Benedictine Brewery

Modern building in this farm valley, down the hill from the Abbey. Overlooks a hop farm across the street and the valley in general. There is covered outdoor seating and also some picnic tables, plus a dozen tables inside. They had about 10 beers on tap, all but one were also avaible in bottles to-go. They also had some local hard cider and wine offerings for the non-beer drinkers. Beer was about half Belgian styles and then a few lagers and a few hoppy styles. I drank glasses of the Dunkel lager and the Special Dark Ale which were both very good. They have some snacks available- we had the Greek Plate which was a bunch of olives, hummus, pita, feta, and various veggies. The bartender was very friendly.

We went to visit the wonderful and peaceful monastery..on the way up there e spotted the brewery sign..so after prayer and meditation dropped in for a pint. The place is on a small rise overlooking the fields and woodlands ..i think a hop field too ( now harvested)..clean modern building with seating and standing tables..when i was there there was one monk and a few servers. it was a wonderful October day so there was still seating outside. There was only 3 beers on tap but between me and the g/f we had all and all were top quality. I loved the helles ( oh so ironic)..excellent. No food that i could see..but overall i could have sat outside looking at the bountiful land until dusk..which we did. Recommended