Tynt Meadow is an English Trappist beer with an alcohol content of 7.4%. It is brewed at Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire.[1]

Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale
Tynt Meadow Ale
TypeStrong ale
Country of origin Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Introduced2018
Alcohol by volume 7.4%
ColourBrown
Websitewww.mountsaintbernard.org

Background

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Mount St Bernard Abbey

On 6 March 2017, the Trappist Mount St Bernard Abbey near Coalville joined the International Trappist Association.[2] A brewery was built in the abbey and on 9 July 2018 Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale was released to the market.

On 17 September 2018, the beer received the Authentic Trappist Products label and became the twelfth official Trappist beer.[3]

The beer is named after Tynt Meadow where the history of the abbey began in 1835. St Bernard could not be used as the name of the product due to the rights already being assigned to the Belgian St. Bernardus Brewery.[4]

By July 2019, the abbey had produced approximately 30,000 bottles of Tynt Meadow and was struggling to satisfy demand. The beer was said to have become particularly popular in Belgium and the Netherlands. However, as the brewery must remain secondary in importance to the monastery's work and way of life, it was unlikely that demand would be satisfied.[5]

References

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  1. ^ Castle, Stephen (11 July 2023). "At This Brewery, Blessings Are as Important as Barley and Hops". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2 November 2023.
  2. ^ "Leicestershire monks brew UK's first Trappist beer". BBC News. 25 June 2018.
  3. ^ Atherton, Sophie (9 July 2018). "What's all the fuss about monastic brewing? Introducing the first English Trappist ale". The Telegraph.
  4. ^ "12e Trappist Mount St. Bernard lanceert Tynt Meadow; Bier Magazine". Archived from the original on 24 July 2018.
  5. ^ "UK Trappist beer-brewing monks struggling with demand". BBC News. 7 July 2019. Retrieved 11 October 2019.
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