world Synod of Bishops on the theme, a new group of Benedictine monks was...
View ArticleBirra Nursia: “An Example of the New Evangelization”
When Birra Nursia opened its doors now more than two years ago, our hopes rested not on our beer or our name but on God alone for we had no idea how good the beer would taste nor how it would be...
View ArticleGenesis of a Monastic Brewer
By Brother Philip Wilmeth When I started brewing beer together with my dad during my final two years of high school, I had no idea that I would wind up in Italy, brewing beer as a monk. I am not...
View ArticleThe glass half-full: Birra Nursia expands
NORCIA, ITALY – Celebrating three years of brewing, a new collaboration with the Italian craft-beer distributer Interbrau, as well as an increased level of production, the Monks of Norcia held a...
View ArticleBirra Nursia comes to the USA
NORCIA, ITALY — Beginning January 22 at 7am EST and following closely on the heels of the chart topping release of their Benedicta CD of Gregorian chant, the Monastery of San Benedetto is elated to...
View ArticleBirra Nursia’s first U.S. customer
ALTADENA, California — Kerry Harahan of Altadena, Calif., discovered the Monks of Norcia on CBS Sunday Morning Jan. 17 while her daughter was channel surfing. The broadcast featured a piece on the...
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Birra Nursia begins journey to USA
This week, the first major shipment of Birra Nursia left the walls of the monastery and of Norcia and began its long journey to the United States. If you have already placed an order for Birra Nursia,...
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