World's Oldest Brewery

[Tarheel]

Celebrates 1,000 years (or so) of operation.  Enjoying a fine adult beverage right now brewed by my kinsmen, they may not be able to win a World War but they can sure make some great Bier.  Excerpt from Deutsche Welle, all emphasis is my own:

Germany | 12.08.2009
World's oldest brewery carries on 1,000 years of tradition

Großansicht des Bildes mit der Bildunterschrift: Weihenstephan hasn't changed much over the centuries. Long before the Americans declared independence, centuries before Columbus discovered the new world and before Guttenberg invented movable type, Germans were already perfecting the art of making beer.
 
Even from a distance, the Weihenstephan brewery dominates the area. Perched atop Naehrberg Hill in Freising, a small town just north of Munich, the brewery was originally a Benedictine monastery founded in 740 AD by a monk named Korbinian.

It wasn't until the year 1040, when Abbott Arnold secured the brewing rights and license from a neighboring monastery, that beer was brewed there. Despite four fires, three plagues and a major earthquake, they have been brewing beer non-stop for nearly a thousand years.

Not only is Weihenstephan the oldest brewery in the world, it has a tradition of being a center for research about brewing and brewing technology. The entrance to the Technical University of Munich is located just across the courtyard from the brewery's offices.
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"The reason why Weihenstephan is called the oldest brewery in the world is because there is a document from the year 1040 that displays Weihenstephan," said Schwarz. "The making of beer is mentioned for the first time."
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Full article:
http://www.dw-world.de/dw/article/0,,4555658,00.html

Respects to teh Mexicans..."Stay thirsty my friends."

[Snaggletiger]

As I read, I raise a cold Harp Lager(From the brewers of Guiness).  Aaahhh...a late night beer thread.

[Tarheel]

As I read, I raise a cold Harp Lager(From the brewers of Guiness).  Aaahhh...a late night beer thread.

Apparently I wasn't drinking alone after all.