Archbishop provides Pope with a bottle of Holy Grail

From: The Northern Echo | Date: January 30, 2008| Author: Brian Redhead | Copyright information

A BOTTLE of beer brewed in the Yorkshire Dales has helped cement relations between the Roman Catholic and Anglican churches.Archbishop of York Dr John Sentamu made sure that the Pope's fondness for an occasional tipple was addressed in appropriate style when he flew to Rome for a meeting.Among his luggage was a bottle of Monty Python's Holy Grail, one of the beers made by the Black Sheep Brewery, founded 16 years ago in Masham.It was specially commissioned to mark the 30th anniversary of the ...

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