If you’re still recovering from Spring Break 2001 in Cancun, consider this tequila-free vacation where you can actually appreciate the beer. German-American Lars Halter (an organizer of NYC’s Oktoberfest) is offering 40 spots on his German Beer Trip, a voyage to beer’s motherland that focuses on sampling the country’s native beer styles. The two-week trip (May 5 to 19) starts in Berlin with a Berliner weisse in the city’s oldest beer garden; heads to monastic brewery Klosterbrauerei Neuzelle for a taste of the rare Schwarzer Abt;  detours to Stralsund for schwarzbier, and hits the cities famous for the styles they invented: Travelers will sip kolsch in Cologne, altbier in Dusseldorf, and rauchbier in Bamberg. The trip caps off with a visit to the world’s biggest brewpub (Munich’s Hofbrauhaus) and most iconic (Weihenstephan, where they’ve been brewing since 1040 AD). Yup, it’s a lot of drinking, but there’s plenty of sight-seeing, too; travelers also visit the Hop Museum and a brewery museum, attend mass at the Cologne Cathedral, tour a stein manufacturer, and cruise down the Rhine River. At $2,777 per person (not including flights), this beer-geek trip of a lifetime seems like a steal. Check out the trip’s website for details and reservations.