Monastic brewery in Saint-Maurice brewing three unfiltered, non-pasteurized beer varieties based on historical abbey recipes.

Brasserie de l'Abbaye de St-Maurice

Saint-Maurice (VS), SwitzerlandNew on Amplifa

2019Foundation of the brewery

515Foundation of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice

Saint-MauriceLocation (canton of Valais, Switzerland)

About the Brewery

The Brasserie de l'Abbaye de St-Maurice is a brewery founded in 2019 by the Abbey of Saint-Maurice in the canton of Valais to diversify the abbey's revenue. The brewery is wholly owned by the abbey and produces three beer varieties: LUMEN (light beer, 3.9% vol.), CANDIDE (wheat beer) and DXV (abbey triple). The beers are brewed unfiltered and non-pasteurized from water, barley malt, hops and yeast, as well as partly wheat and oats. The yeast comes from a parchment of the abbey dating from 1319. The recipes draw on the abbey's more than 1500-year history, having been founded in 515 by the Burgundian king Sigismund. The products are available via the brewery's own online shop; tastings, gift boxes and a newsletter are also offered.

Site: Saint-Maurice
Processes: Guided tours and tastings, Online shop (shop.abbaye-stmaurice.ch), Gift boxes, Newsletter
Materials: Water, barley malt, hops, yeast, Wheat and oats, Yeast from the parchment of 1319
Founded: 2019
Industries: Beer / Beverages, Craft beer / beverages

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Brewing
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Unfiltered bottling (non-pasteurized)
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Sales via online shop

Ingredients and Brewing Process

Bier

Water, barley malt, hops, yeast

Basic ingredients of all three beer varieties; unfiltered and non-pasteurized.

Weizen/Hafer

Wheat and oats

Additional grain ingredients of the CANDIDE wheat beer.

Hefe 1319

Yeast from the parchment of 1319

The yeast used for the beers was taken from a parchment of the abbey dating from 1319.

Sites

Saint-Maurice

Brewery (production, owned by the abbey)

Materials: Water, barley malt, hops, yeast

Beer Varieties

**LUMEN – light beer (3.9% vol.)**Brewing · Monastic brewery

**CANDIDE – wheat beer**Brewing · Monastic brewery

**DXV – abbey triple**Brewing · Monastic brewery

Inside the production

Industries

Beer / BeveragesCraft beer / beverages

Additional services

Guided tours and tastingsOnline shop (shop.abbaye-stmaurice.ch)Gift boxesNewsletter

History

515
Foundation of the Abbey of Saint-Maurice by King Sigismund of Burgund (namesake of the beer DXV).
1128
The community adopts the Rule of Saint Augustine (namesake of the beer LUMEN).
1319
The yeast used for the beers comes from a parchment of the abbey from this year (CANDIDE).
2019
Start of beer production to diversify the abbey's revenue with three beers: LUMEN, CANDIDE, DXV.