Nothing but beer (and water) for 46 days.
A lot of us have given up something we love for Lent, the most popular choices being things like sugary drinks, chocolates or takeaways.
However one man from Ohio in the USA is taking a page from history and for 46 days has given up all food and is drinking only beer.
Del Hall is the man in question and he is taking inspiration from monks back in the 1600’s, who would fast during the lent by using a 'bock beer diet'.
This means all Del won’t have solid food at all until Easter Sunday, speaking to wjla.com he said: “I’m going to have all styles of beer”.
“Being master brewers, they [the monks] decided they would take a popular style of beer in Germany, bock beer, make it extra hearty and that would be their liquid bread and that’s what they call it,” Hall said.
“So the monks in Bavaria, they would call doppelbock liquid bread and basically it would sustain them through the 46 days of Lent.”
Giving up food is nothing new for Del after he previously did a four day water fast, but his latest venture presents a whole new level of challenges.
“I'm an army veteran, I was number one in my class in the army, I've run a full marathon before, 26.2 miles, I've done big challenges but this seems very daunting,” Hall said.
“So I'm just curious if I'm up to the challenge, if I'm going to be able to do it or not.”
The beer connoisseur will still consume water during the fast and will be checking in with a doctor. Hall is documenting each day on his social media, tracking his weight and how he is feeling.
