Weltenburg Monastery Brewery

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Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg GmbH
legal form GmbH
founding 1050
Seat Kelheim , GermanyGermanyGermany 
management Susanne Horn
Number of employees 85
Branch brewery
Website weltenburger.de
As of March 2, 2020

The Weltenburg Monastery Brewery (also: Weltenburger ) is a beer brewery in Kelheim , Lower Bavaria , the district town in the Kelheim district . In 2008 the brewery had an annual production of 28,000 hectoliters.

history

It is documented as early as 1050 that beer was brewed in Weltenburg Abbey . The monastery therefore describes its brewery as the “oldest monastery brewery in the world”.

Products

The product range includes the beer types Jacobus Leichte Weisse , Hefe-Weißbier alcohol-free , Hefe-Weißbier , Hefe-Weißbier Dunkel , Anno 1050 , Dunkles Radler , Asam Bock , Barock Dunkel , Kellerbier , Winter-Traum , Barock Hell , Pils , Urtyp Hell and Jacobus . It is filled in crown cap bottles for private sale .

It is now sold in 29 countries.

Awards

The Barock Dunkel Monastery has already been awarded the World Beer Cup several times :

  • Gold medals 2004, 2008 and 2012
  • Silver medal 2018
  • Another silver medal and an additional bronze medal

Others

Guided tours of the brewery take place on the weekends from April to October.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Lechner, Georg: Lechner's List, Oelde, 1st edition 2008, page 129
  2. ↑ Imprint. Weltenburg Abbey Brewery, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Our team. Weltenburg Abbey Brewery, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Weltenburger Kloster A beer in heaven as on earth. Weltenburg Abbey Brewery, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Weltenburger beer specialties. Weltenburg r monastery brewery, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  6. ↑ World Beer Cup goes to Lower Bavarian brewery. Hallertauer Zeitung, May 29, 2018, accessed on March 2, 2020 .
  7. ↑ Brewery tours . Weltenburg Abbey Brewery, accessed on March 2, 2020 .

Coordinates: 48 ° 53 ′ 56 "  N , 11 ° 49 ′ 11"  E