German Beer - Travel Tip

Monaco
Of course, Monaco. No visit to the city would worthily ended without a stop in a noisy Bierpalast beer garden or in a family-run. The Hofbräuhaus is the Bierpalast of Bavaria's most famous (and perhaps the world). Take a big mug of beer before you take a look at medieval times the city and postcards in the shape of pretzels.
It 'a step back in time through ancient vats for fermentation, historical photographs and some of the earliest traditional clothes at the Museum of Beer and Oktoberfest. Located in a wooden house of the fourteenth century, this museum offers a brief history of the German national drink.

About Oktoberfest, this spectacular event lasts 16 days, from mid September until the first Sunday in October, and attracts over six million visitors. For the occasion produced a special beer (the Wies'nbier), intense flavor and dark color, and in those days the inhabitants of Monaco are in the office dressed in lederhosen (leather pants) and dirndl (traditional dress for women ) for running the party right after work.

Bavaria (plus Monaco)
The tour offered by the tourist office more inviting is the Tour of Bamberg beer, a self-guided trail that serves as a springboard for the Franconian Brewery Museum, the price includes two coupons to sample beer and a mug as a souvenir. While you're at Bamberg, just a ride to Klosterbräu, a beautiful half-timbered brewery - the oldest in the city.
If you want to be enchanted by the process of brewing beer, head to the huge Maisel's Brauerei-und-Büttnerei-Museum, near Bayreuth. The tour takes you into the heart of the establishment of the nineteenth century, full of charming rooms that expose 4500 mugs and fun artifacts.
The Klostershenke Weltenburg produces a delicious dark beer since 1050 and is the oldest monastery brewery (now very advanced).

Alpirsbach
The tradition has a role so important that Alpirsbach owes its name to a lover of alcohol cleric who said: "All Bier ist in den Bach!" (All the beer is in the river!), When he slid awkwardly from my hand a glass of beer, which rolled into the river. It almost seems like a prophecy, given that today the Alpirsbacher Klosterbräu prepares his beer with pure spring water. Admission is included in the tasting of two beers.

Colony
The beer reigns supreme in Cologne, where 20 breweries producing the local variety called Kölsch, which is served in mugs of beer, long, narrow, the Stangen. Al Peters Brauhaus customers guzzling Kölsch holed up in their corner, the Früh am Dom is a labyrinthine Bierpalast Päffgen and serves Kölsch since 1883.

Jever
Jever, the capital of Friesland, is famous for its pilsner and Friesisches Brauhaus lager Pils produces a dry taste since 1848. The visit to the brewery allows visitors to peek behind the scenes, running between the production and bottling plants and visit a small museum. Reservations are required.

Bremen
Half of all German breweries in Bavaria and is located to the north, but here one brewery in particular has the merit of becoming an international brand. You can find out where their products come with a two-hour tour of the brewery Beck's. Bottoms up! Or as the Germans would say: Prost!