Munich Food & Beer Tour

I'm not acquainted with any tour, per se, but I'm sure there must be some. Google it.

It would not be too difficult to put one together yourself.

The first place I would suggest is Weihenstephen, in Freising (near the airport). Weihenstephan is the world's oldest brewery. They do have tours/tasting. Weihenstephen is not a true "Munich" brewery. There are six official Munich breweries, the only ones allowed to serve beer at Oktoberfest. They are,

Löwenbräu,
Hofbräuhaus,
Augustinerbräu,
Paulaner,
Hacker-Pschorr, and
Spaten

I once tried to plan exactly what you are planning. I found that most, but not all, of the official Munich breweries have tours. Most have biergartens in Munich, and you can taste their beers there.

Another nearby-but-not-in-Munich brewery would be Erdinger. Five years ago, in Freilassing, I had a beer I really liked. It was called Wieninger. They have tours/tasting at their brewery in Tiesendorf, near Salzburg. Or, you can just taste their beer at the Biergarten in Freilassing, near the Bahnhof.

Munich Walk and Radius Tours, both recommended in Rick's Germany book, each have this type of tour, with one version by Munich Walk including a visit to the Paulaner brewery. But I expect you could visit the same places on your own. One of the lovely things about Munich's casual beer halls is the way you can just walk in, take any table, and order as much or as little as you like. The Viktualienmarkt is also a great place to browse for lunch.

How many brewery tours do you need to take? Most German breweries seem to have tours for a price, with one glass of beer included, so there is no price advantage to taking the tour. It would probably be less expensive to just buy the beer at a biergarten.

As for food, to quote Otto von Bismarck, no one should see how sausages (or laws) are made.

ramblerblue022,

i didnt take any tours, i just let my eyes and curiosity choose for me.

I dont drink, so i cant help there.

If you can find any farmers type markets, try some of the food there too.

happy trails.

My husband and I were in Munich last year, and we did the Munich Walk Beer & Brewery tour. http://www.munichwalktours.de/en/beer-brewery-tour/

While I'm sure we could have explored the breweries on our own, we've found doing these types of tours when we go to new cities a lot of fun. I always schedule these on the first day or so of our vacation. I find they sometimes lead to meeting some nice people that we've hung around with while on the trip, and it's a good way to get your bearings in a new city sometimes.

The tour guide we had on this particular tour was fantastic. She gave a lot of good information. We got a very intimate and up close tour of the beer making facilities on one of the stops, which we never could have had access to if we would have gone on our own.

The only downside of the tour was that the last stop is the Hofbrauhaus, which is actually my least favorite brewery in Munich. While you really have to go in while there and see the spectacle, it's loud, crowded, and the service is really not great. I much prefer the other smaller and less touristy breweries.

Have fun!

A food tour does not usually take you to a factory or butcher where they are making sausages. They take you to restaurants for tastings of regional specialties, or historic pubs/restaurants/etc. and tell you the history of the location or the specialty.

Food tours are great ways to learn about a city from a completely different angle and can be lots of fun.