Geschiedenis | HetKloosterBier

Here the abbot founded a monastery together with 12 sisters, where they accepted anyone who wanted to
welcomed. In order to exist as a monastery,
monks work and produce products with their own hands
make. In the monastery they make bread, beer and cheese.
The proceeds from these products are used to
monastery and to support its main goal. Namely, to serve God with love for
the human being. They hold daily services supporting people on a spiritual and social level, with the possibilities
that are there at that moment.
After 25 years the community was so dispersed that Abbot
Abibos in consultation with the Patriarch of Georgia
decided to move the monastery in Antwerp to
what is now the monastery ship Elia 2.
Most of the sisters have returned to Georgia. Abbot
Abibos, together with Sister Elisabeth and Sister
Mariam supervises the construction of the monastery ship and together
a lot of work done on board.
Among other things, a chapel was built on the Elia 2
beautiful hand-painted frescoes. These
murals were made by professor Teimuraz Japaridze of the
Tbilisi Academy of Fine Arts, and his wife Magda Japaridze.

The monastery ship Elia 2 is moored in Dinteloord, and can sail to other places if necessary. This is unique because there are no other sailing monasteries. The monks still make artisanal products. Abbot Abibos wanted to use the experience he had with brewing beer and the winery where he grew up, to brew a unique beer. He spent years studying the brewing process and the products that are used. By continually adjusting the process and ingredients after trial brewing , our unique monastery beer was created, which is now proudly brewed by the Abbot and the 2 sisters. We do justice to the name "Hét Kloosterbier", because our beer is brewed by the monks themselves . The proceeds are spent entirely on the goals that we have traditionally had. We now brew various types of beer, including b lond, triple and quadruppel, as well as a delicious summer beer and a profound. We enjoy receiving people and introducing them to our monastery, and of course letting them taste our unique beer . For more information, please visit our website, or come to a tasting where you can choose from 3 arrangements.

Thank you for visiting our website. We hope that we may welcome you one day on our monastery ship Elia 2.

Abbot Abibos
sister Elisabeth
Sister Mariam

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