Friday beer garden

The Munich Friday Beer Garden group

Every week one of Munich's beer gardens is nominated as a meeting point for anyone to come along. Many English-speaking people meet there for social purposes. Anyone can use this information to meet their friends. You do not have to know anyone there. You do not need to book or reserve a place. Just come along if you feel like it. Cheers!

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A bunch of us are headed toward the Augustinerkeller Beergarten this Friday (23rd)

If you want to join us for a cool beer and chat to some new faces and some familiar ones, just come along.
I'll be there from 5:30pm on the self-service (long tables) near the trees about 8 rows in from the side gate. (Zirkus Kronestr.)

I'll put some balloons up so you can find us even if you dont know anybody. We'll have a bunch of tables. So the more the merrier! You don't need to book!

Take care.

Ian
0172 8227752

Friday 23rd from 5:30pm. Augustinerkeller is in Arnulfstr. 52. S-Bahn Hackerbrucke is nearby

that sounds fabulous. I will be there. In fact, I have off on Friday so maybe I will be there a bit early

I may try to pop along too

This is one of my favourite beergardens and easy to get to...I'll be there...looking for balloons...

I'll going and so is my wife.

weather looks good for Friday

Augustinerkellar was the first Biergarten I went to the first time I was in Munich 16 years ago.

I'll be there !

If I can summon the energy I'd like to come along

(this bloody Munich weather is above my operating temperature range, so it's all I can do to go to work and read TT all day).

I suffer from that, but it's got buggerall to do with the weather

might pop along and bring SaladTosser with me...should be there by 6.45 ish

For our regular Friday beer garden this week we are going to the Hofbräukeller at Wienerplatz.

If you want to join us for a cool beer and chat to some new faces and some familiar ones, just come along.
Ian will be there from about 6pm an I will be there form just after 7pm.

Since Germany are playing Argentina at 5pm we have chosen a beer garden with a big screen so you can turn up and watch the match first then join the rest later in a different part of the beergarden. Be warned that in order to get a seat near the screen you will have to turn up early.

Ian will bring some red balloons so you can find us even if you dont know anybody. We'll have a bunch of tables. So the more the merrier! You don't need to book!

Take care.

Gwyn
01733510658

Ian
0172 8227752

Friday 30th from 6pm. Hofbräukeller is am Wienerplatz. U-Bahn Max-Weber-Platz

Just a heads up that last time there was a Germany game, they place was completely packed hours before kick-off. In fact they "closed" the gates...nobody was able to come in once they reached capacity.

I doubt that at the time you scheduled that you have a chance of even finding one seat available. Germany is playing from five to seven. Last game I was there watching the game and you need to arrive by three to find a seat. Good luck, but I would suggest moving it to Saturday or move the time up or back.

Agreed; don't wish to poke the proverbial oar in, but a meeting at 6pm anywhere in a Munich beergarden on Friday, unless it is raining, will not necessarily be conducive to meeting new people, unless you don't mind a few thousand Germans!

Saturday is also football, England and later Brazil, so probably the same story, if perhaps to a lesser extent.

If you wish to avoid any form of crowd, Sunday would be the safest bet.

We did think about the various options before the location was chosen. I know that Hofbräukeller was busy last time Germany played, however taking into account the weather forecast I concluded that enough people will shy away from watching the football at a beergarden to allow us to get a seat.
We have chosen a place with an indoor option, how full it will be inside if it rains is another question.
We will be sitting outside drinking beer tonight at the Hofbräukeller, unless we can't get in or it is raining hard.
I can only suggest that if you want to meet up and have a laugh with us Friday beergardening lads and ladesses, take your mobile and give us a call if one of your gloomy predictions comes true.

Rumor has it the Cafe Haidhausen, across the street from Hofbraeukeller, has no TV's and has proclaimed itself a "football free zone." You can muster there when you run afoul of the gates at the HB Keller.

The weather forecast would have to call for a 100% chance of deluge (Plattregen) to keep the Muenchners out of the beer gardens tonight. As of now, there is absolutely no rain forecast.

It's not really a gloomy prediction, it's an acceptance of reality. I was at the Hofbräukeller for the Germany v Poland game. It wasn't just busy, it was absolutely jam packed. The gates were closed before the game kicked off, full capacity. Dozens were turned away. Granted they opened them after the match started but at that stage you could forget getting a table or a place to see the screen from. Yes, I agree with you that the weather looks dodgy but this is Germany against Argentina and therefore one of the most crucial games of the tournament. My managing director is wearing a Germany tricot and he doesn't even follow football. Even the Indians are getting excited about the thing and they're still trying to adapt to the general weather conditions.

Good luck anyway, hope you get a decent spot somewhere.

