A SIP OF HEAVEN ON EARTH!

In the Benedictine monastery in Fischingen, the PILGRIM team brews exceptional gourmet beers by hand using old, traditional recipes with today's knowledge and technology.

Tradition and taste combined

For our beers we use the best monastery water, selected malts and the finest aromatic hops from all over the world as well as forest herbs and spices from the region. We use rare yeasts for fermentation and let the beers mature until they have achieved their unique, full taste.

In doing so, we are continuing the baroque tradition of monastery breweries and also making a valuable contribution to the life and preservation of the beautiful and unique baroque monastery in Fischingen, in the middle of green nature.

Martin Wartmann, co-founder of the Fischingen Monastery brewery and still an integral part of the most wonderful monastery brewery in Switzerland, is a fixture in the Swiss beer business and the 75-year-old is far from thinking about quitting! No wonder Martin is affectionately called “The Beer King of Lake Constance”!

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Our history

  • 2013

    Martin Wartmann strives to make a contribution to Swiss beer culture with unique beers.

  • 2014

    The ideal location has been chosen: Wartmann and two fellow shareholders founded the Kloster Fischingen AG brewery.

  • 2015

    Installation of the brewing technology and commissioning in April, the first PILGRIM leaves the brewery.

  • 2016

    Setting up the first online shop and starting the famous seasonal beer festival in the Klosterhof

  • 2017

    Martin Wartmann strives to make a contribution to Swiss beer culture with unique beers.

  • 2018

    Setting up the first online shop and starting the famous seasonal beer festival in the Klosterhof

  • 2019

    Setting up the first online shop and starting the famous seasonal beer festival in the Klosterhof

  • 2020

    Setting up the first online shop and starting the famous seasonal beer festival in the Klosterhof

  • 2021

    Covid. Sales reach CHF 1 million, “black zero”, construction of a second online shop, filling of cans begins

  • 2022

    Extreme inflation, electricity, malt and glass costs exploded, sales fell by 25%, massive operating losses

  • 2023

    War, inflation, decline in sales. Production of cans outsourced to Falken Schaffhausen brewery in order to attract new customers.

  • 2024

    New building 3rd online shop, expansion of contract brewing with Falken Schaffhausen, the can concept is starting to take effect.

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