Before I get into the main body of the post I want to say that I spoke German two days ago. I met two Germans at the Boston College bowl game. They are working as electrical engineers at Mercedes-Benz near me. It was a lot of fun speaking German and even though it was only a few minutes, it got me 10x more excited to go to Germany. Now to the post....
“Beer is living proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy.”
-Benjamin Franklin
Did you know that the Pilgrims landed the Mayflower at Plymouth because they ran out of beer? Look it up, it's true!
With our country founded on beer, it is only fitting that I taste some of the best in the world. I have become obsessed with beer and brewed my first batch of beer last summer.
In my 3 days in Munich I went to the big brew houses - Hofbräuhaus, Augustiner Keller, and Ratskeller. There are so many more in Germany and even in Munich. One of my brother's friends told me the other day that I should visit the Schneider Bräuhaus, but I can't find one in Munich. I'm pretty sure he is thinking of the Weißes Bräuhaus, which serves Schneider bier.
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| My friends and I bottling my beer from this summer. Those smiles are legit. |
In my 3 days in Munich I went to the big brew houses - Hofbräuhaus, Augustiner Keller, and Ratskeller. There are so many more in Germany and even in Munich. One of my brother's friends told me the other day that I should visit the Schneider Bräuhaus, but I can't find one in Munich. I'm pretty sure he is thinking of the Weißes Bräuhaus, which serves Schneider bier.
My brother also talked about a place right next to the Munich Hauptbahnhof, or main train station, called the Augustiner Bräustuben. Again, I've been too the Augustinerkeller, but the Bräustuben seems better, cheaper, and more local. I also went in early March, so their Biergarten was not even open. Imagine a summer day in Munich reading a book in the Augustiner Biergarten! AH!
My friend Brittany was just visiting from Connecticut for the BC bowl game. We perused the 3 floors of City Lights bookstore in San Francisco and I found a great student guide to Germany by the "Let's Go" travel book company. In the Munich food section, the Weißes Bräuhaus and Augustiner Bräustuben are number one and two. Yet another recommendation. Being a student travel book, they've searched some cheaper, less touristy, more German-speaking brew houses like the Hirschgarten, Zum Flaucher, and the Chinesischer Turm in the Englischer Garten.
I realize that I just used a lot of German on this page and it can get a little daunting trying to read it. So...good luck. Here is a map of all the brew houses and gartens that I want to try to get to.
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View Munich Beerhouses and Gardens in a larger map
That's a lot of places to go! :) You're lucky that IN/Ei are so close to Munich. Actually, you should try looking up stuff in Nuremberg too! I mean, they don't have the big breweries, but... there's still other stuff to do.
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