Sister Doris Europe’s last beer-making nun

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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