• Experience Starkbierzeit in Bavaria: Beer Culture and Celebrations

    March in Bavaria marks the return of the Doppelbock—rich, dark beers designed by monks to “soothe the soul” during Lent. Discover the difference between Starkbierzeit and Oktoberfest. Journey to the…

    Sip, Cycle, and Repeat: Bicycling for Beers in West Flanders

    There is no better way to experience Ypres and the surrounding countryside of West Flanders than by bicycling for beers…

    Cross-border Beer Hike

    A Cross-border Beer Hike from the Bavarian Forest into Czechia wasn’t much of an option back in the Cold War…

    A Tale of Two Cities – A Beery Visit to Cologne and Dusseldorf

    A Tale of Two Cities is my story of a recent beery visit to Cologne and Dusseldorf. For this trip…

    Beery Regensburg

    Beery Regensburg – that isn’t the first thing that will come to most people’s minds when thinking about Bavaria’s fourth…

    A Naabtal Beer Hike into Regensburg

    My Naabtal Beer Hike started with meeting Rich, the Beerwanderer coming off a morning train from Munich. We had timed…

    A Beer Hike in the Labertal

    The Labertal is a place that had not been on my radar screen until this year. I didn’t know anything…

    Festbier

    … in case you are curious Festbier is the style of beer that you’ll be drinking the next time you…

    Festbier vs Oktoberfest

    Abilene Paradox

    Sounds Good To Me The “Abilene Paradox” is a phrase that should at least stir some cobwebs if, like me…

    Back in New Mexico

    It feels good to be back in New Mexico … back hiking the local trails … back biking the local…

    America’s Wurstfest

    It’s America’s Wurstfest — not worst fest. Early November in New Braunfels, Texas means that it is time for one…

    Boggy Beer Hiking and the Murnau Moos

    Sometimes hiking in the rain is inevitable and on this summer day, it resulted in some wet, boggy beer hiking…

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    Cerro Grande Spring

    Cerro Grande is a high peak on the eastern flank of the Jemez Mountains in north-central New Mexico. At 10,207…