A multi-day hike below Germany’s Highest Peak The train slowed and finally lurched to a late afternoon halt in Mittenwald, a small town between huge mountain peaks on the German-Austrian…

Munich Bier Obskura is the story of my explorations searching out obscure beers of Munich.  There are a bunch.  These…

Bad Staffelstein Brewery Hiking offers multiple route possibilities through a beautiful landscape.  The small town of Bad Staffelstein (pop. 10,000)…

This summer included several weeks living in Munich on a catsitting assignment – a perfect setup to pursue Isar Biergarten…

My upbringing includes fond memories of my mother hanging an advent calendar to commence a treat-filled countdown to Christmas Day…

Salzburg beer walks of some kind have certainly been going on for more than 600 years and it’s an activity…

This Maxlrain beer loop travels to a tiny hamlet in the Mangfall River Valley of Oberbayern (Upper Bavaria).  Maxlrain is…

Wooly Pig Farm Brewery?  “Pig” and “farm” are words that go together nicely, but “wooly” and “pig”?  Or how about…

A late summer bloom in the Southern Rockies is always a great setting for an enjoyable beer hike.  Wildflowers bloom…

Bear Wallow Loop to the Chile Line features a hike in the Sangre de Cristo mountains near Santa Fe, New…

A hike and some beers in Bozeman fit just fine on a hot summer day.  Bozeman is another of those…

Hikes and beers in Kalispell will take you to far, northwest Montana.  It would be fair to call it “almost…

What I am calling the Long-Burro Loop Beer Hike is a pleasant loop in Frijoles Canyon of the Bandelier National…