Monastery brewery Andechs

Monasteries have always been spiritual, cultural and economic centers, which stood in a lively exchange with its environment. "Ora et labora" is the motto under which the Benedictines work under the Rule of St. Benedict of Nursia (480-547).

To finance the monks of Saint Boniface and Andechs through their farms is through the pastoral, cultural and social commitment of the Abbey in Munich and Andechs. This is even more important since the monastery does not receive subsidies from tax revenues of the church.

Like all working farms, brewery monastery has lucrative purpose and knowledge of both the monastic rules of organic growth and sustainably engaged. The operation of the brewery monastery is clear: the technical infrastructure is not geared to profit maximization, but on the preservation of monastic identity.

Andechs Monastery Beers are the successful combination of tradition and modern technology for the production of beer brewing Benedictine.