Breweries in Franconia

Franconia is sometimes divided into Beer Franconia (Bierfranken), which is the Upper Franconia and Middle Franconia regions, and Wine Franconia (Weinfranken), which is most of Lower Franconia, where the wine culture is stronger. The subdivision of Franconia into Upper, Middle and Lower Franconia dates only to the 19th century and in parts doesn't correspond to historical, religious and cultural boundaries and has furthermore changed slightly as late as the 1970s when the Bavarian government fused smaller communities and slightly redrew the boundaries of Middle, Upper and Lower Franconia. That said, it is still the most commonly used and accepted subdivision and has been used here due to its overall prevalence if nothing else.
Franken has well over 250 breweries and over 1,000 different beers. The highest brewery density in the world can be found in Upper Franconia in Franconian Switzerland (which is not in the country of Switzerland). In a triangle formed by Nuremberg, Bamberg and Bayreuth, the tradition of small breweries has continued to the present day.

Types of beer

According to an old law (variously purported to date back several hundred years) beer is supposed to be made from malts, hops, water and yeast and nothing else. However, today's regulations actually allow a lot of other ingredients and "adjuvants" to be used in the brewing process as long as they cannot be detected in the final product. While the smaller breweries listed here by and large do not do most of what's allowed by the law, brewing today is not exactly the same as when the Reinheitsgebot (purity law) was first passed and neither are the ingredients.
With the ungespundet beer, the bung apparatus sitting on the store tank, the pressure regulator is opened, the carbon dioxide escapes making the beer lower in CO 2 and foam.
While beer that is produced by big breweries (sometimes derisively called Fernsehbier because breweries that can afford to make TV spots tend to converge on one type of beer with similar flavor) is usually filtrated to extend its shelf life, many breweries covered in this guide have at least one type of beer on offer that isn't. While this ungefiltert beer has a shorter shelf life, it often has a more complex flavor and is arguably healthier (as far as any alcoholic beverage can be good for your health) because it contains more vitamins, micro-nutrients and the like. Unfiltrated beer is usually sold under names like "Kellerbier" and is sometimes only available from the tab due to its shorter shelf life.
A specialty of Bamberg in particular is smoked beer or Rauchbier locally known as "Schlenkerla". The malt is smoked prior to brewing. It's assumed that most beer used to have a smokey aftertaste because almost all malt was dried over (smokey) fires, but given modern technology, today's smoked beer is produced on purpose rather than by accident. It's certainly an acquired taste and local folklore contends that taste improves after a certain amount has been consumed.

Bierkeller

A specific Franconian tradition rarely found elsewhere is the Bierkeller (literally "beer cellar"). The Bierkeller arose during the period prior to artificial cooling, when beer could only be brewed during certain times of the year and had to be stored as cool as possible to avoid it spoiling as many of the modern technologies to extend its shelf life were not yet invented. The cellars were dug into mountains or simply underground outside of town and often planted with chestnut trees that gave shade in the summer but had roots shallow enough to not damage the underground caverns. Cellars were kept cool by their underground location and through ice which had been cut out of lakes and ponds and was stored under straw to last through the summer. Soon enough, brewers started to sell beer right from the storage caverns and put up simple banks and other equipment to give patrons a place to consume their beer. Traditionally only cold food or street food style foods were sold, but today some Bierkeller have branched out into full on restaurants. In more traditional Bierkeller it is still acceptable to bring your own food, though beverages - including soft drinks - should always be bought from the restaurateur. While the invention of artificial cooling made the use of underground caverns for storage redundant, the associated gastronomic activity had become popular enough for the Keller to stay open into modern days. Bierkeller are today a common destination for hikes or Sunday outings with friends and family during the summer. Some Keller are close enough to one another to enable bike tours from one to the next in a single day and some are even served by the S-Bahn or other public transit.

