Munich Beer Tour: Local breweries & schnapps

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Duration3h–4h

GroupUp to 15

LanguagesEN

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Why do locals drink where tourists don't?

You arrive at Marienplatz, play a German drinking game, then visit three historic beerhalls — one near the cathedral, one beloved by locals, one in the craft beer neighborhood — sampling six Bavarian beers and four schnapps with traditional food at each stop. A local guide handles the route and the stories; you finish by late afternoon, sober enough to remember it, early enough to avoid the hangover.

3h–4h

Step-by-step itinerary

Munich beer and schnapps tasting tour

Start at Marienplatz square
Play German drinking game
Visit historic beerhall for pub fare
Drink award-winning beers and schnapps
Go to local bar with backstory
Learn brewery history
Enjoy light fare, beer, schnapps, and extras
Visit centuries-old beerhall near cathedral
Drink unique Bavarian beers by monks
Have final schnapps of the tour
Stroll through trendy craft beer neighborhood

The Experience

You step off the U-Bahn onto Marienplatz and the square is already full — the Gothic spire of the Neues Rathaus rises above the crowd, and your guide is waiting with a grin and a German drinking game to start with. This isn't a tour of the beer halls tourists photograph. Your group stays small, maybe eight people max, and the stops are places locals actually drink — a centuries-old beerhall near the cathedral where Benedictine monks still brew, a neighborhood bar with a story nobody tells in English, the kind of place where the bartender knows the regulars by name. You'll taste six 500ml Bavarian beers across the afternoon, each one from a brewery that doesn't show up in the guidebooks, and four schnapps that range from traditional to "what exactly is this" — the kind of thing that makes sense only when someone who lives here is pouring it.

The pace is deliberate. You're not rushing between stops or checking off a list. At each beerhall you sit, you eat — traditional Bavarian food, snacks, something sweet at the end — and you drink with people who've been coming to that same table for years. Your guide talks about Munich's beer scene, the history of the breweries, why the drinking culture here is different from what you'd find in Berlin or Cologne. It's the kind of knowledge that only comes from living somewhere, not from reading about it. And yeah, the warning is real: this is a serious drinking tour, which is exactly why it happens during the day. You finish by late afternoon, before the evening crowd arrives, before you're actually drunk, before the hangover sets in. You walk through the trendiest beer neighborhood on your way out, see what the craft beer uprising looks like in Munich, and you're done.

The whole thing takes the better part of a day, but you're not losing your vacation to it. You're not nursing a headache the next morning. You're supporting a local Munich tour company — the only one running an advanced beer tour like this — and you're drinking what Bavarians actually drink, not what's been packaged for tourists. By the time you leave, you won't look at Bavarian beer and schnapps the same way again, and you'll know three or four bars you'd actually want to come back to.

What’s included

Your day includes six 500ml Bavarian beers from local breweries, four German schnapps, traditional Bavarian food and snacks at each stop, a dessert, a professional local guide, and a small-group experience with a personalized touch. The tour visits Marienplatz, Viktualienmarkt, and beerhalls near the cathedral and in Munich's craft beer neighborhood, with public transportation options available to reach each location.

Good to know

Moderate physical levelWheelchair accessibleAccessible transportStroller friendlyPets welcomePublic transport nearbyNot for pregnant travelers

Operated by BlackBook Tours

Is this one for you?Right for anyone who wants to taste what locals actually drink without losing the next day to a hangover — the daytime schedule is what makes the whole thing work, and the small group means you're not herded through tourist traps.