Allgäu beer route
The Allgäuer Bierstraße runs along 30 Allgäuer brewery and inns in Bavaria / Upper Swabia and can be divided into three route sections (west, south, east).
Route
The start and end of the Allgäu Bierstraße is the city of Memmingen , often referred to as the “gateway to the Allgäu”. The western route with the stations Kronburg, Leutkirch, Dürren, Eisenharz, Isny, Meckatz, Weiler-Simmerberg and Missen runs primarily through the lakeside region of the Allgäu; the southern route with the stations Ettensberg, Sonthofen, Oberstdorf and Rettenberg through the alpine Allgäu; the east route with the stations Nesselwang, Pfronten, Eisenberg-Speiden, Schwangau, Apfeltrang, Kaltenthal-Aufkirch, Irsee, Bad Wörishofen, Katzbrui and Ottobeuren through an Allgäu characterized by castles, monasteries and palaces.
Tourist offers
Art and history: palaces, castles, imperial cities, monasteries, churches, chapels, museums. Customs and everyday culture: Brewery tours and seminars, beer day, open brewery day, brewery festival, brew evenings, full moon beer festivals, beer-cheese hikes, Maibock and strong beer tapping , brewers' New Year's Eve , slaughter festivals, farm theater, folk music , bonfires, carnival , maypole festival , cattle shed .
Places with brewing ((erei) gast) sites along the western route
- Memmingen ( Memminger Brewery and Barfüßer Pub Brewery )
- Kronburg (Schweighart brewery with Zur Krone brewery restaurant)
- Leutkirch ( Clemens Härle brewery with Mohren brewery restaurant)
- Dürren ( Edelweiss brewery Oskar Farny with the Farny-Hotel brewery, oldest brewery in the Ravensburg district )
- Kißlegg (Kißlegger cellar beer with Schlosskeller brewery restaurant)
- Isny ( Stolz brewery with Engel brewery restaurant)
- Heimenkirch -Meckatz ( Meckatzer Löwenbräu with brewery restaurant Meckatzer Braustüble)
- Weiler-Simmerberg ( Post-Brewery Weiler with brewery restaurant Zur Post)
- Simmerberg (share brewery Simmerberg with brewery restaurant Bräustatt & Taferne)
- Missen-Wilhams ( Schäffler Brewery with Schäffler Brewery Restaurant)
Places with brewing ((erei) gast) sites along the southern route
- Blaichach -Ettensberg (Klier beer)
- Sonthofen (The Hirschbräu with brewery restaurant Hirsch)
- Oberstdorf (Oberstdorf steam beer brewery)
- Kempten ( Allgäu brewery with brewery restaurant Brauereigaststätte Zum Stift )
- Rettenberg (Engelbräu and Zötler with the brewery restaurants Engel and Adler-Post and BernardiBräu)
Places with brewing ((erei) gast) sites along the east route
- Nesselwang ( Post Brewery Nesselwang with Post Brewery Restaurant )
- Pfronten (Falkenstein brewery and "Lohnsud-Gasthaus" pub Wohlfart)
- Speiden (Kössel-Bräu with brewery restaurant Maria-Hilfer brewhouse)
- Schwangau (brewery Schloss Brauhaus)
- Ruderatshofen (Kirnach-Stuben Brew Pub)
- Ruderatshofen -Apfeltrang (pub brewery Hubertus)
- Kaufbeuren ( Kaufbeuren stock brewery )
- Kaltental -Aufkirch (Kaltenthaler brewery with brewery restaurant)
- Irsee ( Irseer Klosterbräu with brewery restaurant)
- Bad Wörishofen (Alois Forster Löwenbräu with brewery restaurant)
- Katzbrui "Lohnsud-Gasthaus" Katzbrui-Mühle
- Ottobeuren (Hirsch brewery)
Explanation of terms "Lohnsud"
- Beer in the wage brewing process : inns have their house beer (often according to traditional family recipe ) brewed by breweries they trust.
map
- The beer menu - ISBN 978-3-9810301-3-6