Bamberg Breweries: the breweries in and around Bamberg and their beers

Bamberg Breweries

Breweries in and around Bamberg

Introduction

Franconian breweries - and those around Bamberg are no exception - are famous for the range and quality of beers that they brew. Those listed here are, of course, only a tiny fragment of the breweries in Franconia which are still operating.

I would recommend anyone who needs more information to buy (if they can find it) Stefan Mack's excellent "Neue Fränkische Brauereikarte". It has details of every Franconian brewery.

Index
Franconian beer styles
Breweries of Bamberg
Breweries around Bamberg
Bayreuth Breweries
Bamberg Breweries 1818

Bamberg Town

Bamberg breweries are famous for Rauchbier (smoked beer) even though only two out of the eleven regularly brew one. The two that do, are certainly into smoked malt in a big way, brewing several different styles with it. Smoked wheat beer is pretty weird (quite tasty, too), but for me the oddest is Schlenkerla Helles, a smoked pale lager.

Most of the breweries in Bamberg brew a good selection of different beer styles. A typical range would be:

Lagerbier or Helles

Pils

Dunkles

pale Weizen

dark Weizen

Bock

unfiltered Kellerbier

Franconian beer styles

These are the bottom-fermenting beer styles brewed in Franconia. Note that Franconian styles are not exactly the same as those in the rest of Bavaria. Dunkles and Helles are much hoppier in Franconia.

Style	alc.vol	Plato	description
Pils	5-5.2%	11.5-12º	Hoppy, light-bodied, pale lager. In Franconia, better hopped and maltier than elsewhere.
Helles or Lagerbier	5.2%	12.5º	Pale, malty, heavily hopped.
Spezial	5.7%	13º	Pale, full, bitter-sweet and delicately hopped.
Festbier/Pale Märzen	5.5-6%	13-14º	Pale (or golden), fruity and bittersweet.
Amber Märzen	5.5-6%	13-14º	Amber, sweetish, malt-oriented beers. The type that is usually assoviated with the Märzen style, it's been inreasingly ousted by paler varieties in the last 30 years.
Dunkles	5.2%	12.5º	Red-brown, nutty, malty and, in Franconia, heavily hopped. Quite different in character from a sweet Münchner dark lager.
Dunkles Märzen	5.6%	13º	Dark and malty, but also hoppy. A style only seen in Franconia and the Czech Republic.
Dunkles Rauchbier	5.2%	12.5º	Dark, malty, hoppy and smoky. Usually a smoked version of a Dunkles Märzen.
Helles Rauchbier	4.3%	11.5º	Pale, malty and delicately-hopped with a touch of smoke. Schlenkerla is the only brewery I know to make one.
Rauch Lagerbier	4.7%	12º	An amber, malty, hoppy and smoky lager.
Kellerbier	5.2%	12.5º	An ufiltered lager - usually a version of pale Lagerbier, but can also be dark.
Schwarzbier	5-5.2%	11.5-12º	Black, dry and roasty. Not that commonn in Franconia, but Klosterbräu brew a good one.
Braunbier	5.5%	13º	Amber, caramelly and lightly-hopped.lager. A different style from the top-fermenting Schankbier once brewed in Saxony.
Bock	6.5%	16.5º	Pale, amber or dark, bitter-sweet. The best pale bocks in the world are brewed in Franconia.
Doppelbock	8.5%	18.5º	Red- or dark brown, fruity, bitter-sweet, alcohol and concentrated dark malt flavours
Rauchbock	6.5%	16.5º	Dark, malty, bacony, bitter-sweet. A dark Bock made with smoked malt.

These are the top-fermenting beer styles brewed in Franconia.

Style	alc.vol	Plato	description
Helles Weißbier	5.4%	12.5º	Pale, spicy, high CO2 content, yeasty. Top-fermented
Dunkles Weißbier	5.4%	12.5º	As above, but dark.
Kristall Weißbier	5.4%	12.5º	The filtered version, almost always pale.
Weizenbock	6.5-8.5%	16.5-18.5º	Usually dark, with even more spiciness than the weaker versions.
Rauch Weißbier	5.4%	12.5º	Wheat beer made with smoked malt. As weird as it sounds

The ability to brew excellent examples of these diverse styles (in what in most cases is little larger than a brewpub) demonstrates the extraordinary skill of Bamberg brewers. There are, in total, about 50 different beers brewed in Bamberg. Drink as many of them as you can. You don't know how much longer these characterful and distinctive beers will be around.

I'm sure that many of you will be delighted to hear that Bamberg breweries are great lovers of the hop. The beers brewed in Franconia are much more heavily hopped - especially the dark lagers - than elsewhere in Germany.

Franconian Kellerbier, unfiltered and sometimes drawn directly form oak barrels, is justly renowned. They are, by several streets, the best standard-strength lagers brewed anywhere in the world. Just try every one that crosses your path. There are far too many to remember them all. You can be confident in assuming that the Kellerbier of any Franconian brewery will be well worth drinking.

Other Franconian Beer Pages

Bierstadt
A page dedicated to Bamberg beer.

"The Franconian Beer Guide"
Fred Waltman's excellent site about Franconian beer.

Fränkischen Brauereimuseums (Franconian Brewery Museum): A museum dedicated to brewing in Bamberg.

Bamberg Breweries

Bamberg town

Gasthausbrauerei Ambräusianum
Dominikanerstrasse 10,
96049 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 509 0262
Fax:
E-Mail: info@ambraeusianum.de
Homepage: http://www.haus-mahr.de/

Founded: 2004
Annual production: 1,500 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Hell		Pale lager.
Dunkel		Dark lager.
Weizen		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.

Brewpub. Bamberg's newest brewery. Run by Ambros Michel Mahr, whose family has owned the building since 1819.

Brauerei Fässla

Obere Königsstraße 19-21,
96052 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 26516
Fax: 0951 - 201989
E-Mail:
Homepage: http://www.faessla.de/

Founded: 1649
Annual production: 16,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Lagerbier	4.8%		Pale lager. Dark yellow in colour; malt and flowery aroma; bitterish taste with malt, fruit and wort aromas; very bitter finish with hop, flowers and wood aromas. Pretty good - aroma not the best but nice and hoppy in the finish. This gives you some idea of the quality of beer in Bamberg - this is the brewery's "cooking" lager.	73
Gold-Pils	5%	12.5º	Pils. Spice, vanilla and butter aroma; bitter taste with pepper, butter and malt aromas; bitter finish with spice, coriander and grass aromas. A good spicy, hoppy pils. It's amazing how well this small brewery can brew in a beer in a what is effectively a foreign (for Bamberg) style.	73
Weizla dunkel	5%	12.4º	Unfiltered dark wheat beer. Banana, clove and wheat aroma; neutral taste with banana and cloves; wheaty, yeasty finish. One of the best dark wheat beers I've had. Full banana-flavoured, very much like Aventinus.	81
Weizla hell	5%	12.4º	Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Cloves, basil, yeast and butter aroma; neutral taste with cloves, coriander, pear and butter aromas; bitterish finish with lemon, cloves and apple aromas. A typical spicy pale wheat beer.	67
Zwergla	6%	13.5º	Dark lager - Märzen. Malt, nut and pepper aroma; bitter taste with pepper and cream aromas; very bitter finish with pepper, hop, wood and basil aromas. A typical Franconian dark beer: few malt flavours but very bitter.	69
Bambergator	8.5%	21º	Dark bock. Seasonal - from October.	82

Independent brewery.

