Summer-long outdoor beer garden tradition — drink where brewers have stored lager since the 1500s.
A weekly podcast + curated events calendar for tourists who want more than Oktoberfest. Beer cellars in Bamberg. Wine on a hillside in Würzburg. Glühwein under medieval towers. We find the fests — you raise the glass.
Hand-picked highlights that capture the soul of Bavarian drinking culture.
Summer-long outdoor beer garden tradition — drink where brewers have stored lager since the 1500s.
Twelve days of Franconian wine on Würzburg's medieval market square.
Ten nights of wine on a vineyard hillside overlooking Würzburg.
11 days of beer in a forested hillside of beer cellars — the Franconian's answer to Oktoberfest.
Six nearest events on the Bavarian calendar.
Munich's rotating beer garden — the tap changes every six weeks among the Big Six breweries.
The 'Little Oktoberfest' — two weeks of beer tents and rides on the same grounds, minus the crowds.
On April 23rd each year, the Bavarian Brewers Association celebrates the anniversary of the Reinheitsgebot with 1,000 liters of free beer poured from the famous beer fountain at the Brauerhaus in downtown Munich.
Munich's 900-year-old flea market + beer tent — antiques by day, Maß by night.
Summer-long outdoor beer garden tradition — drink where brewers have stored lager since the 1500s.
UNESCO old town + a proper Bavarian Volksfest with local breweries.