If the gates are closed I'll go inside and get a table or two there. If they are open I'll try to get some space away from the football so anyone can join me afterwards. (To celebrate or whatever!)

@CitizenSmith

I just happened to be walking my dog past the Hofbraukeller about 30 minutes ago, and there were alreadyallot of people staking out places to sit. I imagine that by 3:00 p.m., the place will be virtually full.

Quite a few other places in the area to try, but I'd recommend you go early and grab a table.

Mate, if you are still talking about around 6pm I really think you are being overly optimistic. The posts being made don't really reflect an understanding of how big this thing is. For your sake I hope I'm wrong.

Take the Muffathalle beer garden for the last German game. I arrived two hours before kick-off and the place was full. We were absolutely blessed to walk in just as one table half-cleared and grabbed some space. If you don't have a reservation somewhere I'd strongly suggest you go now.

There aren't really any tables in the Hofbraukeller that are away from the football either. We were sitting way at the back and still had a semi-decent view of the screen. Also, Sausalitos at the back have a screen that is showing it as well.

I can add that nockherberg (spelling?) is already quite full, people from me office are there and just sent in an sms saying the place is packed!

ian is very determined keydeck. if they want to do a beer meet-up tdoay @ that pub, then we should wish them luck.
my suggestion, go to football free zone. even if you went to hofbraukeller now, no one will let you, one person, reserve a large table or two. not today, not now. we had a hard time keeping our table free last weekend at chinese tower!

loewenbraeukeller at stiglmeierplatz is football free.

Even if we have to cross the road to Cafe Wienerplatz/Haidhausen, I'm sure we'll find some beer.

It is?? I watched Argentina vs. Mexico there.

@planetmoni: I've heard they've put up a screen and so it's not football-free anymore.

Apparently they saw the error of their ways.

As far as I know it has a screen outside but nothing inside. We noticed that last week.

Does anybody actually like Löwenbräu - it´s the worst beer I´ve ever tasted in Germany!

*Waits for mails to come raining down*

Why yes I do...quite a bit. But then again I like cold beer and Corona too, so apparently I am complete beer trash.

Oh and to top it off, I hate Augustiner Beer...has a horrible after-taste and I always get a headache.

Now my GERMAN husband also agrees with all of the above...except for the beer trash part.

Hi

What's the conclusion - will you meet at the Hofbräukeller Biergarten? Worth a try I think!

A couple of us are meeting at Paulaner am Nockherberg at 4:50pm, by the fountain. Huge beergarden + huge beerhall, both with cinemascope screens.

G'luck with that

exactly, football free

You might try Hirschau near to Seehaus. they did not have a screen outside only inside and will probably be almost empty.

I watched Germany vs. Sweden at the Hirschau. They have one big screen.

Wasn't as packed as Seehaus or Chinese Tower, though. Here's a photo.

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A bit late, but when was that screen in the Hirschau put up?!

Was there for the very exiting England Paraguay match; maybe they realised after that that the screen was a must?!

@ CS

Where did you end up finally as a matter of interest? Did you see the match?

Anyone want to join us in a beergarden this Friday?

Oh I see both Darkknight and Tequila and Tracht have beaten me to it!

Ah well, if you cant beat 'em...

So, this Friday (7th) from 5.30-6pm. (Or earlier for Darkknight and later for Tracht and whassname.) Come along for a cool beer and a chat.

Ian
0172 8227752

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well since DK and T&T have merged why don't you just merge into them?

this is gonna be a messy one

That's what your mom said.

I will not lower myself to your level

Ah, but she never said that.

Yes that is just what I'm hoping to do. Merge. . And drink, of course. And then merge and drink at the same time.

Lets hope I can find someone from the other lot. How will I recognise them?

How will you recognize us? Just look for these two. They can't ever seem to keep their hands off each other.

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See what I mean?

BTW i have hair now

It's a tracht evening. Whaddaya reckon?

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Would love to come, but am off to the Goodwood Festival of Speed, bugger...

Now all this heat is ridiculous!

So I'll be sitting there, sipping the beer from a frosted mass glass. Relaxin' at the Seehaus this Friday (14th)
If you want to join in I'll be there from at least 6pm, if not earlier. I'll get several tables on the 3rd row in from the lake, at the resaurant end. All and anyone welcome.

Ciao

Ian

Look out for the orange flag (thanks Tracy) or call Gwyn 01733510658 or me 0172 8227752 if you cant find us. Seehaus is in the Englisher Garten: Kleinhesselohe 2, München-Schwabing
MVV: U3, U6 Münchner Freiheit, U 6 Dietlindenstraße, Bus 44 Osterwaldstraße
If the weather lets us down we'll go to the nearby Wirtshaus Osterwaldgarten in Keferstr. 12

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