Germany trip upcoming in June

I've been to a few of them -- some to stay in the Gasthaus, some to just stop for a beer. Never been disappointed.

 

View? There wasn’t one. I think you might be getting mixed up unless I missed the view however I was in on each of my 5 nights and didn’t see any views bar the server in dirndl.

 

Hmm. Maybe I'm thinking of another spot -- or maybe the HB has moved? I'll check my resources.

Place I'm thinking about has a Biergarten with a mountain view.

 

Good luck. It is pretty easy to file a EU261 claim, and I think that the EU261 should be above and beyond what you already received.
Great write-up on your trip.

 

Tegernsee Brewery is located far south of Munich, but it is a cult favorite in Munich. One hint - order it in a "Willi Becher" instead of a mug. The Willi Becher glass is far superior! Their main tap in Munich is right across from the Schneider Bräuhaus. Since Schneider doesn't produce any bottom fermented beer, you will also get a Tegernseer Helles. Likewise in Tegernsee, if you ask for a Weißbier, you get a Schneider. http://whichbeerglass.com/2017/03/willi-becher/

 

I just got back from another trip to Germany and I would like to share some excellent Munich recommendations I kindly received from @BayernTrips.

If you have nice weather, rent bikes at Mike's Bikes Tours/Rentals by Isartor and head south along the Isar with biergarten stops at Menterschwaige and then Flaucher as you come back into town. After you return bikes, an excellent new food option that we found is Zum Stiftl https://www.zum-stiftl.de/, which is a block away from Schneider on Tal Str. Really good food & HP beers, and it has its own metzgerei that makes a very tasty weisswurst breakfast. Zum Stiftl is about to celebrate its one-year anniversary and it is highly recommended.

Just east across the Isar from the Deutsches Museum is a fantastic German restaurant: https://wirtshausinderau.de/. Dinner reservations are a good idea. South of there is Giesinger, and as others have noted, it is well worth a visit for good beers and a unique place and vibe for Munich.

Also, we stayed in a nice AirBnB apartment close to Wirsthaus in der Au. It would be a good option for anyone traveling with a family who wants to skip a hotel. If anyone wants details, feel free to PM me.

Thanks again for the pro tips @BayernTrips.

 

I was in Munich one year in late October and one of the Augustiner pubs had their Festbier on tap. it probably depends on how much leftovers there were

I would think finding earlier would be less likely as they make a big deal of tapping the first barrels, But that is totally a guess on my part...

 

Are you talking solely about the Munich brewers?

 

Giesinger has a good märzen in the draft lineup at their brauhaus.

 

For Bamberg, what are some favorite Bierkellers and/or places with great views? I've been to Greifenklau, the Spezial Keller, and the Cafe am Michaelsberg. I know of a couple others like Faessla Keller that are listed on the tourism websites, but I know very little about them.
Any recommendations or places that are best avoided?

 

Wilde Rose Keller (basically next to Spezial Keller but you have to continue up Stephansberg) is well shaded but doesn't have a view. A house Kellerbier (of unknown origins) and Schlenkerla

Domterrassen (Unterer Kaulberg 36) has a good view of the Dom. In a previous incarnation (Tapas Bar) they had Mönchsambacher on tap. I think they still have it in bottles and Keesmann Pils on tap.

Fässla Keller doesn't have a view. They used to have the Zwergla (dunkel) on draft in addition to the Pils and Lager. If you like Fässla it's a nice place to sit outside and drink.

Zum Weinfass (Habergasse 12) is along the old Ludwig canal and has a view of it. Also serves Fässla.

Of course, Cafe Abseils has a nice garden out back.

Einhorns Keller (Jakobsberg 8 -- if you go from the Dom to Torschuster, then keep walking you'll come it). It has been renovated recently I'm told but I haven't been there in over 10 years. I think they have Fässla now. I don't remember there being much of a view, but my memory is hazy.

 

This is super helpful! I had no idea how widespread Fässla's beers were.

 

Other than Kaiserdom, they probably are the most distributed of the Bamberg breweries (at least locally). That is a problem because I think they often sell more than their brewery can really handle (leading to shorter lagering times). One of my standard bike rides is to Höfen, Freudeneck and Mürsbach. On the way we pass thru Rattlesdorf (about 15km from Bamberg) and there are a couple of Gasthäuser with Fässla signs on them. We always joke about stopping for a beer.

Maisel had pretty good distribution and when they closed Fässla picked up a lot their accounts.

BTW, I'll be in Bamberg from August 11 to 30 if anybody is around and wants to meet for a beer...

 

My wife and I will be there the weekend of the 16th. Might shoot you a message before we head out.

 

there used to be a Bayernticket that would allow travel within that federal state for a discount

 

I've read that Munich and Germany will be announcing new schedules and tariffs in early-December, but I don't think a lot will change.

You can purchase daily group passes for the Munich lines and daily group passes for Bavaria (or for any of the German states/provinces). DieBahn were usually show that as an option when you use their ticket/trip planner. This is the good all-around starting point.
https://www.bahn.de/p_en/view/index.shtml

The Bayern planner is also handy:
http://www.bayern-fahrplan.de/en/journey-planner?set_language=en

The Munich system (MVV):
http://efa.mvv-muenchen.de/index.html#trip@enquiry

Added bonus, the Nurembeg/Bamberg region is the VGN:
https://www.vgn.de/en/

The MVV Munich transit system will take you deep into the outer bands of Munich, and as I recall down into Ayinger and Kloster Andech, and certainly to Freising (Weihenstephaner) and Erding (Erdinger), in addition to the Munich international airport.

The beauty of the Bayern Ticket is that it not only covers Munich local transit and the DB trains, it covers the local transit in the towns/cities throughout Bavaria, e.g., Nuremberg and Bamberg. The Bayern (Lander) ticket does not cover the Intercity Express and other high speed transit lines, e.g., the IC/ICE. Also, during the week, the ticket is good for travel only after 9am. The ticket is also good for travel to/from Salzburg.

Kelheim is a decent destination but check the itineraries as the trip can sometimes be time consuming... but the rewards are great in Weltenburger (via short boat ride) and Schneiderweiss. Regensburg has those great little sausages plus a great brewery house,
Brauereigaststätte Kneitinger, which in my mind has the best dunkel around, plus their other dark beers, and good good to boot.

Dig a little bit into the websites to learn more about ticket varieties and areas covered. For example, in Bamberg we like riding the bus from the main train station to the Klosterbräu Bamberg, and walking our way back, maybe even the long walk to Mahr Brau (or ride the bus from around Spezial and then the night bus from Mahr to the main station).

 

If you were basing yourself in Bamberg (or Nürnberg or any other town in the VGN region) you can buy weekly and monthly passes (called a MobiCard) that let you travel in the whole region (with the exception, like the Bayern Ticket, not on IC/ICE) Some are solo and some are good for two people. Lots of friends have done that, staying in Bamberg and riding trains/buses out to various breweries.

Don't know the Munich system as well to know if they have something similar.