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Belgian Religious Community Restarts Beer Making After 200 Years
The Roman Catholic religious community in Belgium known as Grimbergen Abbey says it will start making beer again after more than 200 years.
The clergy in Grimbergen have started a small brewery making the alcoholic drinks that carry the abbey's name.
The abbey's emblem is a phoenix along with a Latin language saying: "Ardet nec consumitur." That means, "Burned but not destroyed." The abbey was burned down and destroyed twice by French troops during the French Revolution in 1798.
Karel Stautemas is a clergyman at the abbey and is studying beer making. He said beer making was a "second life" for Belgian abbeys. He said the community of 15 Norbertine canons, a religious order of the Roman Catholic Church, is pleased about the beer's return.
Stautemas explained that religion was the main activity of the community. But, brewing was necessary "...because water at the moment in the Middle Ages wasn't drinkable and also it was a kind of payment."
The abbey was founded in 1128, and has had ties to large beer companies since 1958. Denmark's Carlsberg, a drink-making company, now owns the sales rights to the abbey's beer.
The new brewery aims to combine 900 years of beer making with modern methods. To celebrate the recent opening, the abbey is releasing three new Grimbergen beers.
Marc-Antoine Sochon is a beer expert from Carlsberg who is helping create the new beers. He said one of the beers uses a method from the Middle Ages of smoking the malt mixture.
"That's the idea, I think, to make trials, experiments and try new things," he said.
The brewery also aims to use local plants. The abbey has planted hops and herbs in its garden, where they discovered an old cow bone used to make beer.
Grimbergen's members will follow the rules of Belgium's Trappist beer makers, another Catholic order. The rules require them to make the beer within the abbey and control the operation. They will also use any profits to care for the abbey and for charitable causes.
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重点讲解：
1. along with 连同...一起
I decided to play along with her idea.
我决定假意听从她的意见。
2. the Middle Ages 中世纪
Women were burned as witches in the Middle Ages.
在中世纪女人被当作巫婆烧死。
3. burn down 烧毁
They threatened to burn down our house.
他们威胁要烧毁我们的房子。
4. charitable causes 慈善事业
We are happy to donate to bona fide charitable causes.
我们很乐意向真正的慈善事业捐赠。
参考译文
比利时修道士“复兴”失传220年的啤酒
比利时赫林贝尔亨修道院(Grimbergen Abbey)罗马天主教社区表示，将在200多年后的今天重新开始酿造啤酒。
赫林贝尔亨修道院的牧师开办了一家小型啤酒厂，酿造带有修道院名称的酒精饮品。
这座修道院的标志是一只凤凰，拉丁语是:“Ardet nec consumitur”。意思是“浴火重生。”这座修道院在1798年法国大革命期间两次遭法国军队焚烧、摧毁。
卡雷尔·斯陶特玛斯（Karel Stautemas）是这座修道院的牧师，他正在学习啤酒酿造工艺。他表示，啤酒酿造于比利时修道院而言是“重生”。他指出，由15个诺伯廷教士（一个罗马天主教会团体）组成的社区对啤酒的“复兴”感到高兴。
斯陶特玛斯解释称，宗教是这个社区的主要活动。但是，酿酒是必要的活动……因为在中世纪，水不可以饮用，而且这也是一种谋生方式。”
该修道院始建于1128年，自1958年以来一直与大型啤酒公司合作。丹麦的嘉士伯，一家啤酒制造公司，现在拥有这座修道院啤酒的销售权。
新啤酒厂的目标是将拥有900年历史的啤酒酿造工艺与现代方法结合起来。为了庆祝最近的开业，修道院将推出三款新式赫林贝尔亨啤酒。
索哈（Marc-Antoine Sochon）是嘉士伯的啤酒专家，他正在帮助酿造新款啤酒。他说，其中一款啤酒使用了中世纪的方法，即烟熏麦芽混合物。
他说：“我认为，这就是进行试验以及尝试新鲜事物的理念。”
这座啤酒厂还打算利用当地的工厂。该修道院在花园里种植了啤酒花和香草，他们在花园里发现了一根用来酿造啤酒的老牛骨。
赫林贝尔亨的成员将遵循比利时特拉普啤酒制造商的规则，这是另一个天主教团体。按照规定，他们必须在修道院内酿造啤酒，并控制整个生产流程。他们还会把所有收入用于修道院和慈善事业。
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