Thanks for sharing! Some classics, along with some new (mainly food) places for my next visits.

Since @brewedculture.org paged me, here's my guide to Munich. I'm sure you'll find a few things to keep you occupied :-)

And as @patto1ro.bsky.social mentioned, the Ayinger Wirtshaus across from the HB-Haus is a decent 2nd-best if you can't get out to Aying.

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Doesn't have to be a beer hall. It can be a simple Wirtshaus. Music just isn't really part of the aural atmosphere, regardless of the size of a place. Come to think of it, I don't recall hearing much music in Belgian beer cafes, either. One obvs exception: classical music at Kulminator in Antwerp.

It's interesting how important music in a taproom is to so many North Americans, regardless of the genre. You don't often see this in Central Europe -- or "hear" this, as it were. The soundtrack is usually just the people, unless an oompah band is playing in a beer garden or as part of a beer fest.

Looks great! Love the labels, too!

Still a few weeks left before all the autumn leaves are gone! A few places on the Nussberg open on weekends through October if the sky's blue.

Great hanging with you this weekend, Jack! Wonderful tour of the city's diverse and surprisingly rich pub culture. 🍻

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For clarification: they lifted your guide and used it as their own for pitching to their own online publications? ...

If that's the case, sorry to hear it. Not good.

Just had discussions during this opening week of classes re: generative AI and the threat it poses to critical thinking.

Nice! I read your book over the summer and thoroughly enjoyed it.

This is really cool! Worth noting: Pundits have been predicting the "rise" of saké in North America for a good decade and change. Hopefully we'll finally see a breakthrough — and wider distro so that I can actually drink some fresh saké here in OK.

All the more for me! Jacob's Weissbier is tops. 🍻

Tegestology. You learn something new every day. Where I grew up (Vancouver) we called the things we put under coffee cups and glasses "coasters" (and still do). Since I've been into beer (early 1990s) I've always called the cardboard things "beer mats" (and sometimes beer coasters).

This is great!

Just don't use generative AI. Period. (Among other things, the environment will thank you.) Side note: I'm not a Luddite. 🍻

I am.

I hasten to add that @beervana.bsky.social 's piece is a fun read! It's intended less, I think, as a commentary on how we do history than it is a commentary on how layers of myth and legend sometimes obscure the "actual" story.

We've got two pawpaw trees in our backyard. The wildlife around here tends to get the pick up the crop. But occasionally we have a few left over for us.