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“In the old days, beer in Bavaria was called liquid bread” – Bobby visits a beer garden in Munich

Bobby Kerr took a trip to the Augustiner-Keller beer garden as part of the Down to Business German Special

As part of this week’s Down to Business German Special, Bobby paid a visit to a uniquely German business – a traditional, open-air beer garden in Munich.

The beer garden at Augustiner-Keller opened in 1812, so there’s a lot of history behind this business. Bobby had a chat with manager Christian Vogler, and of course had a taste of the beer itself.

Christian explained how they operate a huge beer garden, with 6,000 seats – 1,200 with service and the rest with self service. There are 150 employees.

“In the old days, beer in Bavaria was called liquid bread,” he explained. “Only in Bavaria could you have beer for lunch – which is not allowed anymore!”

Christian went into the processes that were developed to keep beer fresh over the hot summer season – leading to the building of cellars under the ground to store the beer made during the winter.

You might think 6,000 seats seems like a lot – but Christian explained that even with that many seats they can end up packed out.

“The best day ever we sold 60,000 pints in one day,” he told Bobby. “That was the Champions League final between Bayern Munich and Chelsea in Munich. At 12pm midday we closed the gate because the beer garden was packed.”

You can listen back to more from Bobby’s visit to Augustiner-Keller below:

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