Sisters are doing it for themselves: nuns match monks in producing amber nectar

After centuries, Belgian nuns join monks in beer production to raise funds for abbey renovations

13 December 2021 - 20:18 By Philip Blenkinsop

When the nuns of Maredret Abbey in Belgium were struggling to scrape together the funds for badly needed renovations, they turned to an occupation that for hundreds of years had been the preserve of monks — beer brewing...

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