Tynt Meadow Blond Ale 11.2 oz bottle

Tynt Meadow English Trappist Blond Ale 11.2 oz bottle

Blonde Ale

Brewed by:Mount Saint Bernard Abbey
Country: UK
Style:Blonde

ABV: 5%
BeerAdvocate.com rating: 83

Tynt Meadow beer is named after a meadow on the site where monks settled in 1835. Trappist beers tend to be named after the place in which the monastery is situated. Located in Coalville, Leicestershire, Tynt Meadow is the only Trappist brewery in England. This blond is the second addition to the brewerys offerings. It shares the same ingredients as the darker ale but brings a refreshing lightness. It combines citrusy notes of mandarin, orange and vanilla. At 5% ABV, this English Trappist Blond complements the originals rich malt profile, adding a balanced, effervescent twist to their brewing tradition.

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Brewery Information:

Mount Saint Bernard Abbey: Charnwood Forest, Leicestershire, England

Founded in 1835, Mount Saint Bernard Abbey was the first permanent monastery to be founded in England since the Reformation and is the only Trappist house in England. The monks brew the only Trappist beer in Britain, Tynt Meadow, named for the plot of land where the seven founding monks first lived.

The three focuses of monastic life at Mount St Bernard Abbey are prayer, work and reading with study (Lectio Divina). Their work includes the production of pottery, bookbinding, beekeeping and tending the vegetable garden and orchard. Until 2014 the monks ran a 200-acre dairy farm, but this was hit by falling milk prices, depriving the abbey of its principal source of revenue. In 2017 the monks established their brewery as an alternative enterprise, in line with the tradition of other monasteries in Europe.

As of 2018, the brewery is their principal field of labor. All the work, from brewing to bottling and packaging, is done by the monks. They keep the volume of production relatively small, just enough to meet their expenses and support their charitable commitments, as is typical of monastic breweries.