\u201cThe French Benedictine friars gave us champagne. Chartreuse is still made by the Carthusian monks. J\u00e4germeister is under the patronage of Saint Hubertus and Saint Eustace. Buckfast Tonic Wine \u2013 known affectionately as \u2018Wreck the Hoose Juice\u2019 in Scotland \u2013 was made by Benedictines. Frangelico was originally created by a hermit and is shaped like a Franciscan. Good beer was brewed almost exclusively by monasteries up until the twelfth century. You\u2019ve got the Crusades to thank for the fact that we aren\u2019t under Islamic Prohibition. And Catholics were a great source of alcohol during the American Prohibition \u2013 we were allowed to keep our vineyards running for communion wine. Catholics bootleged like nobody\u2019s business.\u201d <\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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