A Tempest in a Tankard

~Cult Classics Beyond Bamberg’s Famous Breweries~ Coming into Focus One of the things I love about cities is how they absorb you over time.

~Near Dresden: Three Beer Hikes in Saxon Switzerland~ Saxon Switzerland is a breathtaking landscape of rolling hills, narrow gorges, tabletop mountains, and rugged rock formations, the placid Elbe winding through it all.

Forchheim’s Annafest is the perfect beer fest for lovers of al fresco imbibing.

~Another Round of So Many Beers, So Little Time~ Now that travel season is in full swing, chances are you’re looking for some new beers to try.

You can’t go wrong with any of Munich’s breweries, be they the “Big 6” or smaller ones like Giesinger or the Forschungsbrauerei.

~Introducing Nürnberg~ An Imperial Free City from the beginning of the thirteenth century until it became part of Bavaria during the Napoleonic era, Nürnberg answered only to the emperor.

Introducing Garmisch-Partenkirchen Down south in Bavaria the ice-blue lakes amid contoured hills collide with the rugged and craggy Karwendel and Wetterstein massifs, jagged peaks that are among Germany’s highest.

The weather didn’t look very promising when I woke up that September morning on my first trip to Munich since the pandemic.

It’s late afternoon and I’m a few beers in.

Why Brno?