Weißenoher Klosterbrauerei
At first you hardly associate Green Monkey beer with tradition. The Weißenohe monastery brewery, however, brews the Green Monkey beer AND is listed in some almanacs as Franconia's oldest brewery. The Weißenohe monastery was founded in 1050 and it is assumed that brewing began around the same time.
Monastic past
The Weißenoher monastery brothers were a Benedictine abbey. In addition to prayer, a monk's daily routine has always included physical exercise. To balance out the contemplative, more spiritual work with God and in prayer, the monks worked with crafts. Farms were often farmed, cheese was made and beer was brewed. Beer played an important role, especially during Lent, as it was very nutritious. But in the Middle Ages people also drank beer rather than water. This was mainly due to the contamination of the drinking water, which caused illnesses and epidemics. Thanks to the heating in the brewing process, there are no germs in the beer and so you could drink it without hesitation. The monks' beer was so popular that it certainly led to one or two conflicts over the centuries. A small anecdote from the Weißenohe monastery brewery, for example, says that the monks once had to punish a few Franconian soldiers with a stick. In their wild thirst for beer, they had kicked in a door and attacked the master brewer with drawn sabers, who, in their opinion, had not supplied them with enough beer.
So good that you'll lose your head!
Traditionally regional
In the trials and tribulations of time, the monastery was destroyed and rebuilt several times. In the course of secularization, the entire complex was finally sold to a private individual. The monastic master brewer remained until 1827, from then on the master brewer Friedrich Kraus owned the brewery and building rights. Today the brewery is in family hands in the fifth generation and feels committed to its monastic brewing tradition. The brewery's rural location allows brewers to purchase local, fresh raw materials in the neighborhood. The excellent barley, for example, comes from the Jura heights, where lean soil offers the perfect conditions for low-protein barley. And the water also comes from the Jura heights. The springs there provide water of excellent quality. Anyone who thinks that the people of Weißenoher brew very traditional, bland beer is far from the truth. The brewery's illustrious range includes funky beers such as the GreenMONKey Polaris or the Thirsty Ale Summer Edition .
The Green Monkey beer is anything but monkey business!
Klosterbrauerei Weißenohe GmbH & Co.KG
Klosterstraße 20
91367
Weißenohe
info@klosterbrauerei-weissenohe.de http://klosterbrauerei-weissenohe.de
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10128003 |
minnesänger |
0,33 L Flasche - € 5,76 / LTR |
€ 1,90 |
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10128009 |
the cannabis club sud |
0,33 L Flasche - € 7,58 / LTR |
€ 2,50 |
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10128007 |
greenmonkey hersbrucker |
0,50 L Flasche - € 5,00 / LTR |
€ 2,50 |
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10128002 |
klostersud |
0,50 L Flasche - € 3,80 / LTR |
€ 1,90 |
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10128013 |
Castle |
0,50 L Flasche - € 2,00 / LTR |
€ 1,00 |
Too popular
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10128012 |
bonator |
0,50 L Flasche - € 2,00 / LTR |
€ 1,00 |
Too popular
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10128011 |
verkostungsglas craft master |
1 St. - € 2,50 / St. |
€ 2,50 |
Too popular
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10128010 |
the cannabis club sud glas |
1 St. - € 1,90 / St. |
€ 1,90 |
Too popular
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10128008 |
thirsty But summer edition 2021 |
0,50 L Flasche - € 5,00 / LTR |
€ 2,50 |
Too popular
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10128006 |
greenmonkey mandarina |
0,50 L Flasche - € 4,40 / LTR |
€ 2,20 |
Too popular
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10128005 |
greenmonkey polaris |
0,50 L Flasche - € 5,00 / LTR |
€ 2,50 |
Too popular
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10128001 |
weißenoher altfränkisch klosterbier |
0,50 L Flasche - € 3,00 / LTR |
€ 1,50 |
Too popular
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