📖 Ancient Restoration
The 17th century Catholic monks who did a beer fast for #Lent. Abstaining from solid food, they drank liquid-bread! http://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/these-17th-century-monks-did-a-beer-fast-for
Irish monk Sedulius Scotus, advisor to the Caroling emperors, lamented continental #beer as: 'a beast of prey in a philosopher's innards'.