Klosterbrauerei Weltenburg

Regional Brewery in Kelheim, Bavaria, Germany 🇩🇪
Associated with 2 Venues

Established in 1050

Contact
Asamstraße 32, Kelheim, 93309, Germany
Description
The first references to a brewery in the Weltenburg Monastery are to be found in the Weltenburg Nekrologium, in which it states that the master brewer died. Another scientifically recognized source is a recorded entry in the “Libellus Traditionum”, which is over 900 years old, and which dates from shortly before or after 1050.

In the barely millennium to the present day, monastic beer production in Weltenburg was only interrupted by the secularization from 1803 to 1846. In 1846 the brewery became monastery property again, and it has remained there to this day. The Weltenburg monastery brewery can therefore rightly be called the oldest monastery brewery in the world.

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6.8/10 Appearance 5 Aroma 6 Flavor 7.5 Texture 6 Overall 8
Slight haze on a light pale from a pounder can, 2.5$. Fast fading head. Barely any nose but what is there is clean mild fresh lager. First taste has nice cutting carbonation. Mild flavor, not sure I would call this a hell, but it does have an unoffensive dried hay, crackers and grassy attribute of flavor in there that I appreciate. Sortah reminds more of a clean, fresh, straight up, straub lager. Clean, non bitter and refreshing, nothing rude and its very low key. None of that undesired aged sweetness nor veggie feeling I find in many other helles. One thing I appreciate is; the label says smooth and mild, and it is! I think I could easily drink a few of these cans! Should of bought a sixer.
Tried from Can from Chalet Premier on 23 Jul 2026 at 19:04

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Can 50 cl. Clear golden, close to light yellow, nice firm head. Aroma typical helles, sweet with cereal notes, taste is lightly bitter with medium body, low bitterness, sweet dry finish, sliiight fruity actually. Small bubbles. Nice balance.
Tried from Can on 01 Jul 2026 at 20:46

6.4/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Can. Amber with a good cm of white head. Bread, honey, spice and floral aroma. Sweet and malty, fairly obviously strong, with spice notes creeping through towards the moderately bitter end. Not really my thing, but OK.
Tried on 30 Jun 2026 at 14:16

4.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 4.5 Texture 4 Overall 4.5
Bottle. Bought on the basis of a Dunkles Radler!? and stocked by Purvis for the same reason. Mid brown with a fluffy white head. Lemony aroma with a little roasted note behind, some bread. Sweet, vaguely nutty with surprisingly struggling lemon and a finish that just kind of peters out.
Tried on 29 Jun 2026 at 11:48

5.3/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 3 Overall 6
Flaska från ICA Kvantum, Emporia, Malmö. Disig ljusgul vätska med högt skum. Lätt och frisk men smakmässigt långt från en veteöl men bra törstsläckare. Lätt vetesyrlig, lite citrus och ljust bröd. Ok
Tried from Bottle on 28 Jun 2026 at 19:28

6.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7
Barwa złota, opalizujące, piana biała, średnio obfita, średnio trwała.

W aromacie słodowe, lekkie tosty, lekkie owoce.

W smaku słodowe, nieco słodkawe, nuty chlebowo-tostowe z lekkim akcentem chmielowo-owocowo-estrowym.

Goryczka niska do średniej, wysycenie i ciało w normie, dobry balans.

Całkiem udany marzec.
Tried from Bottle from Auchan Supermarket Warszawa Kobielska on 20 Jun 2026 at 20:17

7.4/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 7 Texture 7 Overall 7.5
Bottle. Looks grand - cloudy orangeish amber with a large white head that lasts well. Spiced bready dough aroma with only hints banana (suits me). Taste follows. A little lighter bodied than many and a little more bitterness at the end too. A good one.
Tried on 26 May 2026 at 12:22

6.6/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 6 Overall 6.5
Bottle. Just cloudy amber with a good inch of white head. Bready aroma with herbs, grass and some citrus. Somewhat muddled palate as these things tend to have but it brings the herbal and grassy bitter notes forward. Refreshing, gluggable.
Tried on 20 May 2026 at 11:37

8.1/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7.5 Flavor 9 Texture 8 Overall 8.5
500 ml bottle shared by tfontana. Ty Tom. Deep ruby bordering on Brown in color. Aroma shows deep notes of prune, raisins, English toffee. Flavor follows with some dark bread characteristics. Yeast, minerals.
Ends on some soft bitterness. Nice layers of malt.
Tried from Bottle on 09 May 2026 at 20:18

7.9/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle from CBC Liquors, Westford. Clear, cola brown, light viscosity, thin cap of head, rings of lacing. Aroma is strong pumpernickel, raisin/dark fruit, minerals. Taste follows aroma with roasted malt and minerals. Smooth, frothy, creamy texture, soft carbonation and finish as taste. Nothing flashy, just a damn good representation of the style.
Tried from Bottle from CBC Liquors - Westford on 09 May 2026 at 20:04