If You Love A Good Beer, You'll Want To Know About The World's 11 Oldest Breweries

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If you've always wanted to drink around the world, you might want to start with these 11 historic breweries.

1. Stepan Razin Brewery: St. Petersburg, Russia

Founded in 1795, this Russian brewery also has a museum that has been open to the public since 1995.

2. Wiehenstephan Brewery: Bavaria, Germany

Wiehenstephan was the world's oldest continuously operating brewery.

3. Weltenberg Abbey Brewery: Kelheim, Germany

Weltenberg is both a monastery and a brewery.

4. Privatbrauerei Gaffel Becker & Co,: Cologne, Germany

Gaffel is one of the ten largest beer can manufacturers in Germany.

5. Bolten Brewery: Korschenbroich, Germany

Bolten is the oldest Altbier (traditional German ale) ale brewery in the world.

6. Augustiner-BrÃ¤u: Munich, Germany

This brewery was originally run by monks.

7. Smithwick's Brewery: Kilkenny, Ireland

Smithwick's was founded in 1710 and has been brewing for 300 years and is known for it's "superior Irish ale."

8. Grolsch Brewery: Groenlo, Netherlands

Grolsch is the third-largest brewery in the Netherlands and brews the most recognizable beer in the country.

9. St. James Gate Brewery: Dublin, Ireland

This brewery is where Guinness (13 million pints of which are consumed every St. Patrick's Day) originated.

10. Stiegl Brewery: Salzburg, Austria

Stiegl was one of Mozart's favorite beers.

11. Hubertus Brewery: Laa an der Thaya, Austria

The Hubertus logo is said to have been the result of a dream a medieval bishop had about a crucifix above the head of a buck.