Beer Tourism 🧵 1/x. Last summer we went to Munich where I’d planned to take a brewer’s course at Weihenstephan. The course was canceled so we went anyway and I did a pilgrimage to German lagers, starting from where else but Marienplatz. We also visited Prague and Salzburg, past and future threads. - ThreadSky

hawksbill.bsky.social • 23 days ago

Beer Tourism 🧵 1/x. Last summer we went to Munich where I’d planned to take a brewer’s course at Weihenstephan. The course was canceled so we went anyway and I did a pilgrimage to German lagers, starting from where else but Marienplatz. We also visited Prague and Salzburg, past and future threads.

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hawksbill.bsky.social•22 days ago

🧵2/x My first beer in Munich was an Augustiner at a little place next to the Marienkirche. One of 6 official Ofest brewers, it was founded in a monastery in 1328. Later Joseph Wagner’s (JW) family from Freising (Weihenstephan is there!) bought it. We had beer and sausages. What’s not to like?

hawksbill.bsky.social•21 days ago

🧵3/x Beer tourism in Munchen. Between beers at Marienplatz, there was plenty to see - mostly churches on our first day there, but one touch of home made its way into consciousness…we didn’t stop there.

hawksbill.bsky.social•20 days ago

🧵4/x After sightseeing at Marienplatz we stopped for kuchen und bier at a Paulaner place. This is another of the Munich Ofest breweries, founded at a monastery in 1634. Corporate owned now and Heineken has a 30% stake, they have 3 bier tents at the Wiesn!

hawksbill.bsky.social•19 days ago

To end our first day in Munich we met up with cousin Felix for Spaten Brau and spargel…he told us that Spaten and the kneipe we visited were was his father’s favorites so we drank in honor of him. A sudden storm came up so our evening ended early, but it was a great first day! 🧵 5/x

hawksbill.bsky.social•17 days ago

🧵6/x A Pretzel Interlude. Granted it had been decades since I’d been to Munich and the bulk of my time there consisted of 5 nights in the Wiesn Lowenbrau tent, but I thought the pretzel thing was exaggerated. Well I was wrong about that, as we learned at the main train station! Pretzels galore!

hawksbill.bsky.social•15 days ago

🧵7/x After a break to Prague, it was back to Munich city center. On our way to Marienplatz we stopped for lunch where I had an Erdinger Helles. This Bayern brewery, better known for Weissbier, was founded in 1886 and renamed postwar. No taps at this place so bottle beer for a change!

therealmuffy.bsky.social•19 days ago

Oh man, that looks amazing! Haven't had that sort of a meal (or snack!) in nigh on 35 years. I need to rectify that!

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