Hofbräuhaus München

This guide to Munich's Hofbrauhaus starts in May 1632, when a Swedish army camped outside the city walls and negotiators inside argued over the price of sparing it, a price that reportedly included the brewery's own beer. It traces the brewhouse back to 1589, when Duke Wilhelm the Fifth built it so the Bavarian court would stop paying for imported beer. You'll hear what the Swedes demanded before a deal was struck. Look for the locked cabinets along the walls where regulars still keep personal steins passed down through generations.