Munich

Sure, their parties may have been a bit less exciting, but make no mistake--17th-century monks knew how to get down, if only because of their shrewd beer selection. The Paulaner Brewery in Munich is named after these friars, the order of St. Francis of Paola. Their bock beer, Salvator, was so popular that many big breweries tried to prevent the monks from selling it. Later, the big companies then tried to use the Salvator name for beers of their own until it was trademarked in 1895, and Paulaner lives on. Tough their monastery became secularized, Paulaner still employs the monks' age-old beer recipe to stand as one of the more popular and most historic small-time breweries in the beer junkie's heaven, Germany. Take a tour of the site today and watch their high standards for cleanliness and quality.