• Kleine Blodern Beer Hike

    When the owners of the Feine Biere shop in Treuchtlingen invited me to their hop harvest it was all the encouragement I needed to scope out a beer hike that…

    Beery Nuremberg

    Nuremberg (Nürnberg or Nuernberg in German) is the second-largest city in Bavaria and the largest city in the region known…

    Hanging Out in Freising

    Freising is a town of 50,000 people located along a main train route about 20 miles northeast of the center…

    Hidden Valley

    Hidden Valley Beer Hike Hidden Valley is one of a handful of hikes into New Mexico’s Valles Caldera National Preserve…

    Beery Cincinnati

    Beery Cincinnati is a story of a visit to a city with one of the USA’s strongest beer histories and…

    Oberallgäu Beer Hike

    This Oberallgäu beer hike takes you to the far southwestern reaches of Bavaria – well to the south and west…

    The Great Beer Garden Field Guide

    There are great beer gardens …. then there are patios and terraces where you can buy a beer and sit…

    Bike & Beers & Rock & Roll

    Bike & Beers & Rock & Roll … maybe not as exciting sounding as sex & drugs & rock &…

    A Hike to the Highest Brewery in Germany

    The hike to the highest brewery in Germany began on a crisp morning in the hamlet of Oberstdorf, a picturesque…

    The Biggest Bavarian Beer Festival You May Have Never Heard Of

    Gäubodenvolksfest is the biggest Bavarian beer festival you may have never heard of.  Named for the small region of Gäuboden…

    Inventing an Elf Seidla Steig

    “Inventing an Elf Seidla Steig” is a bit of a tongue-in-cheek bow to two thoughts.  The name “Elf Seidla Steig”…

    The Cretan Way

    Mountain, Coast, and Gorge Hiking The Cretan Way is the premier long-distance hiking route on the island of Crete.  Although…

    Beer for Cretans

    Beer for Cretans is definitely not the same thing as beer for cretins.  But most people don’t spend much time…