Many of Bavaria's breweries were founded in the Middle Ages and can look back on centuries of brewing history. They brew with the combined experience of many years and have recipes that have been passed down from brewmaster to brewmaster for generations. However, there are a few breweries that existed before the Middle Ages: The Weltenburg Monastery Brewery claims to be the oldest monastery brewery in the world and is one of the oldest and most traditional breweries in Bavaria. Almost a thousand years of brewing experience - you have to try it!
The brewery is located in the hallowed halls of Weltenburg Monastery and, although it is hard to believe, the abbey is even older than the brewery. According to legend, monks from Ireland and Scotland came to the region around 600 AD and founded what is now the Benedictine monastery. The rules of Saint Benedict were established around 200 years later and have been maintained to this day. Brewing in the monastery is estimated to have begun in 1050 and has supplied people from near and far with good Weltenburg beer ever since. The monastery is beautifully situated and is located in a loop of the Danube, right on the banks of the river. Not far from the abbey is the world-famous Weltenburg Enge with its mystical rocks. The region attracts countless tourists every year, who can fortify themselves with freshly tapped delicacies in the Weltenburg Monastery Tavern after an exciting day on the Danube. The beer here is particularly tasty, which is said to be due to the underground beer pipeline between the monastery and the inn. But even the beer that is bottled and not transported directly from the brewery to the consumer is really delicious. It is as if you are tasting the experience of a thousand years.
If you believe in places of power and areas that give you new energy with their wondrous nature, then there is hardly a place that is more magical and invigorating than the Weltenburger Enge and the idyllic Danube landscape around it. Both the monks and the brewers of the Weltenburger monastery brewery draw strength and inspiration from their enchanting surroundings and let the magic of their homeland flow into their beers. The beer specialties are solid, down-to-earth and masterfully brewed works of art that score points with their drinkable character, outstanding taste and quality. A real local favorite is the tasty Asam-Bock, which is dedicated to the Asam brothers. The two lived in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and had a significant influence on the late Baroque architecture of southern Germany. One of their most magnificent works is the monastery church in Weltenburg - the beer inspired by them is similarly magnificent and quite tasty.
Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH
Heitzerstraße 2
93049 Regensburg
Deutschland 
