All over Germany, pubs, bars ... In the Middle Ages, Germanic monks diligently brewed beer in their monasteries, both for their own consumption and later to sell. In 1516, the Purity Law was ...

The Beer Purity Law ruled that only barley ... This is still outnumbered three to one by German sausages. Weihenstephan Monastery Brewery outside Munich was established in 1040.

The monks at the monastery in Norcia, Italy, are combining one of the world's oldest monastic traditions with a very 2016 trend: craft beer. Birra Nursia is a four-year-old, full-scale craft ...