Every country has its local beer with its own local flavor.
Often the best way to experience the beer is to go straight to the source: the brewery where it's made.
We found some of the most scenic and interesting breweries around the world.
Every beer lover should add these 17 spots to their bucket lists.
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Founded in 1040, Weihenstephan, outside Munich, Germany, is the world's oldest brewery. To put it into perspective, 1040 is 736 years before the Declaration of Independence was signed. The ancient monastery — which has burnt down four times since its founding — sits atop a scenic hill and has a beer garden featuring epic views of the surrounding area. Like most Bavarian breweries, the specialty here is hefeweizen and weissbier.
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Pittsburgh's Church Brew Works is inside a former Roman Catholic church that was built in 1902 and officially deconsecrated in 1993. Drink award-winning beers like Celestial Gold or Pipe Organ Pale in converted pews under stained-glass windows.
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LeVeL33 — named for the floor it's on — claims to be the world's highest urban craft brewery. This super-modern and swanky brewery and restaurant, set inside "Asia's best business address" in the the Marina Bay Financial Centre in Singapore, overlooks the sparkling city skyline through floor-to-ceiling windows and serves wine alongside its five craft beers.
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