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Klosterbrauerei Ettal

🌍 Germany · Regional · Known for Doppelbock · Dunkel
Known for Doppelbock · Dunkel

Klosterbrauerei Ettal is one of the few remaining authentic German monastic breweries, operated by Benedictine monks since 1609. The brewery uses crystal-clear water from the Ammergau Alps and hops from the Hallertau region. Notable beers include Ettaler Kloster Dunkel, Ettaler Kloster Edel Hell, and the Curator Dunkler Doppelbock.

5Beers
4Styles
6.2%Avg ABV
1609Founded
Consistency· share of beers above catalogue avg
100%
catalogue avg 46%

Beers by Klosterbrauerei Ettal

5 beers

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Brewery DNA

The recurring character behind the beers

Drawn from all 5 beers in the catalogue.

Brewery signature · based on 5 beers
Signature
What keeps showing up across their beers.
malty
4 of 5 beers
smoothevery beer
5 of 5 beers
caramel
3 of 5 beers
dark fruit
3 of 5 beers

Four notes carry across the range. That's a tight house style — most breweries in the catalogue share just one.

Portfolio range
How broad they brew.
Broad5 beers · 4 style families
Lager 2Strong 1Dark 1Wheat Beer 1

Their signature has to hold across very different styles — which makes the notes that do recur more telling, not less.

How they compare
Each beer measured against others of its own style, then averaged across the range. Compared with the wider catalogue across breweries making similar styles.

Across 5 beers in 4 style families, none of Klosterbrauerei Ettal's characters carry through the whole range — the mix of styles they brew is the signature here.

typical for similar stylesKlosterbrauerei Ettal
in no beersin every beer
smooth
in all 5 of their beers · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
malty
in 4 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: 4 in 5
A shade below, but within the field.
bready
in 3 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
caramel
in 3 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: 3 in 5
Right where the field sits.
clean
in 3 of 5 · typical similar styles brewery: 2 in 5
A shade above, but within the field.
Brewery performance
How their beers place in the hopIQ ranking.
Top 16%
average beer performance
0
beers in the Top 100
5 / 5
beers above the median
#505
best ranked beer
Ettal Helles

Their beers place in the Top 16% of the catalogue on average, across 5 ranked beers. Consistent rather than spiky — no single standout carrying the rest.

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About Klosterbrauerei Ettal

Klosterbrauerei Ettal is one of the few remaining authentic German monastic breweries, operated by Benedictine monks since 1609. The brewery uses crystal-clear water from the Ammergau Alps and hops from the Hallertau region. Notable beers include Ettaler Kloster Dunkel, Ettaler Kloster Edel Hell, and the Curator Dunkler Doppelbock.

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Ettal · Bavaria · Germany
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