The conveyor belt was ready, the empty bottles were stacked and the machinery was about to splutter into life.
But one more step was needed before any beer bottling could get underway.
That last step required a monk.
Within a minute or two, Father Joseph Delargy appeared, dressed in the white robes of the Cistercian order, to bless the proceedings in the name of the Father, Son and Holy Spirit.
And bottles of Britain’s only Trappist beer were soon rattling swiftly along the small production line.
Persons:
Father Joseph Delargy, Mount Saint Bernard Abbey —
Organizations:
Roman Catholic, Mount Saint
Locations:
Britain, Coalville, England