Best Breweries in Bavaria?

Andechs Monastery
Pilgrimage site plus brewery. Drink and be blessed.

Near A8, not visited by myself: Valleyer brewery incl. restaurant and tours.

Please post a report after your trip.

Below, I only mention breweries with Bräustüberl (please check the opening hours on the homepages)

(1) Near München

• Brauerei Weihenstephan in Freising
• Maierbräu in Altomünster (Bräustüberl Kapplerhof)
• Andechs (mentioned above)

(1) Along the A8 towards Salzburg

• Schlossbrauerei Stein an der Traun (north of the Chiemsees)
  
• Schloss Valley (mentioned above, near Holzkirchen)
• Brauerei Maxlrain (near Bad Aibling, south of Rosenheim, https://maxlrainer-braeustueberl.de/ )
• Brauerei Wieninger in Teisendorf (near Traunstein)
• Brauerei Karg in the Open Air Museum Auf der Glentleiten (a bit of a - beatuiful - detour into the mountains)

(2) Along the route via Garmisch (- Innsbruck)

• Klosterbrauerei Ettal (opposite the impressive baroque monastery)

(3) Along the route via Tegernsee (- Jenbach - Innsbruck)

• Bräustüberl Tegernsee
• Klosterbrauerei Reutberg (my favourite, unfortunately a little out of the way)

I was coming on here to say Andechs and Weihenstephan. Beyond that note that many little villages have their own breweries, so beer may be highly local and vary in quality from generic to surprisingly amazing.

Little gem near Füssen Neuschwanstein
20 minutes drive to Eisenberg-Speiden

https://koessel-braeu.de/

Not a big one but a good one :o))

Go to already mentioned Ettal from there 1hr scenic drive

I would suggest:
https://griesbraeu.de/en/brewery-murnau-bavaria/

Griesbräu zu Murnau
Obermarkt 37, 82418 Murnau am Staffelsee

It's in a great small Bavarian town that festivals (like most Bavarian towns will have). Please watch your drinking and driving as the Germans are not as lenient as American cops are. There is also a hotel attached so you can drink and spend the night.

Steve

Be brave….choose a town with a brewery and stop. The beer scene in Germany is the Garden of Eden. But…..visit Andechs! Food, atmosphere and great beer.

Andechs. Spend an afternoon and evening. Please stay nearby and walk/taxi to the Abby. Too many good beers to only have only one, and one is still one too many to drive.