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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6.4/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 6 Flavor 6 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
500ml Bottle - Amber with a foamy head. Malty aroma with notes of leather and rye bread. Malty taste with dried fruit and grain standing out.
Tried on 11 May 2025 at 13:00

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0.5 l bottle from 'Craftbeershop.com', best before November 2025. Clear, amber with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish-malty, slightly floral aroma of caramel, honey, grains and some nuts. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, slightly floral taste of grains, caramel, nuts and some honey, followed by a short, gently bitter, minimally dry finish. Medium to full body, gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent Bock, lacks some fruity hops.
Tried from Bottle from Craftbeer Shop on 26 Apr 2025 at 17:21

6.9/10 Appearance 8 Aroma 6.5 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 7
0,5 l bottle from a local kaufland. BB 22.10.2025. Clear dark golden with a more than one finger white stable head. Looks good. Grain, hay and bitterhop with some floral elements on the nose. Taste starts malty with less but present hay. Fresh bitterhop, some pine. Caramel in the background. Grainy bitterness in the aftertaste. Below average carbonation. Nice one.
Tried from Bottle on 22 Apr 2025 at 19:42

7/10
Tried from Bottle on 20 Apr 2025 at 13:09

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Bottle from REWE. Pale golden, fine carbonation, white lacing head. Light tinny citric notes, light grain, medium light body with a bit chewiness, Alll in all relatively neutral, which also means a minimum of worty, papery notes, light grainy sweetnes, grassy, citric finish, quite decent.
Tried from Bottle on 14 Apr 2025 at 16:20

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Rocky beige head on a an amber coloured body.
Minimal malt & stewed fruit aroma.
Stewed fruit, stone fruit, boiled sweets & malt tastes with fruity finish.
Forgettable.
Tried from Bottle on 07 Apr 2025 at 17:20

6.8/10 Appearance 7 Aroma 7 Flavor 6.5 Texture 7 Overall 6.5
Spotty beige head on an unclear golden coloured body.
Sweet malt aroma.
Medium bodied, soft & cloying.
Orange, stewed fruit, malt & yeasty tastes.
A bit heavy going.
Tried from Bottle on 05 Apr 2025 at 17:29

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0.5 l bottle from local 'Trink & Spare', best before November 2025. Clear, golden with a medium large, frothy, slowly diminishing, white head. Sweetish, slightly grassy-spicy aroma of grains, some straw and traces of lemon peel. Gently sweet, malty, moderately bitter, slightly grassy-spicy and a bit fruity-floral taste of grains, straw and some lemon peel, followed by a short, moderately bitter finish. Almost medium-bodied, smooth and gently effervescent mouthfeel, soft carbonation. Decent Helles.
Tried from Bottle on 26 Mar 2025 at 17:59

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Bottle. Had this one on a recent trip to Chicago. Wasn’t a great beer but was good. Started off with a nice hop-malt balance but finished just a tad too bitter. For some reason it said "malt liqour" on the label. Anyway, recommended to try at least once.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:16

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Bottle. Drank this one on a trip to Chicago. Deep brown with amber highlights. Nice head, some lace. Love the chocolate, coffee toasty nut flavor. Good stuff.
Tried from Bottle on 24 Mar 2025 at 05:10