Privater Brauereigasthof Greifenklau
Laurenziplatz 20,
96049 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 53219
Fax: 0951 - 59599
E-Mail: brauerei@greifenklau.de
Homepage: www.greifenklau.de

Founded: 1719
Annual production: 1,300 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Greifenklau Lagerbier	4.8%	12.4º	Pale lager. Some pleasant hoppiness, but not much else. Sometimes claimed to contain a small quantity of smoked malt. I can't say that I've noticed it.	45
Greifenklau Bockbier		16.8º	Pale lager. Seasonal - November.
Greifenklau Festbier		13.4º	Pale lager. Seasonal - Christmas.

Brewpub. Owned by the Brockard family since 1914. They have recently experimented with a wheat beer.

Kaiserdom - Privatbrauerei Wörner KG
Breitäckerstrasse 9,
96049 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 6045-0
Fax: 0951 - 6045-60
E-Mail: info@kaiserdom.de
Homepage: www.kaiserdom.de

Founded: 1718
Annual production: 208,000 hl (2001) 250,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Kaiserdom Premium Pilsener (Extra Dry)	4.8%	Pils. Hop aroma, bitterish taste with hop and wood aromas, very bitter finish. A bit one-dimensionally hoppy, but OK.	66
Kaiserdom Alt-Bamberg Dunkel		Dark lager. Caramel and malt aromas, sweetish taste with malt fruit and nut aromas, a hoppy bitter finish. A very pleasant dark beer with a surprisingly bitter finish.	78
Weizenland Hefe-Weissbier Hell	5.4%	Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Spicy aroma, neutral taste with lemon wheat and clove aromas, dry spicy finish. A pretty good wheat beer - nice and spicy.	76
Weizenland Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel	5.4%	Unfiltered dark wheat beer.
Weizenland Kristall Weissbier	5.4%	Filtered pale wheat beer.
Meranier Schwarzbier	4.8%	Black lager.
Tekkno Beer

Bamberg's largest brewery. Formerly known as Bürgerbräu.

Brauerei Keesmann
Wunderburg 5,
96050 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 26646
Fax: 0951 - 28486
E-Mail: keesmann@bierstadt.de
Homepage: www.bierstadt.de/keesmann

Founded: 1867
Annual production: 15,000 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Keesmann "Sternla" Lager		Unfiltered pale lager. Pleasantly hoppy, with apple and yeast aromas. Could have more malt character.	63
Keesmann Hell		Pale lager.
Bamberger Herren Pils		Pils. Hop aroma, bitter taste with hops and wood aromas, very bitter finish. A very satisfyingly bitter beer.	76
Keesmann Hefe Weizen		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Keesmann Bock		Pale bock. Seasonal - October to December.

Independent brewery.

Klosterbräu Bamberg
Obere Mühlbrücke 1-3,
96049 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 57722
Fax: 0951 - 59294
E-Mail: mail@klosterbraeu.de
Homepage: www.klosterbraeu.de

Founded: 1533
Annual production: 4,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Klosterbräu Bamberger Gold-Pils	4.9%	Pils. Smoke and cardboard aromas, bitterish taste with butter aroma, bitter finish with smoke and butter. A nasty hop oil aroma totally ruins this beer.	38
Klosterbräu Schwärzla	4.9%	Black lager. Very tasty dark beer - malty, but not sweet. Pleasant liquorice, fruit and chocolate aromas.	74
Klosterbräu Braunbier	5.7%	Amber lager. Draught:: Rather thin, sweetish beer, with an apple aroma. Bottled: Biscuit, fruit, pear, nuts, pepper, coriander, cream and malt aromas; sweet/bitterish taste with malt, caramel, nuts, fruit and spice aromas; bitter finish with biscuit, pepper, spice and honey aromas. The name is misleading - it's at the very pale end of the amber scale. It has a subtle character that is magnificent in the bottle, but totally ruined when served on draught with too much top pressure. It's the only Bamberg beer I've had where the two versions differed so greatly in quality. The bottled version is an assembly of beautifully understated malt flavours, though there is still a very respectable hop presence for what is intended as a malt-oriented beer. I've no idea what style this is. It's similar in colour and strength to the Fässla lagerber, though the taste profile is completely different.	52 Draught 79 Bottled
Klosterbräu Braun's Weisse		Unfiltered wheat beer.
Klosterbräu Lager		Pale lager.
Klosterbräu Vollbier		Pale lager.
Klosterbräu Bockbier		Pale bock. Seasonal.
Klosterbräu Maibock	7% (17º Plato)	Pale bock. Seasonal. Draught only. Very pale yellow colour; hop, pepper, tobacco and boiling wort aroma; sweetish/very bitter taste ith hop, pepper and tobacco aromas; very long, very bitter finish with tobacco and pepper aromas. A wonderful beer that must be enormously hopped to come out so bitter. The aroma is exactly the same as the smell that used to waft over my hometown when they were boiling in the Holes brewery.	86
Klosterbräu Schwärzla Bock		Dark bock. Seasonal.

Independent brewery. Bamberg's oldest brewery. It was originally the Fürstbischöffliches Braunbierhaus, owned by the Prince Bishops who ruled Bamberg. Owned by the Braun-Schröder family since 1987.

