Tynt Meadow Explained

Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale
Abv:7.4%
Origin:Coalville, Leicestershire, England
Brewer:Mount St Bernard Abbey
Type:Strong ale
Colour:Brown
Introduced:2018

Tynt Meadow is an English Trappist beer with an alcohol content of 7.4%. It is brewed at Mount St Bernard Abbey in Leicestershire.[1]

Background

On 6 March 2017, the Trappist Mount St Bernard Abbey near Coalville joined the International Trappist Association.[2] A brewery was built in the abbey and on 9 July 2018 Tynt Meadow Trappist Ale was released to the market.

On 17 September 2018, the beer received the Authentic Trappist Products label and became the twelfth official Trappist beer.[3]

The beer is named after Tynt Meadow where the history of the abbey began in 1835. St Bernard could not be used as the name of the product due to the rights already being assigned to the Belgian St. Bernardus Brewery.[4]

By July 2019, the abbey had produced approximately 30,000 bottles of Tynt Meadow and was struggling to satisfy demand. The beer was said to have become particularly popular in Belgium and the Netherlands. However, as the brewery must remain secondary in importance to the monastery's work and way of life, it was unlikely that demand would be satisfied.[5]

The ale currently has an overall rating of 97 at the RateBeer website and a score of 99 in the context of the style.[6]

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Notes and References

  1. News: Castle . Stephen . 2023-07-11 . At This Brewery, Blessings Are as Important as Barley and Hops . en-US . The New York Times . 2023-11-02 . 0362-4331.
  2. News: Leicestershire monks brew UK's first Trappist beer. BBC News . 25 June 2018 .
  3. News: What's all the fuss about monastic brewing? Introducing the first English Trappist ale . The Telegraph. 9 July 2018 . Atherton . Sophie .
  4. Web site: 12e Trappist Mount St. Bernard lanceert Tynt Meadow; Bier Magazine. https://web.archive.org/web/20180724154055/https://www.biermagazine.nl/bier/22/1283/12e_trappist_mount_st._bernard_lanceert_tynt_meadow.html . dead . 2018-07-24 .
  5. News: UK Trappist beer-brewing monks struggling with demand . 11 October 2019 . BBC News . 7 July 2019.
  6. Web site: Mount St. Bernard Abbey Tynt Meadow English Trappist Ale . Ratebeer.com . 3 May 2020.