Each weekend we try to meet up with friends and coworkers in the area. Some joined us for the Mercedes Museum and we went to lunch afterwards. The delicious tapas place we dined at the previous weekend was an easy choice. Our plans for the rest of the day were up in the air, the Weindorf spanned two weekends and was a back up plan for the day.
There was a Beerfest going on across the city near Stuttgart Hofbrau, and we decided to take the U-Bahn over to check it out. While this was a small, local event there were people everywhere.
Stuttgart Hofbrau
A free brewery tour going on, so we of course joined in. I learned that malt, water, yeast, and barley were the only ingredients allowed in their beer. Gotta love purity laws. The tour was relatively quick with a lot of climbing up and down stairs through winding halls. You don't want to take a wrong turn in that place, you would get lost for sure.
A couple of couples!
A station outside was taking pictures, printing them on labels, and then wrapping the beer bottles with them. FOR FREE. Brilliant idea. We collected our beers and explored the tents (I got some more vanilla cinnamon almonds), before going back downtown for the Weindorf. It was about dinner time, and we were looking to grab a bite. Tom had a cheddar bratwurst at the Weindorf earlier in the week and he was hell bent on finding it that night.
By the time we arrived, the city square was overflowing with people and there were seven of us trying to navigate the area together. For two hours, we asked vendors, crept on people's food, and did loops through shops trying to find the cheddarwurst. Around 11, we finally gave up on the cause and ended up devouring a pizza and heading to a local bar.
Not too long after midnight, we got on a train for home. It was jammed with people returning home from the Beerfest! They provided fantastic entertainment for the train ride home. This weekend, we are heading to the ultimate beer festival, Oktoberfest in Munich. I cannot wait to see what transpires!
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