Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee

The company traces its roots back to a brewery that was allegedly founded in the year 1050 at lake Tegernsee, where in 746 Benedictine Tegernsee Abbey was established. However the documented history can only be traced back to 1675 when abbot Bernd Wenzel relocated the monastery's brewing right from Holzkirchen to Tegernsee.[3]

A Benedictine monastery not per se brewed beer. In fact, at the time of the monastery, most monks in Bavaria favored wine over beer. Duke Maximilian I compiled a list with all Bavarian breweries in 1604. Tegernsee was not mentioned. And if the monastery already had owned a brewing facility, the relocation of the right from Holzkirchen in 1675 wouldn't have been necessary. So, it's safe to assume that there probably hasn't been a brewery before the first half of the 17th century. [Source needed?]

Since then, the brewery has operated under a number of different names, including Tegernseer Klosterbrauerei ("Tegernsee Monastic Brewery"). After the secularization in the beginning of the 19th century, it was purchased in 1817 by Maximilian I Joseph of Bavaria from Karl Joseph von Drechsel and incorporated under the name Königlich braunes Brauhaus Tegernsee ("Royal Brown Brewhouse of Tegernsee"). Since then, it has been in the ownership of the House of Wittelsbach.

Today's company behind the brewery is named Herzoglich Bayerisches Brauhaus Tegernsee KG and is still based in Tegernsee. In 2011 another filling line was erected in Gmund, only 5 kilometres (3 mi) away.[4]

Inside the same building as the main production facility, restaurant Herzogliches Bräustüberl Tegernsee is located. The widely known Bräustüberl ("Brewpub") serves mainly Tegernseer Beer, yet is an independent company, led by Peter Hubert.

Beers of Brauhaus Tegernsee were for a long time mainly popular in the local district of Miesbach. Yet lately the brand is marketed all over Germany.