Type | State-owned enterprise | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Location | Weihenstephan, Freising, Bavaria, Germany | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Coordinates | 48°23′46″N 11°43′45″E / 48.39611°N 11.72917°E | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Opened | 1040 | (claimed; first known-valid record: 1675 )||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Annual production volume | 382,341 hectolitres (325,819 US bbl) in 2021[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Revenue | €33,989,000 in 2014[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Owned by | Government of Bavaria | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Website | weihenstephaner | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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The Bayerische Staatsbrauerei Weihenstephan (Bavarian State Brewery of Weihenstephan) is a German brewery owned by the Free State of Bavaria located on the site of the former monastery Weihenstephan Abbey in Freising, Bavaria. In 2014, the total output was 403,039 hectolitres (343,457 US bbl).[1] The brewery advertises itself as "The World's Oldest Brewery" although this is not historically verifiable.[3]