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Weihenstephan: On the Cutting Edge of Brewing at the World’s Oldest Brewery

Weihenstephan: On the Cutting Edge of Brewing at the World’s Oldest Brewery

  Weihenstephan is a brewing institution steeped in superlatives. The very name of this venerable old brewery north of Munich evokes associations with some of the most respected wheat beers in the world, beers like the style-defining Hefe-Weissbier, and Vitus, a lush Weizenbock. And not 

Weltenburger Kloster, the World’s Oldest Monastery Brewery

Weltenburger Kloster, the World’s Oldest Monastery Brewery

  ~Weltenburger Kloster and Its Beers~   The morning fog in Kelheim has just lifted as we walk down the ramp to board the boat. We set sail, passing the imposing Befreiungshalle, the neo-classical hall commemorating the battles that ejected Napoleon and his armies from