Having a nice stein on holiday

FOAM FROM HOME The Airbrau offers an Octoberfest experience

- BY MILO BOYD

The clinking of holiday steins and the slurping of foam never has to stop at Airbrau in Munich, the only brewery in the world that's built inside an airport.

Each year Oktoberfest draws lederhosen enthusiasts from across the globe to the Bavarian capital, where they spend the final days of September and first week of October crowding into beer halls and getting rowdy.

But once the last of the leather shorts have been wiped dry and the wooden tables packed away for the year, Airbrau is the place for holidaymakers to have litres-necking “fests” of their own.

"We welcome you to the first airport brewery in the world," is the cordial invite on Airbrau's website. "We have been brewing our unique beers at Munich Airport since 1999 and we serve them on site in our Airbrau restaurant.