Sister Doris - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz Catholic News New Zealand Sun, 31 Aug 2014 07:57:21 +0000 en-NZ hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.1 https://cathnews.co.nz/wp-content/uploads/2020/05/cropped-cathnewsfavicon-32x32.jpg Sister Doris - CathNews New Zealand https://cathnews.co.nz 32 32 70145804 Sister Doris Europe's last beer-making nun https://cathnews.co.nz/2014/09/02/sister-doris-europes-last-beer-making-nun/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 19:20:28 +0000 http://cathnews.co.nz/?p=62471 Sister Doris is a quiet sensation hidden behind monastery walls. She's been turning water into beer at Mallersdorf, a 12th-century abbey in the Bavarian highlands, for more than 40 years. She's a certified master brewer. She's also a Franciscan nun. The local beer culture notwithstanding, Sister Doris is living proof that women are destined for Read more

Sister Doris Europe's last beer-making nun... Read more]]> Sister Doris is a quiet sensation hidden behind monastery walls.

She's been turning water into beer at Mallersdorf, a 12th-century abbey in the Bavarian highlands, for more than 40 years.

She's a certified master brewer.

She's also a Franciscan nun.

The local beer culture notwithstanding, Sister Doris is living proof that women are destined for a higher calling than simply serving beer and starring in Germany's retrograde beer ads. Read more

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