Mahrs Bräu Bamberg
Wunderburg 10,
96050 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 91517-0
Fax: 0951 - 91517-30
E-Mail:
mahrs-braeu@t-online.de
Homepage: http://www.mahrs.de/

Founded: 1670
Annual production: 25,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Mahrs Bräu Leicht	2.8%	7.2º	Pale lager.
Mahrs Bräu Pilsner	4.9%	11.8º	Pils. Pine, smoke, tobacco vanilla and basil aromas; sweetish/bitter taste with grass, malt, spice and butter aromas; bitter finish with pepper, hop, tobacco and vanilla aromas. A good hop aroma, though surprisingly full and slightly sweet in the mouth. A decent enough pils with definite south German traits.	68
Mahrs Bräu Hell	4.9%	11.2º	Pale lager.
Mahrs Bräu Hefeweissbier	4.9%	12.2º	Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Mahrs Bräu Ungespundet	5.2%	12.7º	Unfiltered. Pale lager. Excellent bitter beer with aromas of yeast, butter and pepper.	82
Mahrs Bräu Gig Kutscherbier	5.2%	13.5º	Dark lager. Toffee, raisin and pepper aroma; bitter taste with toffee, pepper and fruit aromas; very bitter finish with coffee and pepper aromas. A bitter dark beer in the Franconian style. A good mixture of dark malt and hop flavours.	79
Mahrs Bräu Heller Bock	6.5%	16.2º	Pale bock. Caramel, apple, peach, tobacco, coriander, biscuit and spice aroma; bitter/sweet taste with tobacco, fruit, brandy and honey aromas; very bitter finish with toffee, biscuit, spice and pepper aromas. The definition of a pale bock - very bitter, but with underlying fruity sweetness. An unbelievably complex beer. The bitter finish hangs around in the mouth for a week or two. One of the best beers I've ever drunk and definitely the best beer in this style I've had. Simply wonderful.	88
Der Weisse Bock	7.1%		Wheat Doppelbock. Bread, banana, orange, fig, ginger and clove aroma; sweet taste with ginger, banana, clove and orange aromas; bitterish finish with ginger, rye, cloves, banan rasin and fig aromas. Smells like fresh rye bread and banans. A massive beer that is outstanding in all phases. It's a seamless mix of fruit and spice flavours. One of the very best German beers.	86

Independent brewery. Owned by the Michel family since 1880. Their beers are outstanding, even by Franconian standards. The Weisse Bock and Heller Bock are about as good as you'll find. Go and drink them while you can.

Privatbrauerei Gebrüder Maisel
Moosstrasse 46,
96050 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 91827-0
Fax: 0951 - 16963
E-Mail: maisel@bierstadt.de
Homepage: http://www.maisel-braeu-bamberg.de/

Founded: 1894 *** CLOSED ***
Annual production: 80,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Maisel Pils	4.9%	12.5º	Pils.
Maisel Kellerbier	4.9%		Unfiltered pale lager. An outstandingly complex bitter beer.	84
St. Michaelsberg Feinherb	4.6%		Pale lager.
St. Michaelsberg Dunkel Premium			Dark lager.
St. Michaelsberg Urtyp
Eine Bamberger Weisse			Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Eine Bamberger Weisse Dunkel			Unfiltered dark wheat beer.
Maisel Bamberger Hell			Pale lager.
Maisel Bamberger Leichtes			Pale lager.
Maisel Domreiter Pils			Pils.
Maisel Premium Lager			Pale lager.
Maisel Festbier	5.5%	13.5º	Seasonal.
Maisel Heller Bock Premium			Pale bock. Seasonal.
Maisel Dunkler Bock Premium			Dark bock. Seasonal.

Independent brewery. A small, industrial-strength brewery with a very wide range of beers. Still owned by mnembers of the Maisel family.

*** CLOSED ***

Heller Bräu Trum KG (Schlenkerla)
Dominikanerstrasse 6,
96049 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 56060
Fax: 0951 - 54019
E-Mail: service@schlenkerla.de
Homepage: www.schlenkerla.de

Founded: 1678
Annual production:

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Aecht Schlenkerla Helles Lagerbier	4.3%	11.5º	Pale lager. Bitterness 30 EBU. Coriander grass and smoked aromas; bitterish taste with pepper and smoke aromas; bitter finish with pepper and bacon. A very interesting beer - a smoked helles. It has a good combination of smoked malt and spicy hop flavours. Very full-flavoured for its strength. It doesn't contain any smoked malt in the grist, but picks up its smoky character from the filter	76
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Weizen	5.2%	13.2º	Smoked dark unfiltered wheat beer. Bitterness 20 EBU. Basil, bacon and smoke aroma; neutral taste with lemon, clove, ginger and wheat aromas; bitter finish with bacon, basil, cloves and yeast. A very unusual, but outstanding, beer. Like spicy christmas cake and smoked bacon.	84
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Märzen	5.1%	13.5º	Smoked dark lager. Bitterness 30 EBU. Malt, pepper, ginger and smoked aroma; bitterish taste with bacon, smoke, toffee and wood aromas; sourish bitter finish with toffee, fruit and spice aromas. Real smoky bacon flavour beer. It has lots of smokiness but the other flavours are strong enough to stop it being overpowering. Possibly a bit too much flavour for some	79
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier Urbock	6.5%	17.5º	Dark smoked bock. Bitterness 40 EBU. Dark brown with a fine-beaded pale tan head; bacon, smoke, raisin, malt, pepper, ginger and fig aroma; sweetish/bitterish taste with bacon, treacle, pepper, fruit and smoke aromas; very bitter finish with burnt, treacle, resin, pepper, smoke and bacon aromas. This beer combines wonderfully dark malt, fruit, hop and smoke flavours - there 's something for everyone. It miust be very heavily hopped for the hops to be able to compete with everything else that's going on. One of the best beers in the world.	94
Aecht Schlenkerla Fastenbier	5.5%	14.5º	Unfiltered dark smoked dark lager. Seasonal - Ash Wednesday to Easter. A wonderfully smoky beer that's somewhere between the Märzen and Urbock in flavour.	88
Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbierschnaps	40%		Distilled rauchbier.

Independent brewery. Every single one of their beers is outstanding. I would be hard pushed to think of a better brewery anywhere in the world.

Brauerei Spezial
Obere Königstrasse 10,
96052 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 24304
Fax: 0951 - 26330
E-Mail: brauerei-spezial@t-online.de
Homepage: www.brauerei-spezial.de

Founded: 1536
Annual production: 6,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Spezial Rauchbier Lager	4.7%	12º	Smoked amber lager. Wort, tea, hop and smoked aromas; bitter taste with bacon, pepper and hop aromas; very bitter bacon finish. Very much a smoked lager beer, as it mixes the tastes of those two styles. A seamlees mixture of hop and smoked flavours that works very well.	73
Spezial Rauchbier Märzen	5.3%	13º	Smoked dark lager - Märzen. Toffee, tea and smoke aroma; bitter taste with smoke, bacon and toffee aromas; smoky, peppery bitter finish. Another good mixture of hop and smoked flavours. Very drinkable.	80
Spezial "Ungespundetes"	5%	13.5º	Unfiltered pale lager. Malt, coriander and pepper aroma; bitter taste wirh pepper, wood and citrus aroma; bitter finish with spice, butter and hop aromas. A very pleasant hoppy beer with a nice blancing butteriness. Their only unsmoked beer.	77
Spezial Weissbier	5.3%	12.5º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Apple, clove, wheat and yeast aroma; sweetish taste with apple, spice and hop aromas; bitter finish with pepper, yeast and orange. A surprisingly hoppy wheat beer with subdued spice flavours.	69
Spezial Rauchbier Bockbier		16-17º	Smoked dark bock. Seasonal - October/November.

