Biergarten
Facts, tips and ideas about Biergarten — and how to find people for it.
Did you know?
People have gathered around fire to eat since the dawn of time — at the grill you're basically doing what your ancestors did.
Munich's beer gardens emerged in the early 19th century — brewers cooled their barrels in cellars dug into the earth beneath chestnut trees, whose shade held off the summer heat. The practical storage site got its seating on top.
Source: Wikipedia
Good to know
In a beer garden you sit where there's room. That's why it works with strangers too.
Tip
In a traditional Bavarian beer garden you may bring your own food — the drinks come from the host. That doesn't apply in restaurant gardens with table service; a glance at the sign at the entrance settles it.
Break the ice
“Which beer garden is your “always glad to go back” — and what do you like talking about there most?”
Right now
Beer garden season is open. Everything tastes better under chestnut trees.
Beer garden weather at last. The first evening outside tastes best.
Not every line here is sourced. Where a source is named you can read it up; the rest is collected knowledge.