Sister Doris Engelhard

Sister Doris Engelhard is a Catholic nun and Bavarian brewmaster. Engelhard brews her beer in the Mallersdorf Abbey, and feels that "brewing is her way of serving God."[1] Engelhard is the last nun working in Europe as a brewmaster.[2][3]

Sister Doris Engelhard, 2018

Biography

Engelhard is a Franciscan sister.[4] In 1961, Engelhard started at Mallersdorf Abbey as a student.[2] The nuns also helped take care of her sick mother.[2] Engelhard wanted to be a nun after her experience, but her father felt she could pursue more lucrative career choices.[2] So she thought about studying agriculture and then at the suggestion of the headmistress, studied brewing.[2] She began her apprenticeship in 1966 and in 1969, she took her vows to join the convent.[2] In 1975, she became the brewmaster in Mallersdorf Abbey, taking over from another sister who had been brewing there since the 1930s.[4] In 1977, she was brewing 3,300 pints a year.[5] Today, Mallersdorf brews about 80,000 gallons of beer a year.[6] The beer brewed at Mallersdorf is not exported and is only consumed locally.[7] The beer is untreated and needs to be drunk while it is still fresh.[8]

References
  1. Hamilton, Tracy Brown (30 March 2015). "Sister Doris, Beer-Brewing Nun". Draft. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  2. Hamilton, Tracy Brown (2 October 2014). "The Meditations of Europe's Last Brewmaster Nun". The Atlantic. Archived from the original on 13 April 2016. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  3. Rodriguez, Cecilia (17 October 2014). "Taste, Courtesy of Sister Doris". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  4. Conrad, Tom (29 October 2014). "Sister Doris: Europe's Last Beer-Making Nun". CNN. Archived from the original on 8 November 2015. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  5. "Sister Suds". The Anchor. 8 September 1977. p. 5. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  6. Esparza, Daniel (12 August 2016). "Sister Doris Engelhard: The Master Brewer of Mallersdorf Abbey". Aleteia. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  7. Rodriguez, Cecilia (17 October 2014). "Best Craft Beers You'll Probably Never Taste, Courtesy of Sister Doris". Forbes. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
  8. Conrad, Tom (16 May 2014). "Craft Beer Chronicles: Germany's Beer-Brewing Nun, Sister Doris". The Huffington Post. Retrieved 20 November 2016.
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