312: Lent and beer fasting

<p>With special guest Longinus, the boys drink and review Paulaner pils, then discuss Lent and fasting. </p> <p>Lent is the penitential season before Easter. Crowhill gives a basic history of Lent, and the boys discuss some common Lenten customs. </p> <p>The 40 days of Lent are symbolic, similar to other 40-day events in the Bible. </p> <p>Modern Lenten fasts are usually not as stringent as fasts in the past, and especially not as strict as the fasts the monks used to do. </p> <p>Which leads us to Pigweed and Crowhill&#39;s beer fast. </p> <p>The Paulaner monks came up with a particularly strict fast in which they ate nothing and only drank beer and water for Lent. </p> <p>Pigweed and Crowhill tried their own version of this fast and had nothing but beer and water for three days. They describe their experiences. </p>