Beer Gardens – Craft Beer Microbrewery Basking in the Sun and Taking On Some Shade

 

When you think of the word beer garden does not seem to fit next to it. Sure hops are grown, same with barley, and rice but those ingredients are not grown on farms gardens. Nevertheless beer gardens are real things and they are beginning to catch a buzz around the states.

A beer garden is a large outdoor setting that’s shaded by trees, the ground is not gravel road, and the seats are not communal benches chairs. People come to a beer garden to enjoy beer, food, eachothers company, and the good ole outdoors. Rare that one sees this in the states since most establishments only offer a patio or terrace with tables and chairs. Communal seating? Does not sound very American does it? That’s because beer gardens actually originated in Bavaria, Germany.

In the 19th century beer gardens began to spring up in Germany. King Ludwig I (King Louis I) ruled as did the dark warehouse.

These storage facility needed to be brewed in the winter since it had to be brewed at 4 and 8 degrees Celsius. In the summer these beers would be served but needed to remain cold as well. The breweries cellars dug into the banks of the River Isar, in order to store the beer, these cellars covered with gravel for insulation, and finally planted chestnut trees So the leaves would shade the beer.

Since all of the large breweries were doing this and people still wanted to drink beer, these areas were quickly becoming hot spots for the people of large cities such as Munich. With gravel at your feet and shaded chestnut tress over your head name the beer garden or beer garden quickly took it’s roots in the culture Deutsch.

Smaller breweries existed quietly in Munich at the time and were feeling the loss of patronage from the citizens of Munich and decided to petition King Ludwig I to forbid the selling of food at these establishments.

While the king granted this the larger breweries allowed customers to bring their own food. It was quite a battle over patrons, one that would rival America’s gas wars in the 1980′s. Later the decree that no food would be served but was removed according to the Bavarian beer garden Regulation (beer garden decree) in Germany are quietly allowed patrons to bring their own food to the gardens.

Beer gardens while popular in Germany have only just started to take their roots in America. The oldest garden in the United States is Bohemian Hall, New York. Serving traditional sausages and Deutsch fare and beer. While they do serve a lot of craft beer, they do serve some microbreweries, beer drinking and the community of New York is brought to together every weekend at Bohemian Hall.

Stone Brewing has opened Stone World Bistro and Beer Garden in Escondido, California. This establishment is completely opposite to Bohemian Hall. The establishment is beyond beautiful and very lavish with leather and oak all over. Offering 120 bottles of craft beer on tap and 33 microbreweries. That’s a lot of beer. Not one beer offered is a light lager (brewed fizzy and macro), the only beer offered is exceptional craft beer microbrewery.

The food at

World Bistro is considered top notch for the United States. Nothing but organic and locally raised graces their menu. They take absolute pride in showcasing what they serve steaks, pork, greens, and deserts that not only look fantastic but deliver on flavor, just like Stone’s Beer

.

Beer gardens are appearing all over the United States. These are just two examples of beer gardens you can visit on either the east or west coast. Google the nearest garden near you and see what pops up Remember though, in order to be considered a beer garden it must be communal seating, outdoors, and shaded by trees. With more and more microbreweries becoming main stream year after year, establishments expect to add gardens and beer gardens, as establishments to open up Head to the garden, have a pint and laugh with some friends and truly take part in a tradition that has spanned over 100 years.

 

Sun and Shade

Image by Candie_N

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