“Beer is daily food” – Brewing beer has a long history in Germany: First brewing beer at home was the women's business such as baking bread. Later monks in the monasteries started semi-professional breweries the 11th century. The “German brewery boom” in the 13th century started in Northern Germany at the Baltic Sea and North Sea coast with the big harbors - much beer was exported to Scandinavia. The variety of the ingredients used back then was huge often resulting in a very bad quality. Since 1516, the German “purity law” dictates that there are only four ingredients which are allowed to be used in order to call the brew “beer”: water, barley, hops and yeast. How to brew the great German beers is now a well hidden secret of the brew masters. Recipes have been passed along for generations in family-run microbreweries. New technologies have been implemented to take German beer brewing to a modern industrial level, still preserving the high quality.

On a custom “Cultural German Beer Tour” you will see the whole spectrum from historic family-run microbreweries to some of the most modern German breweries, not to forget the culture and social life in the world-famous beer gardens in summer season. The variety of local beer specialties is as diversified as Germany’s regions – North and South.

Travel dates:      On request – When it fits in your calendar!

Group size:        A party of 4 people (or more) is a group – Create your own group!    

All tours are customized according to the special interest of the group members. We work out the details together with you to create an unique experience. You can learn the crafts of German beer brewing from the professional brew masters in special hands-on workshops. You can join the chef on his/her shopping tour for top-quality fresh produce at the market. You can taste fresh made beer along with seasonal local food specialties Depending on the season you can go on scenic trips to visit local farmers and food manufacturers. You can combine the “German Beer Tour” with visits of German wineries. Along the culinary part of the tour can explore the highlights of historic and modern culture, architecture, art, music, design, tradition, urban lifestyle and much more.

Contact us for your custom “German Beer Tour” – where and when you want to go, what you want to do. We organize the trip and provide you with a driver and a native German tour guide 24/7 that everyone can enjoy a fun and worry-free trip!

Cultural Beer Tours to Germany - Basic information for download (PDF)


        

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The customized “German Beer Tours” are a joint project of:

Donna Sullivan (primary contact USA)             Ute Boese (partner for Germany)           

Email: donnabsullivan@aol.com                           Email: ute_boese@cultourinaria.com

Phone: (1) 713.291.3492

 
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