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Beer Festivals, Craft Beer Travel, Europe, Travel

Things to Know When Attending Starkbierfest in Munich

Thinking of planning a trip this fall to Munich to attend Oktoberfest? If it’s an authentic German festival you’re after, then I’d recommend thinking again. It’s true that Oktoberfest may be one of the world’s largest parties with over 6 million people in attendance over the 16-day event. However, how many of those people do you think are actually German? Not as many as you’d believe. Instead, consider attending Starkbierfest, Munich’s lesser-known…

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Beer Festivals, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

The Best Denver Craft Beer Festivals that AREN’T the Great American Beer Festival

Yes, the Great American Beer Festival is amazing and an event that every craft beer faithful should make a pilgrimage to at least once in their lifetime. However, it’s massively overwhelming as it attracts nearly every craft brewery from across the country. It doesn’t really provide beer tourists with a true taste of the local craft beer scene for which the Mile High City and state of Colorado is so well known….

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Beer Festivals, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Hipmunk Hotels: Craft Beer Festivals in Hot Springs Village, Biloxi, Tulsa, and More

Craft beer festivals have become synonymous with golf tournaments. It seems almost every organization hosts one to the point of oversaturation. Many cities are flooded with near weekly festivals selling tickets anywhere from $30 to well over $200 for the privilege of sipping a variety of regional craft beers – most of which locals already know and love. While the announcement of yet another festival may have lost its appeal to area…

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Beer Festivals, Charlotte, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Queen City Brewers Festival in Charlotte, North Carolina

Seriously? Another craft beer festival? Less than a year ago I was saying the same thing about craft breweries. How many is too many? It seemed like every week the Charlotte Business Journal published an article about another proposed opening. Don’t get me wrong, I like beer (just look at my belly), but was the mug about to spillover? While I’ve come to the conclusion that the craft beer market has not…

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Beer Festivals, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Raleigh Rare Beer Festival

The Craft Beer Festival Movement I kind of feel like a hippy going to Woodstock when I attend a craft beer festival.  The whole craft movement is still pretty new and the festival phenomenon is even newer with multiple popping up in almost every major metropolitan city (We have well over a dozen here in Charlotte). When I tell friends that I’m going, it’s like I’m wearing a renegade badge of honor where…

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Beer Festivals, Charlotte, Craft Beer Travel, Travel, United States

Charlotte Craft Beer Week’s Annual Cask Ale Festival at Duckworth’s

What is cask ale?  According to the web site Cask Toronto, cask ale is “beer that is brewed from traditional ingredients and matured in the cask from which it is served. This means that it is fresh and unfiltered and therefore has a unique flavor.  Cask ale is naturally conditioned as a by-product of the secondary fermentation that takes place inside the cask.  It is then served directly, without the use of…

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Beer Festivals, Craft Beer Travel, Europe, Travel

Starkbierfest, Munich – Let the Debauchery Begin

By happenstance, we stumbled into Munich for Starkbierfest – Munich’s secret beer festival First, let me start by explaining what Starkbierfest is, besides some good ole German debauchery. Starkbierfest traces its roots back to 1627 when the kind hearted Paulener Monks were looking for a way to reprieve the citizens of Munich from the pangs of hunger felt during Lenten fasting.  What better way to quench those pains than with a strong…

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