Photo: Brewery Of Freising Bavaria

Freising, Bavaria in Germany is home to the famous Weihenstephan brewery.

Some of the best beer in Germany is made at the oldest brewery in the world located in Freising, Bavaria. This historic building sits atop a famous hillside in Freising, Bavaria and is known as the Weihenstephan Brewery.The Weihenstephan Brewery was the monastery brewery of the Benedictine monks nearly one thousand years ago and then the Royal Bavarian State Brewery. The brewery is surrounded by the Weihenstephan Science Centre of the Technical University of Munich and it is this that makes it the perfect combination of tradition, custom, knowledge and science which gives the brewery of Freising, Germany the ability to brew beer of the finest quality.The Weihenstephan Brewery of Freising, Bavaria also serves as a teaching and model brewery for students and it carries out investigations into the processes and equipment used in the practical techniques of brewery operations.Over many years the world continues to change in Bavaria but during all the developments, achievements and setbacks, the beer at the Weihenstephan Brewery in Freising, Germany all always remained a constant factor. There is nothing more thirst quenching while visiting Freising, Germany than an icy cold Weihenstephan ale.Freising, Germany, Bavaria, Europe, Europe 2006.