Munich Breweries: 6 Little Paragraphs On 6 Big Brewers

Of all the words that can be used to describe Oktoberfest—jolly, epic, fremdschämen—one that you don’t hear used that often is “strict”. Unless, of course, you’re talking about the beer and/or the big six Munich breweries in which, whoa, you better mind your p’s and q’s. That’s...
8 of the best beer museums in Europe | Heineken Experience in Amsterdam, Guinness Storehouse in Dublin, Beer and Oktoberfest Museum in Munich | Prague, Czech Republic, UK, Belgium | History of beer and brewing

8 of the Best Beer Museums in Europe

Do you ever feel your life needs an upgrade? Like maybe you should class it up a bit? After all, a little culture never hurt anybody. You could read an acclaimed novel and discuss its social implications with your colleagues over brunch, don a tux and go see an award-winning...
The Strong Beer Festival | Munich in March | Beer festival | Oktoberfest | Starkbierfest | dopplebocks, Paulaner Salvator

The Strong Beer Festival – Why You Need to Visit Munich in March

I’ve got a suggestion for you, just hear me out: spring break… in Bavaria. What do you say? It may not be Mexico or the Caribbean but taking into consideration Munich’s surfing, the nude sunbathing, and the three-week-long mini Oktoberfest (Marchfest?) and you won’t be able to...

7 Awesome German Christmas Markets You Can’t Miss

When I lived in Germany, being away from home for the holidays seemed like an awful idea. There was no way I was going to shell out thousands of dollars to fly back to Canada so I had to get used to the idea of spending my first Christmas in a foreign country–and hours...
The Drive Me Home Service at the Stuttgart Beer Festival (locally known as Cannstatter Volksfest)

The Stuttgart Beer Festival’s Drive Me Home Service

So… Germans are pretty nice, huh? They bring us super-sized beers and pretzels on demand, they install underground beer-pipelines to preserve the environment (and to get you that beer even faster), and they let you drive as fast as you want on their highways. How sweet! But just...
Airport Brewery Airbräu

Airport Brewery keeps travellers hydrated at Munich airport

Ladies and gentlemen, this is your captain speaking. Your German beer drinking captain, that is, and you’re in for a very smooth ride. Because your Oktoberfest adventure will most likely begin and end at the Munich airport, so should your beer drinking. And because this is, in...
Wacken beer pipeline

A German Rock Festival Has Installed—What Else?—a Beer Pipeline

For those about to rock courtesy of an underground beer pipeline, WE SALUTE YOU. Congratulations to the residents of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany for taking both heavy metal and German beer appreciation to a whole new level of HOLY CRAP. I’m referring to the organisers of Wacken...
5 reasons why German beer is superior

5 Reasons German Beers are Superior

Moving back to Canada after in a year in Berlin was rough, and yes, a lot of it had to do with beer. Other than leaving behind the new friends and the neighbourhood I had grown to love, there were several small culture shocks that really shook me up – especially the lack of...

The Strength of Germany’s Passport (and Other Things Tougher Than You)

THE STRENGTH OF GERMANY’S PASSPORT It’s just been released! Once again Germany comes out on top for country with the strongest passport. It was big news when I posted about last year’s announcement but now it’s like, well yeah–Germany’s awesome. Of course they’re welcome...
Eating carp is a big part of German new year's traditions.

German New Year’s Traditions Are Better Than Yours

Many countries around the world have similar traditions and peculiar ways of ringing in the new year. They probably incorporate in some way fireworks, bubbly booze, locking lips with strangers at midnight (I see you’re making great decisions already), and making profound sweeping...