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CBCC Contact: Dale Miller coasting72@sbcglobal.net |
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| We will go to incredible ends to add breweries to our list of visits and in search of new “craft breweries” for our list. We recently embarked on a thirteen day trip to Munich, Germany with fellow beer enthusiasts Peter Hauser and Hogan Eng. Each day was an adventure via bus, tram (trolley) or train (both above and below ground) to different places most within an hour or two from Munich. We visited approximately 50 beer gardens. Very surprisingly the beer selection in Munich is limited. The big 6 in the Munich area control most of the market and with very few exceptions each beer garden has 2 beers, a Helles and a Dunkle. We also managed to visit 11 brewpubs of which most were also beer gardens and some of these were also run by the big six but they do brew on site. The only “true” brewery we visited was Ayinger, which was a fair distance from Munich by train. | ||
| More importunately, we went to four Craft Brew Pubs, 3 of which had coasters! Since Airbrau is located at the airport it made sense to relax after the long flight with one of their three unfiltered libations brewed on premise. A Helles, Hefeweizen and Dunkel were tested by all and voted worthy of our consideration. Forschungsbrauerei (literally translated as “experimental brewery”) first opened in 1936 by Gottfried Jakob, the Weihenstephan-trained grandfather of the current brewer who was also trained at the ancient brewery/monastery/college. The modern day facility maintains a small local flavor with excellent beer and food available. More ... | ||
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Keep on Coasting, Dale Miller
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