Oh, this mild smell of hops from the brewing coppers, this alluring scent of delicacies from the kitchen—any human nose will immediately discover that no traveller’s or wayfarer’s culinary desire shall remain unfulfilled at the Batzenhäusl in Bolzano. The down-to-earth calmness of this charming guesthouse is owed to its more than 600-year-long history. Back in the day—in 1756, to be precise—beer cost exactly one ‘batzen’ (or four kreutzers), lending the place the name it still holds today.
Batzenhäusl
Bolzano, South Tyrol
Location
in the centre of regional capital Bolzano
Architecture
Gothic 1404 monastic pub
Food & drink
a tavern with an in-house brewery
Hosting since
1404, re-opened in 2002
Characteristic features
tastings of homemade craft beers
It is this legacy, combined with talent and passion, which still encourages the Batzenhäuslers to practice the high art of brewing.
Beer aficionados get the chance to try out countless kinds of mouth-watering in-house brews
and discover yet unknown tastes of the amber nectar.
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To sit and dine together: happy guests for generations.
A conversation with Robert „Bobo“ Widmann
about an innkeeper’s mission, the fact that art was once traded for pork knuckles and how life adds the much-needed patina to a guesthouse.
»If things are too perfect, that creates barriers.«
Robert ‘Bobo’ Widmann
Host of Batzenhäusl
Batzenhäusl
Via Andreas-Hofer 30
39100 Bolzano, South Tyrol
+39 0471 050 950
www.batzen.it