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Wilde Rose
Keßlerstraße 7,
96047 Bamberg.
Tel.: 0951 - 98 18 20
Fax: 0951 - 2 20 71
E-Mail:
Homepage: www.hotel-wilde-rose.de/

Founded: 1585
Annual production: 20 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Robesbierre	5%	Unfiltered pale lager. Hop and vanilla aroma; bitter taste with butter and hop aromas; very bitter finish. An excellent example of a Kellerbier	81

Bamberg's phantom 10th brewery operates very much on a part-time basis. The owner brews around 6 times a year. The one I had came in a unlabelled half-litre flip-top bottle. Well worth trying, if you can find it.

The brewery is in the cellar of the Wilde Rose restaurant. So I suppose it's a sort of brewpub, though don't expect to find the beer on sale there.

Weyermann Versuchsbrauerei
Brennerstrasse 17-19,
Bamberg.,
Tel: 0951 - 93 220 12
www.weyermannmalt.com (English pages), www.weyermann.de

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Weyermann Schlotfegerla	5.2%	12.7º	Smoked Dark Lager.
Weyermann Bohemian Lager	5.4%	12º	Pale lager. Seasonal.
Johann Baptist Weißbier	5%	11.7º	Pale wheat beer.Seasonal.
Weyermann Stout	5.5%	12.6º	Stout. Seasonal.
Weyermann Amber Lager		13.8º	Amber lager. Seasonal.
Weyermann Brown Ale		13.5º	Brown Ale. Seasonal.
Brown Porter		10.5º	Porter. Seasonal.
Weyermann Pale Ale		13.2º	Pale Ale. American-style. Seasonal.
Weyermann Schwarzbier		12º	Schwarzbier.Seasonal.
Weyermann Smoked Mild		10º	Smoked Mild Seasonal.
Rauchlager		10.5º	Smoked dark lager. Seasonal.

Independent brewery. A test brewery run by the renowned specialist maltsters. Its beers are avaiable from a shop on the premises. For more information see John Whites's excellent article. The recipes for their beers are available on their website.

Bamberg Breweries

Around Bamberg

Brauhaus Döbler
Kornmarkt 6,
91438 Bad Windsheim.
Tel.: 09841 - 2002
Fax: 09841 - 79777
E-Mail: nfo@brauhaus-doebler.de
Homepage: http://www.brauhaus-doebler.de/

Founded: 1867
Annual production: hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Döbler Leichtes Pils	2.9%	7.4°	Pils
Döbler Alstadt Hell	4.8%	11.4°	Pale lager - Helles.
Döbler Pils	4.9%	11.8°	Pils.
Döbler Reichsstadtbier naturtrüb	5%	11.6°	Unfiltered pale lager.
Döbler Museums-Löschauer dunkel	5.3%	13.4°	Dark lager - Spezial.
Döbler Land Märzen	5.4%		Amber lager.
Döbler Fränkisches Festtagsbier / Weihnachtsfestbier	5.8%		Amber lager Märzen. Seasonal - spring and christmas.
Döbler Doppelbock	8.1%	18.3°	Dark Doppelbock. Seasonal - Easter.
Döbler Hefeweizen	5.4%	12.4°	Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Seasonal - summer.

Independent brewery. The brewery is currently owned by the fourth generation of the Döbler family.

Brauerei "Drei Kronen"
Hauptstr.19,
96117 Memmelsdorf
Tel. 0951 - 944330
Fax: 0951 - 9443366
Email: dreikronen@t-online.de
Homepage: www.drei-kronen-memmelsdorf.de
http://www.braugasthoefe.com/gasthof/dreikronen/

Founded: 1457
Annual production: 500 hl

Beer	alc	Description
Drei Kronen Lagerbier		Unfiltered pale lager.
Drei Kronen Hefepils		Unfiltered pils.
Drei Kronen Stöffla		Unfiltered smoked lager.

Independent brewery.

Dreykorn-Bräu KG
Mauergasse 9,
91207 Lauf.
Tel.: 09123 - 2424
Fax: 09123 - 83559
E-Mail:
Homepage: http://

Founded: 1831
Annual production: hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Dreykorn Pils	5.2%		Pils.
Dreykorn Hell	%		Pale lager - Helles.
Dreykorn Hwefeweizen	%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Dreykorn	%

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Eichhorn
Bamberger Str. 9,
91301 Forchheim.
Tel. 09191 - 2379
Fax 09191 - 729944

Founded: 1835
Annual production:

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Eichhorn Leicht		Pale lager.
Eichhorn Vollbier		Pale lager. A thin, disappointing beer with a sweetish taste and a buttery aroma.	42
Eichhorn Edel-Pils		Pils. Hop aroma, bitter taste and a woody bitter finish. A reasonable pils.	58
Eichhorn Märzen
Eichhorn Festbier		Seasonal.

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Greif
Serlbacher Straße 10,
91301 Forchheim.
Tel. 09191 - 72 79 20
Fax: 09191 - 72 79 22
Email: info@Brauerei-Greif.de
Homepage:http://www.brauerei-greif.de/

Founded: 1848
Annual production: 10,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Leicht - Bier	2.5%		Pale lager.
Greif Hell	4.9%		Pale lager.
Greif Jubel - Export	5.2%		Dark lager.
Greif Edel - Pils	5.3%		Pils.
Greif Weisse	5.4%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Greif Dunkle Weisse	5.4%		Unfiltered dark wheat beer.
Anna Festbier/"Weihnachts" Festbier	5.5%	13.5º	Amber lager. Seasonal - June/Christmas. Malt and pepper aroma, bitter taste with spice and fruit aroma, very bitter finish with pepper and butter flavours. An excellent hoppy beer.	80

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Hebendanz
Sattlertorstrasse 14,
91301 Forchheim.
Tel. 09191-60747
Homepage:

Founded: 1579
Annual production: 12,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Hebendanz Export-Hell	5%		Pale lager - Eport. Pale golden colour with a fine head; grass, wood, butter and pepper aromas; sweetish/bitterish taste with grass, pepper, resin and butter aromas; bitter finish with wood, pine, coriander and pepper aromas. A rather nice spicily hoppy beer with a balancing underlying maltiness. Tasted 19.10.2006.	66
Hebendanz Edel-Pils	5.1%		Pils.
Hebendanz Märzen-Gold			Pale lager - Märzen.
Hebendanz Hefeweizen	5.1%		Unfiltered wheat beer.
Hebendanz Leicht			Pale lager.
Hebendanz Bock Bier	6.1%		Pale Bock.
Hebendanz Jubiläums Festbier	5.3%		Pale lager. Seasonal.

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Höhn
Hauptstr. 11,
96117 Memmelsdorf.
Tel. 0951 - 406140
Fax: 0951 - 4061444
Email: info@gasthof-hoehn.de
http://www.gasthof-hoehn.de/

Founded: 1783
Annual production: 500 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Höhn Spezialbier	4.9%	12.8º	Amber lager. Lagered at least 8 weeks. Hop aroma, bitterish taste with butter and fruit aromas, bitter finish. A nice balance between butter and hop flavours, but spoilt by excessive top-pressure.	63

Independent brewery. Produces a single, draught-only beer.

