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München
BEER GARDENS
A regulation passed anno 1539 forbade the brewing of beer between 23
April and 29 September due to the high risk involved. But it’s
precisely then that Bavarians are thirstier than ever. In order to
circumvent the regulation, brewers created the stronger and therefore
less perishable ‘March Beer’. But even this demanded a cool storage
place. There was no artificial refrigeration at that time, so the
barrels had to be buried in the ground. This succeeded only partially,
since Munich’s groundwater level is very high. Therefore chestnut
trees were planted to provide more shade. These grow quickly, and their
large leaves keep a lot of sunshine out. Thus began the beer garden. Not
until 1725 were cellars for stocking beer barrels dug to the north-west
of today’s Hauptbahnhof area, also near Gasteig.
Beer gardens worthy of that name, by the way, allow customers to
bring their own food. They then merely charge for the use of cutlery.
The beer garden season starts in May and ends with the Oktoberfest.
However, on warm and sunny weekends, many of them open their doors even
outside that period.
Altmeister
Sondermeierstrasse 1 (in the English Garden)
Daily 10am-midnight.
Has wonderfully shady trees.
Chinesischer Turm
Englischer Garten 3
Tel. 3 83 87 30
Daily 11am-midnight.
Often cited in poetry and song. Brass bands play on Sundays.
Hirschgarten
Hirschgartenallee 1
Tel. 17 25 91
Daily 11am-midnight.
Bavaria’s largest beer garden, with 8,000 seats. Situated in
Neuhausen, right next to a deer-enclosure.
Taxisgarten
Taxisstrasse 12
Daily: noon-11pm
Another Neuhausen beer garden. Small, but renowned for succulent
spare ribs.
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