Braeustueberl Tegernsee

The Benedictine monastery of Tegernsee, which was founded in the year 746, provides the first indications of monasterial brewing. But the earliest date of which we can be certain is that found on the marble plaque on the wall between the pub table and bar in Braustuberl, which is there to this day. On it, in old German text, reads: "The monastery brewery of Tegernsee obtained electoral license for the sale of beer on 22 Feb 1675". This was the date of the official birth of Tegernsee Braustuberl. With the dissolution of the monastery in 1803, Tegernsee was very different. The state seized ownership of the entire monastery. The monastery church became a normal parish church. The monks disappeared. But the lucrative brewery and Braustuberl continued to run. This was the 'fault' of the first Bavarian king. Or to be more precise, his wife. Queen Friderike Wilhelmine Caroline, it is said, fell in love with the valley by the lake and persuaded Max I. Joseph to buy it. From 1817, the grand couple converted the former monastery complex into a royal summer residence, which heralded the start of the beginning of tourism in Tegernsee. The old monastery brewery became 'Koniglich Braunen Brauhaus Tegernsee' - and King Max I. Joseph became the first in what is now five generations of a full line of Wittelsbach brewing men, and not to forget the Queen Dowager Friderike Caroline who also made a more than competent lady brewer. It has remained in Wittelsbach hands, passed down through the family, and today goes by the name 'Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee'. It has been owned by Duke Max in Bavaria since 1968 and his daughter Anna is now managing the brewery.