Brauerei Julius Hummel
Lindenstr. 9,
96117 Merkendorf
Tel. 09542 - 1247
Fax: 0 95 42 / 12 62
Email: info[at]brauerei-hummel.de
http://www.brauerei-hummel.de

Founded: 1846
Annual production: 5,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Hummel-Bräu Kellerbier	4.7%	°	Unfiltered Pale lager.
Hummel-Bräu Pils	4.9%	°	Pils.
Hummel-Bräu Weißbier	5.2%	°	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Hummel-Bräu Märzen	5.4%	°	Amber lager - Märzen.
Hummel-Bräu Räucherla Märzen	5.5%	°	Dark Smoked lager - Märzen. Pale brown with a thick, pale tan head; bacon, fruit, pepper and mint aromas; neutral taste with smoke, bacon, toffee, cream and resin aromas; bitter finish with mint, pepper, smoke, burnt and liquorice aromas. A thick, chewy, smoky beer that's packed with flavour and has a surprisingly bitter finish.	82
Hummel-Bräu Festbier	5.6%	°	Amber lager - Märzen. Seasonal - Xmas, Easter, Whitsun, Kirchweih. Amber colour with a dense head; cream, apple, honey, bread, and toffee aromas; sweetish/bitterish taste with apple, toffee, cream, honey and pepper aromas; bitter finish with chicory, pepper, resin, tobacco and caramel aromas. A subtly complex beer that combines malt, fruit and hop flavours. As is usual in Franconia, they don't stint on the hops and it finishes dry and bitter.	83
Hummel-Bräu Bock Dunkel	6.5%	°	Seasonal - Winter.
Hummel-Bräu heller Maibock	7%	°	Seasonal - April/May.
Hummel-Bräu Heller Leonhardi Bock	7.5%	°	Pale Bock. Pale yellow colour, with a fine-beaded white head: pepper, tobacco, butter and malt aroma; sweetish/bitter taste with honey, pepper, toffee, resin, malt and mint aromas; very bitter finish with spice, pepper, resin, wood and basil aromas. An excellent pale Bock with masses of spicy hop flavours to balance the honey-like sweetness in the mouth.	85
Hummel-Bräu Weizen-Bock	7.7%	°	Unfiltered pale wheat Bock. Seasonal - christmas and lent. Pale yellow colour, with a fine-beaded white head: clove, pepper, banana and citrus aromas; neutral taste with clove, yeast and banana aromas; bitterish finish with grass, cloves and citrus aromas. A typically spicy wheat beer that hides its strength very well. Not a touch of sweetness.	69
Hummel-Bräu Räucherator Doppelbock	8.1%	°	Dopppel Rauch Bock. Seasonal - lent. Mid-brown colour with an even, light tan head; smoke, basil, bacon, cream and biscuit aromas; sweetish/bitterish taste with smoke, bacon, caramel, milk, liquorice and date aromas; bitter finish with smoke, kipper, liquorice, chicory, pepper and resin aromas. A great example of a Rauch Bock - smoky, complex and with a good deal of bitterness.	88

Independent brewery.

Kulmbacher Brauerei AG
Lichtenfelser Straße 9,
95326 Kulmbach.
Tel.: 09221 - 705-0
Fax.: 09221 - 705-292
Email: info@kulmbacher.de
Homepage: http://www.kulmbacher.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 1,950,000 hl (2001), 2,133,000 hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Kulmbacher Leicht Bier	2.9%	7.6º	Pale lager.
Kulmbacher Premium Pils	4.9%	11.6º	Pils.Hop, fruit, grass and malt aroma; bitter taste with basil and hop aromas; bitter finish with tobacco and wood aromas. A pleasantly bitter pils with good hop flavours.	60
Kulmbacher Export	4.9%	11.5º	Pale lager (Export).
Kulmbacher Lager Hell	4.9%	11.5º	Pale lager (Helles).
Kulmbacher Festbier	5.6%	13.4º	Pale lager. Seasonal.
Kulmbacher Eisbock	7.5%	18º	Bock.
Mönchshof Original	4.9%	11.6º	Pale lager.
Mönchshof Premium Lager	4.9%	11.5º	Pale lager.
Mönchshof Premium Schwarzbier	4.9%	12.4º	Black lager. Caramel, nuts, coffee and malt aroma; bitterish taste with cream, liquorice, herbs and basil aromas; bitter finish with hop, chicory and herbal aromas. A good dry dark lager, with bitterness from both hops and malt. Rather nice.	71
Mönchshof Landbier	5.4%	12.5º	Pale lager - Spezial. Tobacco, pepper and butter aroma; bitterish taste with butter, pepper and grass aromas; bitterish finish with butter and pepper aromas. Pretty bland, with just a little peppery hoppiness.	49
Mönchshof Weihnachtsbier	5.6%	13.4º	Seasonal - Christmas.
Mönchshof Bockbier	6.6%	16.5º	Bock.
EKU Hell	4.6%	11.4º	Pale lager (Helles)
EKU Pils	4.7%	11.6º	Pils.
EKU Export	5.1%	12.6º	Pale lager (Export).
EKU Festbier	5.9%	13.5º	Pale lager. Seasonal.
EKU 28	11%	28º	Bock
Kapuziner Weißbier Leicht	3.1%	7.8º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Kapuziner Weißbier Dunkel	5.4%	12.5º	Dark unfiltered wheat beer.
Kapuziner Weißbier - Kristallweizen	5.4%	12.5º	Pale filtered wheat beer.
Kapuziner Weißbier - mit feiner Hefe	5.4%	12.5º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Kapuziner Winter Weißbier	5.4%	12.5º	Amber unfiltered wheat beer. Seasonal - October to March.

A brewery group formed by the merger of pretty well all the breweries in Kulmbach. I'm not sure how many actual breweries are still in use. I'm fairly cynical as to the actual number of distinct beers being brewed: some of the specifications look awfully similar.

It also owns Sternquell in Plauen and Braustolz in Chemnitz.

Brauerei-Gaststätte Leicht
Hauptstraße 27,
Memmelsdorf.
Tel. 0951 - 43910

Founded:
Annual production: 3,500 hl *** CLOSED ***

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Leicht Lager		Amber lager. Hop aroma, bitterish taste with butter and hop aromas, smoky bitter finish. A very pleasant buttery beer.	74
Leicht Export		Pale lager.
Leicht Edel-Pils		Pils. Buttery aroma, bitterish taste with a little butter and hop, buttery bitterish finish. An OK beer, but more like a helles than a true pils.	67

Brewpub.

