Beer in the Dolomites

Beautiful, beautiful place. There are a few breweries around but theres nothing I'm aware of that's really worth going out of your way for. Weihenstephaner can be found on tap easily in that region, so keep your eyes peeled for those tap handles. Also you should be able to find some Augustiner and Ansechs on tap.
There are a few getrankemarkts scattered around trentino alto adige as well(it is historically a German speaking region) and again you'll be able to find cases of things like Augustiner, Andechs and Weihenstephaner for around 22 to 25 euros.
Another thing to look for on the getrankemarkts would be Riegeles line of American style craft beers. Not all of them are fantastic, but all passable and most are pretty solid.

 

Did you find anything else there? Any good hikes? The wife and I have been talking about spending a couple of weeks in the Dolomites doing some hikes, but I haven't really put in the research yet. Let me know if you found anything interesting there!

 

The dolomites are full of hiking trails. You shouldn't have any trouble finding some good ones, no matter where you're staying. There are also some trails that lead you to old bunkers and fortifications from WWI.
@bullseyebill and @nloetz when will you be there?

 

Probably going through Bolzano to Val Gardena. But if you get as far South as Trento there's a big beer hall called Birreria Pedavena. Germanic food, Helles and Dunkel. We thought the beer was good but food only average. Not worth an extra side trip but only if you meander down that way.

 

Depending on your hiking style, you can show up without having done any research and still find loads of trails. Every town has a tourist office with hiking maps and many towns have digital boards when you drive into town showing ski-lifts and trails. If you're an average day-hiker, not looking for technical challenges you can pretty much just show up. If you want to overnight in a hut, then yeah you better plan well ahead.

 

It would be nice to do a hut-to-hut trip for a week or two. Do you know anything about the Alta Via trails? Our main priority is to see beautiful nature rather than to do something technical or see something historic.

 

Maybe this brewery is worth of trying..
http://www.beeradvocate.com/beer/profile/9076/