Brewing beer has a long history in Germany: Starting at homes as an every day food item like bread, in the 11th century monks began cultivating monastery breweries in Germany. There was a "German Brewery Boom" in the 13th century in Northern Germany when much beer was exported to Scandinavia being shipped out of the Baltic Sea and North Sea harbors. Sine 1516, the "German Purity Law" dictates that only four ingredients are allowed to brew BEER: barley (and wheat), hops, water and yeast.

TGAC offers special custom Cultural Beer Tours to Germany for those of you, who love to taste and drink German beer - and to watch the making at local authentic breweries, brewpubs, beer gardens... We travel in small exclusive groups of 4-6 or 10-16 people. You get a group together of people you always wanted to go on a individual beer tour with, and we lay-out a special tour just for you and your friends. You determine the travel date, the destinations, the budget...

Especially for home brewers we can arrange German Beer Tours including hands-on brewing seminars in real-life traditional German breweries where you can learn from professional brewmasters and share your knowledge and experience...

Contact us and we work it out with you - step by step!

General information on German Beer Crawls (PDF)

This Summer Beer Tour took a party of 11 friends of German Beer and German Culture on a tailor-made trip to Bavaria, Thuringia and Saxony, including the Annafest in Forchheim.

Impressions from the 2011 Beer Tour in Germany (flickr link)

"Cultural Beer Tour to Germany - Go East" Example:
This tour starts and ends in one of the most inspiring cities of the world, Berlin! Located in the middle of the former GDR, Berlin is the perfect initial point to explore German breweries and brewpubs in East Germany. The variety of local beer specialties is as diversified as the landscapes, cities, town and villages you will cross. You will see the whole array of contrasts from historic microbreweries to some of the most modern German breweries. Brewing beer has a long tradition and history in the Eastern part of Germany: Weissbier and Schwarzbier are originated in Thuringia (17th century), the German brewery boom originally started in the 13th century in Northern Germany for export to Scandinavia... Have a look yourself, travel with us in small exclusive groups with your friends - Go East.