If you're going to Austria to eat and drink, chances are that you've got wine on your mind. As a wine destination, Austria has it all: autochthonous varieties, perfect winemaking, gaspingly beautiful scenery, elegant cities, tiny independent wineries and very reasonable prices. The same spirit illuminates the brewing scene and Austrians are the world's fifth most enthusiastic beer drinkers: they down 109 liters per head per year. The styles are a combination of German pilsner and international innovation. You can tour a monastic brewery, listen to Gregorian chant and then head back to Vienna to have a sunset beer in a chic brewpub.
Be sure to check out the Mühlviertel, between the Danube and the Bohemian Forest. This region includes Austria’s only monastery brewery in Schlägel Abbey; the country’s oldest brewery, the Gutsbrauhof in St. Martin; the long-established Municipal Braucommune in Freistadt; and countless castle breweries, palace breweries and other small breweries. And of course, it's a short train ride to the original Budweiser brewery in Budvar, Czech Republic.
For more on beer and beer travel, check out: The Short Course in Beer
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