Löwenbräu Buttenheim
Marktstrasse 8,
96155 Buttenheim.
Tel: 9545 - 332
Fax: 9545 - 70789
Email: info@loewenbraeu-buttenheim.de
http://www.loewenbraeu-buttenheim.de/

Founded: 1880
Annual production: 13,000 hl (2005)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Löwenbräu Keller Leicht	2.5%		Unfiltered pale lager.
Löwenbräu Lager	4.8%		Pale lager - Helles.
Löwenbräu Pilsner	5%		Pils.
Löwenbräu Ungespundetes Lagerbier	4.8%		Unfiltered pale lager.
Löwenbräu Vollbier Hell	5%		Pale lager - Helles.
Löwenbräu Weissbier	5%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Löwenbräu Dunkelweizen			Unfiltered dark wheat beer.
Löwenbräu Anna-Festbier			Pale lager - Märzen. Seasonal.
Löwenbräu Fastenbock	6.3%		Dark Bock. Seasonal.
Löwenbräu Bockbier	6.3%		Pale Bock.

Independent brewery.

Opening times of brewery tap:
Tue - Sun 11:00 - 14:30 & 16:00 - 21:00,
Monday closed.

Brauerei Neder
Sattlertorstrasse 10,
91301 Forchheim.
Tel. 09191 - 2400
Homepage: http://mon.de/ofr/neder-brauerei.135785/home.htm

Founded: 1554
Annual production: 5,500 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
Neder Export		Unfiltered amber lager. Yeasty aroma, neutral taste with yeast, wood and hop aromas, slightly smoky, bitterish finish.	61
Neder Pils		Unfiltered pils.
Neder Lager		Unfiltered pale lager.
Schwarze Anna		Dark lager.

Independent brewery.

Rother Bräu
Birkenweg 2,
97647 Hausen/Rhön.
Tel.: 09779 - 810 10
Fax: 09779 - 810 129
E-Mail: info@rotherbraeu.de
Homepage: http://www.rotherbraeu.de/

Founded: 1788
Annual production: hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Rother Bräu Öko Ur-Trunk	4.7%		Pale lager - Export. Organic.
Rother Bräu Öko Ur-Weizen	5.3%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Organic.
Rother Bräu Öko Ur-Pils	4.7%		Pils. Organic.
Rother Bräu Export	5.2%		Pale lager - Export.
Rother Bräu Vollbier	%		Pale lager - Helles
Rother Bräu Pils	4.7%		Pils.
Rother Bräu Pilsner Feinherb	%		Pils.
Rother Bräu Festbier	5.7%		Pale lager - Märzen.
Rother Bräu Rhönator Doppelbock	7.6%	19°	Dark Doppelbock. Seasonal - Lent.
Rother Bräu Hanf-Bier Cannabia	%		Hemp beer.
Kloster Urstoff	%		Pale lager. A beer formerly brewed by Klosterbrauerei in Münnerstadt, which Rother took over and closed in the 1990s.

St. Georgen Bräu
Marktstr. 12,
96155 Buttenheim.
Tel.: 09545 - 446-0
Fax: 09545 - 446-46
E-Mail: info@kellerbier.de
Homepage: http://www.kellerbier.de/

Founded: 1624
Annual production: 90,000 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
St. Georgen Bräu Kellerbier	4.9%	Unfiltered pale lager. Lovely hoppy, complex beer. Vanilla, pepper, grass and hop are just a few of the flavours. Top class.	82
St. Georgen Bräu Pilsener		Pils. Tobacco, resin, vanilla, lemon, flowers and malt aroma; very bitter/sweetish taste with vanilla, malt, butter, mint and hop aromas; very long bitter finish with butter, tobacco and pepper aromas. A great beer. Packed full of complex hop aromas and a subtle touch of malt. I actually marked it down a little because there's more malt than there should be, strictly speaking, for the style. Very much a South German beer.	82
St. Georgen Bräu Helles		Pale lager (Helles). Spice, pepper, grass, malt and butter aroma; bitter/sweetish taste with pepper, cream, honey and fruit aromas; bitter finish with pepper, grass, vanilla, malt and butter aromas. A very full-bodied Helles in which malty sweetness combines effortlessly with quality hop bitterness. Another good one.	77
St. Georgen Bräu Landbier Dunkel	4.9%	Dark lager. Chestnut, chocolate and pepper aroma; sweetish/very bitter taste with cream and toffee aromas; very bitter peppery finish. A surprisingly hoppy dark beer.	71
St. Georgen Bräu Gold Märzen	5.6%	Amber märzen. Fruit, peach and pepper aroma; sweet/bitter taste with malt, butter, raisin and pepper aromas; bitter finish with hop and fruit aromas. A proper märzen with a good blend of fruit and hop flavours.	80
St. Georgen Bräu Weißbier	4.6%	Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Peach, lemon, coriander, ginger and clove aroma; sweetish taste with ginger, wheat and orange aromas; bitterish finish with wheat and orange aromas. Exceptionally complex aroma of spices and fruit. Outstanding, especially considering the relatively low strength.	82
St. Georgen Bräu Dunkle Weiße	5%	Unfiltered dark wheat beer. Caramel, banana, clove and yeast aroma; sweetish taste with toffee, banana and ginger aromas; bitterish finish with wheat and orange aromas. A nice banana-flavour beer, with good balancing dark malt flavours. Pretty good. Brewed by the Weißbierbrauerei Hopf in Miesbach.	78
St. Georgen Bräu Schwarzbock		Dark bock.
St. Georgen Bräu Annafest Bier	5.6%	Pale lager - Märzen. Hop, tobacco, biscuit and butter aroma; sweetish/bitter taste with hop, fruit, butter, malt and mint aromas; very bitter finish with hop, grass, butter, tobacco and malt aromas. A fine lager in the golden Festbier style. A beautiful balance of malty seweetness and hop bitterness. One of the reasons why my memories of the Annafest are so vague; it's dangerously easy to knock back a couple of litres of this wonderful beer.	79

Independent brewery. A brewery which, quite deservedly, has an excellent reputation. I don't think I've ever given a brewery such consistently high marks for all their beers.

