The three-day “Comprehensive Brew Class” at the Organic Brewery in Pleinfelden (Franconian Lake Country) promises to give you all the tools you need to make beer at home. The brew master teaches extensively about ingredients and brewing techniques.

Shorter one-day classes or hourly programs are available for less ambitious beer lovers. For example, in Kulmbach you can participate in a beer tasting and a “beer-tapping test.” If you don’t get covered with beer in the process, you get a tapping apron as your certificate.

In Pottenstein in the Franconian Switzerland, you can earn a “beer diploma” at the museum brewery. Franconian brew masters will let you see first hand what they do and they will happily let you sample the products of their work.

In Eichstätt in the Altmühltal Nature Park you can book a program with the title: “Brew masters can’t let the city run out of beer.” This guided tour through the baroque Bishop’s seat takes you to historical sites to give ...