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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6.5/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 7
Bottle: Copper coloured, thin, fluffy off-white head; malty nose (caramel&faint traces of molasses) with a touch of aromatic(!) hops; slightly sweetish malty taste in the beginning, becoming quickly dryer in the mouth; mild bitter flavour; malty and fruity finish with a moderate bitterness; well balanced, well drinkable !
Tried from Bottle on 14 Nov 2005 at 00:37

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
Bottle Dark amber coloured with reddish tints, thin but long lasting beige head; complex aroma: molasses (or liquorice ?) and roasted malts, dried fruit, a bit vinous, too; slightly sweetish flavour, becoming dryer towards the bitter (chocolatey)-malty finish; creamy mouthfeel, quite full bodied :-), but avoids becoming really sweet. Well quaffable, but too much molasses...............
Tried from Bottle on 05 Nov 2005 at 11:52

6.5/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 7 Flavor 6 Texture 6 Overall 6
(bottle) Clear copper colour with a foamy slightly off-white medium head. Dusty slightly sweet malty aroma with lemon peel. Light sweet fruity flavour, medium body. Smooth sweet malty taste, drying out towards the finish; slightly bitter and hoppy aftertaste with a consistent and almost complex malts character. A tasty seasonal brew, nothing great but well quaffable.
Tried from Bottle on 02 Nov 2005 at 17:18

8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 8 Texture 8 Overall 8
(Bottle 50 cl) 6,5% ABV in my version. Light brown with a rich and frothy head that fades a bit too fast. Very full-bodied and malty with a sweet, lightly caramelish touch. Yet a dry bitterness in the finish making a balanced and harmonious Doppelbock. Good, solid stuff. 220801
Tried from Bottle on 10 Oct 2005 at 05:40

4.8/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 4 Overall 4
Intensiver röstmalziger Geruch, mitteldunkle Farbe. Es schmeckt auch malzig, allerdings überschattet von einem wässrgen Beigeschmack. Kein tolles Bier. Test vom 30.9.2005, Gebinde: Glasflasche Noten: 9,6,7,7,10,6 - 6,80
Tried from Bottle on 29 Sep 2005 at 22:00

7.8/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 8 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 8
Bottle, 6.9%. Sweet aroma, dried fruit. Cloudy, reddish, dark brown colour. Thick stable head. Nice flavour. Malty, well-balanced alcohol flavour. Coffee aftertaste, roasted and chocolaty. Very satisfying.
Tried from Bottle on 19 Sep 2005 at 06:12

7/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 7 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 7
Bottle. Malty aroma. Hint of oxidization? Dark brown colour, small stable head. Malty, slightly roasted flavour. Slightly sweet. Nice dunkel.
Tried from Bottle on 17 Sep 2005 at 04:51

4.9/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 4 Texture 6 Overall 3.5
Bottle. Hoppy, malty aroma. Pale golden colour, stable white head. Alcoholic flavour, also malty. This simply reminds me too much of a strong lager.
Tried from Bottle on 15 Sep 2005 at 02:55

4.8/10 Appearance 4 Aroma 5 Flavor 5 Texture 6 Overall 4
A light yellow beer with a dense white head. The aroma is sweet and rather hoppy as well as lightly malty. The flavor is sweet and very hoppy, which gives it some citrus notes - but from a weird hop sort I can’t recognize. The hops gives it a dry end.
Tried from Can on 26 Jul 2005 at 15:43

6.6/10 Appearance 6 Aroma 6 Flavor 7 Texture 8 Overall 6.5
(Bottle 50 cl) Light, amber colored beer with distinct, floating impurities. Quite small head. This is probably what we in Denmark call a "Christmas-pilsener". Malty aroma and flavor, pleasant light caramel-sweetness and also a distinct bitterness. True to tradition, an excellent beer from Weltenburger. 051103
Tried from Bottle on 18 Jul 2005 at 09:04