Stift Engelszell - Nivard

The Engelszeller Nivard presents itself with a golden yellow color in the glass. The yeast already develops intensely fruity notes in the smell. These are accompanied by a pleasant bitterness on the palate, before the full-bodied special beer finishes off pleasantly tart and tingling. Naming The name of the beer goes back to Father Nivard Volkmer. He was born near Banja Luka (Bosnia) in 1919. At the age of eleven he entered the boarding school of the Maria Stern monastery there with the intention of becoming a monk. “That's how I grew into the Trappist life. From the bottom of my heart I am convinced that good comes from silence, from silence. ”In 1944 he was ordained a priest. After the turmoil of the war, he came to Engelszell Abbey in 1951, where he held various offices for many years, including two years as a house orber (superior). In 1991 he was called back to Banja Luka to run his parent monastery. Finally, in 2002, marked by the hardships of life, he returned “home” to Engelszell, where he died in September 2014.