The Samuel Adams Hopfenpflucken Adventure
Jim Koch has traveled to Bavaria each hop harvest for the last quarter century to personally hand-select the best noble Hallertau Mittelfrueh hops for Samuel Adams Boston Lager. This year, Samuel Adams (in conjunction with high-end travel agency, Abercrombie & Kent) is offering craft beer lovers the ultimate Bavarian experience -“The Samuel Adams Hopfenpflucken Adventure.”
From July 31st till August 6th 2009, lager lovers will get to experience a true beer adventure that includes:
- Visit ancient hop fields of Stanglmair Farms, led by owner and a Sam Adams Brew Master
- Special tasting of Sam Adams beers in those same hop fields
- Dine at Augustiner Keller, one of Munich’s most famous biergartens
- Visit the Schlenkerla Brewery Tavern in Bamburg, makers of traditional smoked beer
- Dine at Weinhenstephan Brewery, the world’s oldest brewery
- Tour the world-famous Weyermann Specialty Malting Company
- Check out the BMW Museum
- Travel by cable car to the top of Germany’s highest mountain - Zugspitze
At around $3,000 a person you’re getting a week’s vacation in the Heaven of Beers. Not a bad price to pay for this amazing experience. Check out the Abercrombie & Kent site for all the details.
via beertaptv.com
