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PATER: this red-brown abbey ale can be considered a “single”, meaning a beer that was made for the guests of the abbey and for everyday consumption. This of course is a top-fermenting ale, refermented in the bottle, thus kept alive, which means you can age the beer for a few years. The head is strong and keeps well. Food combinations: this is a nice all day drinking beer that goes well with lunch and dinner. Typically you would drink it at lunch with sandwiches, cheeses and meats. Even a spicy salad would be a nice combination. Since the color of the beer is dark, you would normally combine it more with meat dishes instead of fish, but I wouldn’t exclude it. The beer has a soft, slightly sweet taste, which is attractive to set off spicy or outspoken biting tastes in the food. |
Kapittel
"KAPITTEL” means Capital. Karl Marx must have loved this beer, since his most famous book was “Das Kapital” (German). Don’t worry, the origin of the beer has nothing to do with communism, and Karl hated Religion.
The “Kapittel” was and is the managing board of an abbey, which consists of the Abbot and his lieutenants, sometimes assisted by representatives of the Church, be it the local Bishop or even a representative from Rome.
In some cases, the local Lord was also part of the board, especially when he was the sponsor of the abbey. In other cases, one or more representatives of the higher authorities of the abbey’s Order were part of the “Kapittel”, especially when the abbey was young and hadn’t yet created a name and authority for itself.
This gives you at the same time the explanation about where Capitalism comes from. It always is the “Kapittel”, the capital, which makes the decisions.
