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Stift Engelszell

Engelhartszell, Upper Austria, Austria · Est. 2012

#Trappist#Monastic
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Tally's Take

Why this matters

A handful of monks on the Danube brewing to keep the abbey solvent. The Trappist label is not a marketing tier — it is a guarantee about who owns the profit, and there are only about a dozen breweries in the world allowed to use it.

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The Beer Library

Beers

Gregorius

Year-Round

Belgian Strong Dark Ale

ABV9.7%

Austria's only Trappist beer, brewed by a very small community on the Danube to keep the abbey solvent.

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Show your working

Sources

  1. monasticStatusConfirmed

    Stift Engelszell is not currently listed as brewing under the Authentic Trappist Product label.

    Trappist beers — International Trappist Association · International Trappist Association · 2026

    OfficialHigh reliabilityAccessed 2026-08-05Reviewed 2026-08-05

    Conflict. The archive previously recorded this brewery as Authentic Trappist. The date the certification lapsed has not been established.

Only the claims above are sourced. Everything else on this page is the archive's own research and has not yet been tied to a document — which is worth knowing rather than hiding.

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Straight answers

Common questions about Stift Engelszell

Who owns Stift Engelszell?
Stift Engelszell is independently owned — there is no parent company above it on record. It is based in Engelhartszell, Upper Austria, Austria.
Is Stift Engelszell independent?
Yes. Stift Engelszell is recorded as independent, with no parent company. Independence is recorded as the brewery states it; where a stake is a minority holding or joint venture, this archive leaves it unmapped rather than calling it ownership.
When was Stift Engelszell founded?
Stift Engelszell was founded in 2012 in Engelhartszell, Upper Austria, Austria.
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