Comments on: A Nun’s Beer

By: Jan

Jan — Wed, 06 Jun 2007 00:19:05 +0000

I’ve smoked some marijuana in my time, but not for years now.

By: Sister Julie

Sister Julie — Fri, 11 May 2007 17:43:23 +0000

Thanks, Rob! Made me smile!

By: rob

rob — Fri, 11 May 2007 13:45:52 +0000

These two nuns walk into a market (Broadway Market?) and the younger one says to the older one “I sure would like a nice cold beer, but I don’t know – what would the clerk (the Babe?) say? I’d be so embarrased.”

The older nun says “Just watch how a pro does it and learn something, my young sister.”

So she picks out a six pack and puts it on the counter. The clerk looks at the beer and looks at the sister. The sister says “I’ve heard that beer is very good for the hair, it adds body and conditioning.”

The clerks says “yeah, right” and rings her up.

Before she is able to leave the clerk tosses a bag of pretzels into her bag. She says “Hey, what’s the deal, I didn’t ask for those.”

The clerk winks – “Curlers”

By: roaringforties

roaringforties — Sat, 07 Apr 2007 17:04:50 +0000

Nowadays, there is a bit of a blind spot regarding anything with alcohol. Beer wine and all the various derivatives had a very serious function until very recently. Fresh sweet water was virtually impossible to get hold. Which left towns and other large settlements with a bit of a problem. Even today, in parts of Africa, people travel well outside the area of their settlement to source water. Its not that they cannot dig a hole nearer. But it is virtually impossible to dig below the first polluted aquifer to the second. This was where the beer/wine came in to very effectively disinfect the water.
The phrase ‘small beer’, described someone who could not afford full strength from the brewer and therefore safe beer.

By: amanda

amanda — Thu, 29 Mar 2007 00:07:46 +0000

I really didn’t think nun’s drank beer and I don’t think I will be drinking when I’m a nun after I go over some job’s first and after I am a few year’s older so ya then I’ll be a nun for a year or two to see what it’s like to be one cause no one is rude to them I’m thinking

By: Bernadette

Bernadette — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 18:02:47 +0000

I love that quote from Franklin. My personal variation, however, is “Coffee is proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.” After all, you don’t have to have beer everyday. But without coffee the world would come to a slow, grinding halt in a shower of sparks. You know it’s true.

By: Louisa

Louisa — Fri, 16 Mar 2007 21:40:16 +0000

It’s a running joke that all potential ordinands within the Anglo-Catholic tradition here in the UK have a “gin habit”. It’s not strictly true, but if you head to the Shrine to Our Lady in Little Walsingham during Pilgrimage season, the place is filled with Priests, ordinands and potential ordinands all enjoying gin and tonic, red wine or a pint of real ale with us “mere mortals” who are trying to discern what our call is.

By: A nun's blog « California Dreamin’ by Rob Darrow

A nun's blog « California Dreamin’ by Rob Darrow — Thu, 15 Mar 2007 13:49:33 +0000

[...] Tribune in my local newspaper. I then went to Sister Julie Vieira’s blog. One of her recent posts about the beer she drinks is particularly intriguing to a lot of people. It is nice to know that, [...]

By: donna

donna — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:17:03 +0000

My dad was from Czechoslovakia and the chief engineer of a brewery (in the US) for most of his career. So beer runs in the family. Ironically, I’m only an occassional drinker. The type of beer I like depends largly on the mood I’m in. The light refreshing beers are good for summer and I prefer the black and tan during the colder months. I even like beer with juice or lemonade mixed into it (I forget the names for these concoctions!). Just about ALL Czech beer is good. It’s easy to find Pilsner Urquell here in this country. I highly recommend it. My favorite alcoholic beverages, however, are mixed drinks. Nothing like a nice, cold Marguerita with a platter of nachos!

I find it really odd that people see it as inappropriate for religious or clergy to drink alcohol. We are Catholics. Catholics always drink. What’s the big deal? I have never personally heard any objections to RC clergy drinking alcohol. That’s probably because I live in a VERY Catholic state. Catholicism, as well as beer, are all part of the prevailing culture.

donna

By: Peter

Peter — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 20:04:55 +0000

Sr. Brigid is clearly in good company. The human Jesus liked wine and seemed to think it wasn’t a bad idea to have some. Look how much he made at Cana.

By: Brigid IHM

Brigid IHM — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 14:50:15 +0000

I am not a beer drinker and really do not like it. I prefer a good glass of Merlot.

By: mts

mts — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 02:24:52 +0000

It’s good to see a positive reaction to this. There are some people who get all fuddy-duddy and Puritan if they see a priest or nun enjoy something. They can have a beer and a smoke, so what. And they can also get mad when the Cubs steal defeat from the jaws of victory yet again. The clergy give up so much and work so hard as it is. What are they, robots?

In Chicago, a trip to the Goose Island Brewery is always a good one. And Piece on North Ave. in Wicker Park has some good home brews, and in the summer they throw open the front windows for an al fresco street side experience for indoor tables along those windows.

Like the Germans say, mass vom fass – (pron: maahs vohm faahs) mug from keg. As fresh as it gets.

By: Jen

Jen — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 01:07:17 +0000

Don’t forget the prayer of St. Bridget…”I’d like a great lake of beer for the King of Kings. I would like to be watching Heaven’s family drinking it through all eternity.”

I’d heard that modern beer-brewing techniques with stouts were due to monks, who were trying to get around the fasting restrictions during the “Monastic Lent” in the summer, since there were no restrictions to what one could drink.

And if ever you find it, try anything from the Big Sky Brewing Company out of Montana. Their Moose Drool and Summer Honey Ale beers are wonderful.

By: Bobby Cohoon

Bobby Cohoon — Wed, 14 Mar 2007 00:49:42 +0000

Interesting thoughts on bere sis! Keep up the good work.

Bobby