With few exceptions (mostly Bayreuth and Bamberg) the towns and villages on this list receive few to no international tourists and the breweries mentioned here are by and large still family-owned traditional businesses. This means that you'll have mixed results trying to communicate in English and English language menus are the exception, rather than the rule. Rural brewpubs in Franconia are still a place where dialect is alive and well and combined with the many technical terms related to beer (some of them even regional terms that won't be understood even by some brewers in northern Germany) you might wish to know some terms that the German Phrasebook does not cover. Note that Franconian pronunciation is famous for pronouncing "P" like "B" and "T" like "D" which will sometimes shine through even when people speak English.

• Brauerei: brewery
• Gasthof/Gasthaus: pub/inn
• Seidla - Franconian dialect for half a liter; almost exclusively used referring to beer (a Seidla Bier)
• (Bier)keller - see above; note that you say "auf den Keller gehen" (literally: go on top of the cellar) for visiting one
• Maß (Bier) - a liter of beer; less common in Franconia than in Munich but certainly not unheard of
• Radler - a mixture of roughly equal parts beer and lemonade the word literally means "cyclist" and refers to the fact that it allows you to go on with you bike tour with less DUI concerns
• Brotzeit - a (usually cold) snack that does not qualify as a full on meal Brot means "bread" and Zeit means "time"
• Kellerplatte - an assortment of different types of sausage and/or cheese; a commonly served type of Brotzeit in a Bierkeller
• Schäufala (different spellings exist) - a dish made from pork shoulder named for the shovel-like appearance of the bone. The dish is notable for its crusty pork rind
• Schlachtschüssel - meats and sausages from freshly slaughtered pig.
• Gaas Seidla - a mixed drink made from beer, cherry wine and coke. Available pre-mixed from some of the listed breweries

If you're not already in the area, the best entry points are Nuremberg and Bamberg, which are both served by long distance trains run by Deutsche Bahn as well as Intercity buses. Bayreuth also makes for a good entry point, but it has been awkwardly off the main rail routes since the 19th century. If you're arriving from farther away, the airport of Nuremberg (NUE) is certainly the closest and most convenient, but Munich airport (MUC) and Frankfurt airport (FRA) are better connected internationally and a train from there can get you into the region in a few hours.

All modes of transportation have their downsides here, so it depends on where exactly you're going what the best option for you is.

By public transit

Most of this region is covered by the VGN tariff union centered on Nuremberg and the Nuremberg S-Bahn serves many places in the region. However, bus service to some of the smaller towns or outlying Bierkeller in rural areas can be sparse or nonexistent.

By car

You should know this already, but do not drink and drive under any circumstances. While some places listed here are indeed best reached with a car, the local roads can be curvy and treacherous and both snow and fallen leaves are a serious risk for almost half the year. Don't get too frustrated when you're stuck behind someone admiring the landscape and going way slower than the legal speed limit and leave the risky overtaking maneuvers to the locals.

By bike

Given the concerns about drinking and driving that come with going on a brewpub tour and the sometimes less than satisfactory coverage with public transit, riding a bike can be a worthwhile way to explore the region. Generally speaking you should have no problem parking your bike (don't forget to lock it, though), but not all rural roads are perfectly equipped for cyclists. Keep in mind that Franconian Switzerland is more mountainous than the rest of the places covered in this guide. The German cyclist association ADFC provides some information in English as well and they have Bett & Bike, a program aimed at certifying bike friendly lodgings.

Ahorntal

• Held Bräu

  phone: +49 9242 295
  address: Oberailsfeld 19, 95491 Ahorntal
  Brewery has been family-owned for over 300 years. All year, there is light beer, dark peasant beer, wheat beer and Pils, as well as the fasting season Bockbier and the Advent Season wheat bock beer.

• Brauerei Stöckel

  phone: +49 9246 275
  address: Hintergereuth 4, 95491 Ahorntal
  With its own brewery chapel. The specialties of the brewery are Pils, Lagerhell, Ahorntaler Landbier, premium white and seasonal the festival beer.

