I can take or leave wheat beer, but the tavern is delightful.

Don't have too much beer in the evening, because you need to be up bright and early for your Weisswurst breakfast at Schneider and then a relaxing mid-morning Dunkel at Hofbräu before it gets busy. Then a wander round the Viktualienmarkt.

Does it help to regard these places as the surviving remnants of things that were once common all over beer-drinking Europe?

Ha! Short pints will be the norm then, for authenticity’s sake ;)

Does it open at 9am?

It's hardly Neder is it?

Their story is that it's about Ludwig IV “the Bavarian”, who was king of Germany, of Italy and the Holy Roman Emperor – three crowns – all at the same time, which is an entertaining story.

Hmm, three crowns is very common in heraldry (e.g. University of Oxford). I don't know about Memmelsdorf but the Drei Kronen in nearby Strassgiech claims a foundation date of 1308, long before the 30 Year War. Which is not to say I believe one claim over the other.

Do they? What is it?

Can I just add that it's a disgrace that any pleb in an unfashionable town with £2.49 in his pocket can go into a Spoons and drink a beer made by Mark fucking Tranter. It shouldn't be allowed.

Yeah like the 5 minutes is going to make any difference...

It wasn't a Fyne beer ...