He had not the usual resource of bigots in that superstitious period, most of whom were wont to atone for the crimes they were guilty of by liberality to the church, stupefying by this means their terrors by the idea of atonement and forgiveness; and although the refuge which success thus purchased, was no more like to the peace of mind which ...
But that doesnât make the staying power of Germanyâs oldest breweriesâmost of them originally housed in monasteriesâany less breathtaking. The oldest brewery in America is Yuengling, founded in 1829. The oldest brewery in Germany (and the world) is Weihenstephan, founded in 1040. 1040. Thatâs 26 years before the Norman conquest of England, 175 years before the Magna Carta, 477 years before Martin Lutherâs 95 Theses, 736 years before the Declaration of Independence.
The oldest monastery brewery in the world, 1,000 year old prize winning KLOSTERBRAUEREI WELTENBURG IN KELHEIM IM ALTMÃ¼HLTAL. Near the entrance to the Donau gorge, now a nature park, the Benedictine monastery was founded around 617, on a Danube River peninsula by Irish/Scottish monk Eustachius and Agilus from Burgundy, and is the oldest in Bavaria.