| Febraury 1998 Volume
21, Issue 2 Book
Review
Title: The
Beer Drinker’s Guide to Munich.
Author: By Larry Hawthorne
Published by Freizeit Publishers 1995, 3rd
edition
Cost: $12 with the AHA.
The Beer Drinker’s
Guide to Munich is travel guide of beer gardens in and
around Munich. The book is organized as a reference to
make it easier to navigate from one beer hall to the
next. Each place described in the book is organized with
the important facts like telephone, address, map and
other pertinent facts in a familiar to examine format to
make it easier to read after that 11th Mass of
Oktoberfest bier. A description of the establishment
follows with any historical details, highlights,
facilities and other items. All of the beer halls also
have pictures or sketches related to the location.
The book also includes
tips for the beer tourist to acquaint them with local
drinking customs, drinking songs, and local festival
including Oktoberfest. There also information on the
types of beer available for those note accustom to
drinking german biers like Alt. Kolsch, and Doppelbocks.
Definitely a must have if
your headed to Munich, IMHO. I just wished I had the book
when I was there last in 1992.
Highlights:
Each place is
rated Scale of 2 ½ - 5 beer mugs (Mass)
A map of the
establishment with directions from various
forms of transportation are easily seen.
The facts are
laid out nicely for quick reference like the
address, telephone number, times, and the
number of tables. Nice and large on the front
of the section so you can’t miss it.
The Lists
section at the back of the book organizes the
places by various criteria to make it easy to
follow. For example, there’s a list of
the biggest, the cheapest, best with kids,
under 30 crowd, etc. In all about a dozen
lists to help you organize your trip.
Information on
Oktoberfest including a map of the tents.
Etiquette for
beer visitors.
A note section
at the back of the book to keep track of your
own impressions.
Glossary of
german terms helpful for identification
Notes:
Sturdy paper back. All
black and white illustrations. Nice area in the back
for notes. Munich bus and Underground map on the back
cover.
Organization of
book:
pages: 203
Table of Contents
Introduction
Getting around with
MVV
Beer Drinker’s
Etiquette
Beer
47 regions to visit
like Englischer Garten and Hofbrauhaus and 70+ beer
gardens (pg 26-152)
Day trips (5 regions
outside Munich)
After Hours
Oktoberfest and other
keg parties
Beer Songs
Lists
Glossary
Index.
Note pages.
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