Sailerbräu Franz Sailer
Schwendener Strasse 18,
87616 Marktoberdorf - Leuterschach.
Tel.: 08342 -9647-0
Fax: 08342 - 9647-59
email: info@sailer-braeu.de
http://www.sailer-braeu.de/

Founded: 1544
Annual production: 350,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description
Altenmünster Brauer Bier Hopfig herb	4.9%	11º	Pale lager.
Altenmünster Brauer Bier Urig würzig	4.9%	11º	Pale lager.
Altenmünster Brauer Bier Urig schwarz	4.9%	11º	Black lager.
Altenmünster Hefeweizen Hell	5.5%	12º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Altenmünster Hefeweizen Dunkel	5.5%	12º	Dark unfiltered wheat beer
Altenmünster Kristallweizen Klar	5.5%	12º	Pale filtered wheat beer.
Altenmünster Steinbier	4.9%	11º	Top-fermented beer with a proportion of wheat malt and smoked malt in the grist. The beer is made by the "Steinbier" method, where instead of heating the kettle, a hot stone is dropped into the wort to heat it. It's an ancient brewing method that hung on longest in the Austrian provinces of Kärnten and Steiermark. The last breweries, Brauerei Holzleger and Brauerei Ure in Weidmannsdorf abandonned it around 1917. The extremely high temperature causes caramelisation of some of the sugars in the wort.
Altenmünster Steinweizen	4.9%	11º	Top-fermented wheat beer with a proportion smoked malt in the grist. Made by the "Steinbier" method.
Altenmünster Winterbier Dunkel	5.5%	13º	Dark lager. Seasonal - Winter.
Altenmünster Jubelbier	5.5%	13º	Pale lager.
Altenmünster Maibock Hell	7.5%	16º	Pale bock. Seasonal - Spring.

An independent brewery which has gone to considerable trouble to research and recreate "Steinber". For this alone, they deserve our admiration. On their website is a detailed description of the process and its history (in German).

Schanzenbräu
Adam-Klein Straße 12, 49.45334, 11.04314
90429 Nürnberg.
Tel:
Fax:
Email:
http://www.schanzenbraeu.de
Homepage: http://

Founded: 2007
Annual production: hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
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Brewpub. Has been operating just as a brewery since 2005.

Stadtbrauerei Spalt
Brauereigasse 3,
91174 Spalt.
Tel.: 09175 - 796 10
Fax: 09175 - 796 155
E-Mail: info@spalter-bier.de
Homepage: http://www.spalter-bier.de/

Founded:
Annual production: hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Spalter Premium Pils Nr. 1	4.9%		Pils.
Spalter Leichte Weisse	2.8%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Spalter Weisse	4.9%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Spalter Vollbier Hell	4.8%		Pale lager - Helles.
Spalter Premium Pils	4.9%		Pils.
Spalter Export Hell	5.5%		Pale lager - Export.
Spalter Export Dunkel	5.5%		Dark lager - Export.
Spalter Bock Hell	%		Pale Bock.
Spalter Bock Dunkel	%		Dark Bock.
Spalter Hopfenleicht	2.9%		Pale lager.

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Wagner
Pointstr. 1,
96117 Merkendorf.
Tel. 09542 - 620
Fax: 09542 - 650

Founded: 1797
Annual production: 12,000 hl

Beer	alc	Description
Wagner Lagerbier		Unfiltered.
Wagner Märzen
Wagner Pils		Pils.
Wagner Weisse		Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Wagner Festbier
Wagner Heller Bock		Seasonal - Christmas.
Wagner Dunkler Bock		Seasonal - Christmas.

Independent brewery.

Werner Bräu GmbH
Hauptstrasse 13-15,
97490 Poppenhausen.
Tel.: 09725 - 670
Fax: 09725 - 6799
E-Mail: info@wernerbraeu.de
Homepage: http://www.wernerbraeu.de/

Founded: 1791
Annual production: hl (2003)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	Score (100)
Werner Premium Light Pils	%		Pils.
Werner Privat Diät Pils	%		Pils.
Werner Premium Pilsener	5%		Pils.
Werner Altfränkisch Dunkel	4.9%		Dark lager.
Werner Das Schwarze Premium	%		Dark lager - Schwarzbier.
Werner Export	%		Pale lager - Export.
Werner Festbier	%		Pale lager - Märzen.
Werner Privat Bock Dunkel	%		Dark Bock.
Werner Kristall Weizen	%		Filtered pale wheat beer.
Werner Hefeweisse Hell	5.2%		Unfiltered pale wheat beer.
Werner Hefeweisse Dunkel	%		Unfiltered dark wheat beer.

Owned by Würzburger Hofbräu.

Wolfshöher Privatbrauerei K. u. F. Weber GmbH und Co KG
Zur Wolfshöhe 3
91233 Neunkirchen am Sand
Telefon: 09153 - 4040
FAX: 09153 - 40416
E-Mail: kontakt@wolfshoeher.de
http://www.wolfshoeher.de/

Founded: 1872
Annual production: 114,000 hl (1996)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description
Wolfshöher Leicht	2.9%	7.7º	Pale lager. Colour: 10.3 EBC.
Wolfshöher Vollmond Bier			Pale lager.
Wolfshöher dunkel	4.8%	11.4º	Dark lager. Colour: 65 EBC.
Wolfshöher Premium	4.9%	11.4º	Pale lager.
Wolfshöher Kellerbier	4.9%	11.4º	Unfiltered amber lager.
Wolfshöher Schwarzbier	4.9%	11.8º	Black lager.
Wolfshöher Pilsner	4.9%	11.6º	Pils. Colour: 6 EBC.
Wolfshöher Ur-Hell
Wolfshöher Hefeweissbier leicht	2.9%	7.7º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Colour: 8.3 EBC.
Wolfshöher Hefeweissbier hell	5%	11.6º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer. Colour: 10 EBC.
Wolfshöher Hefeweissbier dunkel	5.3%	12.6º	Dark unfiltered wheat beer. Colour: 22.3 EBC.
Wolfshöher Weizenbier kristallklar			Pale filtered wheat beer.
Wolfshöher Annafest Bier			Seasonal - July.
Wolfshöher Festbier	5.5%	13.3º	Pale lager. Colour: 8.5 EBC. Seasonal.
Wolfshöher Weihnachts Festbier	5.6%	13.3º	Pale lager. Colour: 8.5 EBC. Seasonal - Christmas.

Independent brewery. The brewery has been rapidly expanding in recent years, quadrupling its output since 1983. This has been achieved for a great deal through takeovers such as of Brauhaus Forchheim and Privatbrauerei Fröhlich.

Brauerei Zehendner
Haus Nr. 18,
96138 Mönchsambach.
Tel.: 09546 - 380
Fax: 09546 - 92122
E-Mail:
Homepage: http://www.moenchsambacher.de/

Founded: 1899
Annual production: 6,000 hl

Beer	alc	Description	Score (100)
ungespundetes Lagerbier		Unfiltered pale lager. Outstanding spicy, hoppy beer. Oddly, has a slight sulphury "Burton snatch".	85
Export		Pale lager.
Hefeweizen		Unfiltered wheat beer.
Maibock		Bock. Seasonal - Spring.
Weihnachtsbock		Bock. Seasonal - Christmas.

Independent brewery.

Hausbrauerei Altstadthof
Bergstr. 19/21,
90403 Nürnberg.
Tel: 0911 - 244 9859
Fax: 0911 - 244 9859
Email: info@altstadthof.de
Homepage: http://www.altstadthof.de/

Founded:
Annual production: 1,000 hl

Beer	alc	Description
Helles Lager		Pale lager.
Bockbier		Bock.
Schwarzbier		Black lager.
Rothbier

A brewpub in one of Nuremburg's oldest buildings. It has a pretty good reputation for its beers.

