Doing this alone
Single seats, taxis, and tasting without company.
The advantages
A single seat is easier to find than two, and a bar seat gets you the brewer's attention. Solo travellers get more explanation per cup.
Farms also say yes more often to one visitor than to four, because one person does not disrupt the work.
Solo is better for tasting and worse for getting there.
The costs
Taxis and hired cars are the same price alone as with company, which makes the mountain the expensive part of solo travel.
Consider joining a tasting or a route with one other person for the driving days only.
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