5 Places Beer Lovers Must Travel at Least Once in a Lifetime

With summer around the corner, people can’t help but prepare for the beach days. From sports by the shore to mouth-watering sea-food, summer vacations bring it all. All you need is a glass of beer to transform the day into an amazing one. As the summer season approaches, the beer sales experience a sudden surge. From pale ales to frothy witbiers, you can fetch them all at reasonable prices. If you’re a true brew lover, you might want to explore the astonishing beer cities all over the world. To ease out your dilemma, here’s a list of the best cities offering authentic brews and top-notch beers.

Explore The Beer Capital i.e. Munich, Germany

This German capital offers the best water with barley and hops. For all the beer lovers out there, Munich is the city to explore. With the Oktoberfest hosting some of the best German beers of all times, you can fulfil your beer desires in one go. This drinking festival originated as a wedding party back in the 19th century. Also, the festival takes place for over two to three weeks with a crowd of around six million in total. Not just the festival, the city is also home to the biggest beer garden all over the globe. Duke of Bavaria even founded a brewery, Hofbrauhaus, in the 1500s for producing the traditional Munich beer. Brands like Erdinger and Paulaner pioneer their ecstatic beers from other German breweries and are popular among visitors.

When in Munich, you must taste the beer of some exclusive places offering some authentic brew. Places like Augustiner Keller and Hofbräuhaus are known for their beer halls and luxurious indoor seating. Another brewery in Munich, Schneider Weisse is quite famous for its wood-panelled walls and sepia photos.

Irish Guinness Brewery at Dublin

Amongst the brewery world, Irish beer occupies an ecstatic and top-notch position. These beers are incredibly creamy and dark. Dublin never fails to satiate the true brew lovers with its world-famous Guinness Brewery. Also, you get to hear the story of the stout’s voyage across the globe. There are certain variations of stouts available in this city. Some varieties like milk, dry and imperial stouts are highly sought after. Apart from the dark fermented brews, you can also try Kilkenny or Caffrey’s premium beers.

While on a beer exploration on your adventure motorcycle, try the oldest pub in the city i.e. The Porterhouse. Situated on the busy oxford streets in the heart of Surry Hills, this pub is surely one of its kind. The place offers one of the best beer pints in the town. Irish pubs are also quite popular for Heineken’s 160 years old beers. Having to spend such a huge duration of time in the corks, these beers are crisp, pale and clean. What’s even better is that these beers contain lots of roasted malts and dark chocolate.

Astonishing Beer Culture Of Bruges, Belgium

Belgium is quite popular for it’s dark yet creamy chocolates as well as astounding beer culture. If you’re fond of chocolates as well as a brewery, then you must explore the Venice-like city this summer. With ecstatic cathedrals and fine chocolates, the city of Bruges is truly a delight for visitors. This place inhabits around 400 varieties of Belgian Beers. Also, the pubs here are truly authentic and serve pure waters coupled up with barley. From the old De Gouden Boom Brewery Museum to the luxurious Café Vlissinghe, you must try every famous beer destination. Along with the premium quality beers, the city also holds historical fame related breweries. Ancient beer pubs date back to the early 1400s and are popular still now.

Along with the ancient pubs, Bruges also has one of the seven Trappist breweries featuring the true brews by monks. From fruity krieks to dark yet creamy stouts, Belgium holds a diverse range of beers. One of the most popular beers known as Lambic originates from the Belgian premises. They are usually pale in color and taste like dry, vinous and cidery brews. Get your hands on the famous Lambic as well as Belgian stouts right away.

Luxurious Beer Pubs Of Sheffield, England

Before heading out on a European trip, make sure to list down a few places with top-notch breweries. One such city is Sheffield, England, home to never-ending pints of barley and hop waters. Kelham Island is the right place where you can find the most versatile breweries of all time. However, creamy ales are the hallmark of this European gem of the beer culture. Pubs like The Beer Engine and The Sheffield Tap are the most sought after ones with dark ales and pina Coladas. Along with this, the ambiance is quite romantic with candle lights and soft lanterns here and there. Explore the Ale Capital of the globe and taste the warm, fruity and full-bodied essence of this drink.

Pleasant Weather & Beers of San Diego, USA

Popular for its warm yet cozy weather, San Diego is one of the American Beer Capitals. With the number of breweries in the dozens with the city limits and over 150 in San Diego County, the city has a huge selection of locally brewed beer and some of the best IPAs all over the globe. Amongst these, the Ballast Point Sculpin, Modern Times Monsters’ Park and Ale Smith Speedway Stout are the popular ones. You can walk down to the Stone Brewery, Hamilton’s Tavern as well as Toronado.

Final Verdict

For all the true brew lovers out there, summer is the best time to fulfil your beer desires. You can make the most of your vacations with a trip hovering around the top beer destinations all over the globe. Start with the beer capital of Germany i.e. Munich and taste the authentic beers. The European city of Sheffield offers the best ales of all time. However, if you fancy a warm glass of IPA, then you might want to explore the American city of San Diego. Embark upon the beer tour with your closest friends and make memories for a lifetime.

Special Thanks to Heidi Jones for contributing this Great Beer Now guest post!