Barfüßer
Hallplatz 2,
90402 Nürnberg.
Tel. 0911 - 204 186
Fax: 0911 - 204 242
Email: info@Barfuesser-Nuernberg.de
Homepage: www.Barfuesser-Nuernberg.de

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer	alc	Description
Barfüßer Blonde		Unfiltered pale lager.
Barfüßer Schwarze		Unfiltered black lager.

A brewpub in the centre of Nuremburg.

Würzburger Hofbräu
Höchberger Straße 28,
97082 Würzburg.
Tel: 0931 - 41090
Fax: 0931 - 4109 132
Email: info@wuerzburger-hofbraeu.de
http://www.wuerzburger-hofbraeu.de

Founded: 1643
Annual production: 360,000 hl (2003(

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Würzburger Hofbräu Light			Low-alcohol pale lager.
1643 Original Lagerhell	4.9%	11.2°	Pale lager - Helles.
Würzburger Schwarzbier	4.9%	11.6°	Dark lager - Schwarzbier
Würzburger Hofbräu Premium Pilsner	4.9%	11.7°	Pils
Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier Dunkel	4.9%	12.5°	Dark unfiltered wheat beer.
Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier Hell	4.9%	12.5°	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Julius Echter Hefe-Weissbier Kristallklar	4.9%	12.5°	Pale filtered wheat beer.
Würzburger Hofbräu Export	5.2%	12.5°	Pale lager - Export.
Sympator Doppelbock	7.9%	18.5°	Dark Doppelbock.
Würzburger Hofbräu Festbier	5.9%	13.6°	Pale lager - Spezial. Seasonal - November and December.

Independent brewery.

Bamberg Breweries

Bayreuth breweries

Bayreuther Bierbrauerei AG
Hindenburgstraße 9,
95445 Bayreuth.
Tel: 0921 - 401111
Fax: 0921 - 401104
http://www.bayreuther-bier.de/

Founded: 1857
Annual production: 100,000 hl (2001)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Aktien Hell	4.8%		Pale lager - Helles.
Aktien Pilsner	4.9%		Pils.
Aktien Dunkel	4.9%		Dark lager.
Aktien Original			Pale lager.
Zwick'l	5.5%		Pale lager. Unfiltered.

Independent brewery.

Becher Bräu
St.-Nikolaus-Str. 25,
95445 Bayreuth.
Tel: 0921-68993
Fax: 0921-513511

Founded: 1781
Annual production: 1,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Becher Bräu Hell	4.7%		Pale lager - Helles.
Becher Pilsner			Pils.
Becher Kräußen			Unfiltered pale lager
Becher Dunkelbier			Dark lager.
Becher Bock			Bock.

Independent brewery.

Bürgerbräu GmbH
Jean-Paul-Str. 65,
95444 Bayreuth.
Tel: 0921-79780
Fax: 0921-797820
www.buergerbraeu-bth.de

Founded:
Annual production:

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Bürgerbräu Export Hell			Pale lager - Helles.
Bürgerbräu Edel Pils			Pils.
Bürgerbräu Premium Schwarzbier			Black lager.
Bürgerbräu Edel-Weisse			Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Bürgerbräu Edel Bock			Bock.
Bürgerbräu Markator	7.2%		Dark doppelbock.

Independent brewery. Has stopped brewing itself. Has some link with Schinner and presumably has its beers brewed at their brewery.

Exportbierbrauerei Richard Glenk OHG
Eichelweg 9-14,
95445 Bayreuth.
Tel: 0921-757190
Fax: 0921-511626
www.glenk-braeu.de

Founded: 1852
Annual production: 10,000 hl (2001)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Glenk Leicht			Pale lager.
Glenk Hell			Pale lager - Helles.
Glenk Pils	4.8%		Pils.
Glenk Festbier			Dark lager.

Independent brewery.

Brauerei Gebr. Maisel GmbH & Co.
Hindenburgstr. 9,
95445 Bayreuth.
Tel: 0921-401-0
Fax: 0921-401206
eMail: brauerei@maisel.com
http://www.maisel.com

Founded: 1887
Annual production: 410,000 hl (1999)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Maisel's Weisse Light	3.4%	9.4º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Maisel's Edelhopfen Diät-Pilsener	4.9%	9.5º	Pils.
Maisel's Dampfbier	4.9%	11.3º	Amber top-fermenting beer.
Maisel's Weisse Dunkel	4.9%	12.5º	Dark unfiltered wheat beer.
Maisel's Weisse Hell	5.2%	11.5º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Maisel's Weisse Kristall	5.2%	12.3º	Pale filtered wheat beer.
Maisel's Weisse Original	5.7%	12.7º	Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Maisel's Weisse Wintertraum	5.4%	12.3º	Unfiltered pale wheat beer. Seasonal - winter.

Independent brewery. A wheat beer specialist. Since 2001 co-operation with Veltins.

Brauhaus Schinner
Bindlacher Str. 10,
95448 Bayreuth.
Telefon: 0921 - 79780
Telefax: 0921 - 797820
http://www.buergerbraeu-bth.de/schinner_index.htm

Founded: 1860
Annual production: 100,000 hl (2001)

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Schinner Premium Edel Pils			Pils.
Schinner Premium Edelweisse			Pale unfiltered wheat beer.
Schinner Premium Kellerbier	4.9%		Amber lager. Unfiltered.
Schinner Altfranken Urstoff	4.9%		Pale lager.
Schinner Braunbier	5%		Dark lager.

Independent brewery.

It was set up in 1860 as a "Genossenschaftsbrauerei" (cooperative brewery) for 10 "Beckenbrauern" (bakers who also brewed). The coperative was dissolved in 1920 and one of the partners continued the business.

Brauerei-Gasthof Benedikt Stadter
Sachsendorf Hs. - Nr. 26,
91347 Aufseß.
Tel.: 0921 - 66816
Fax: 0921 - 66817
braulehrer@t-online.de
http://www.braulehrer.de/

Founded: 1884
Annual production: 400 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Dunkles Vollbier			Dark lager.

Brewpub just outside Bayreuth.

Ahornberger Landbrauerei Strößner-Bräu
Brauereiweg 7,
95176 Konradsreuth.
Tel: 09292 - 95980
http://www.ahornberger.de

Founded: 1739
Annual production: 50,000 hl

Beer	alc	Plato	Description	score (100)
Ahornberger Landbier Hopfig	4.8%		Pale lager.
Ahornberger Landbier Premium	4.8%		Pale lager.
Ahornberger Landbier Würzig	4.8%		Pale lager.
Ahornberger Landbier Dunkel	5.1%		Dark lager.

Independent brewery.

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