Altenkunstadt

Since the brewing pans used to be made of wood, they were heated from the inside with hot stones. After the invention of the boiling pans made of metal, this went out of fashion. In the old brewing process, the beer worts are heated by the addition of hot stones. This caramelizes a part of the malt sugar and gives the beer a caramel. The old-fashioned Steinbier (stone beer) is produced by the local brewery, Leikheim, and can be tasted in the inns.

• Brauerei Leikeim

  phone: +49 9572 75050
  address: Gewerbegebiet 4, 96264 Altenkunstadt
  There is no brewery restaurant, but you can try the beers in the inns and buy them in the markets.

Aufseß

Aufseß is well-known for its breweries. It received an entry in the 2001 Guinness Book of Records as the highest brewery density in the world: The 1,317 inhabitants have four breweries, which works out to one brewery for every 330 residents.

• Brauereigasthof Rothenbach

  phone: +49 9198 92920
  address: Im Tal 70, 91347 Aufseß
  Good home cooking, trout are recommended, behind the house is the garden terrace

• Kathi-Bräu

  phone: +49 9198 277
  address: Heckenhof 1, 91347 Heckenhof-Aufseß
  An Eldorado for motorcyclists with hundreds of motorcycles in summer. Friday evening there is music and shashlik.

• Brauerei Reichold

  phone: +49 9204 271
  address: Hochstahl 24, 91347 Aufseß
  In the summer with outdoor seating

• Brauerei Stadter

  phone: +49 9274 8193
  address: Sachsendorf, 91347 Aufseß
  On so-called "Erlebnisbrautage" you can help with brewing, from the water to the finished original gravity.

Bad Staffelstein

Bad Staffelstein and its districts have about 10,000 inhabitants and ten breweries. There are over 40 beer types made by the breweries. Some of them are only available at certain times of year or for special occasions. For a beer aficionado, this wide variety of beers makes Bad Staffelstein a very attractive destination.

• Brauerei und Gasthof Reblitz

  phone: +49 9573 96500
  address: Am Mahlberg 1, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Nedensdorf
  The self-brewed dark land beer is available all year, from 30 April to mid-October there is a bright yeast white beer and from Friday after All Saints there is the bright Reblitz-Bock, as long as the stock reaches. All beers are only served in the inn.

• Staffelberg-Bräu

  phone: +49 9573 5925
  address: Am Mühlteich 4, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Loffeld
  Every 14 days, on Tuesday, there is boiled pork and blood and liver sausage from own production. During the year, eight different beers are brewed.

• Hotel-Landgasthof-Café Schwarzer Adler

  phone: +49 9573 22260
  address: End, 96231 Bad Staffelstein
  Upscale restaurant with a nice ambience. The beer is brewed by the brewery Hetzel in Frauenendorf in license brewing.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Dinkel

  phone: +49 9573 6424
  address: Frauendorfer Str. 18, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang
  On Tuesdays there boiled meat of the pig, liver, beef with horseradish and Thursday homemade sausages, bratwurst filling, grilled pork ribs. There are also rooms available for overnight stays.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Hennemann

  phone: +49 9573 96100
  address: Am Dorfbrunnen 13, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang
  Regional cuisine, baked peasant bread, breads from own slaughter and wild game from own hunting, self-brewed dark country beer. There are also rooms available for overnight stays.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Hetzel "Zum Pfau"

  phone: +49 9573 6435
  address: Frauendorf 11a, 96231 Bad Staffelstein

• Metzgerbräu

  phone: +49 9573 6304
  address: Stublanger Str. 2, 96231 Staffelstein-Uetzing
  Brewery, butcher shop, village shop

• Brauerei Trunk

  phone: +49 9571 3488
  address: Vierzehnheiligen 3, 96231 Bad Staffelstein
  A few meters above the basilica there is the brewery, the special beer at the place of pilgrimage is the Nothelfertrunk, a dark monastery beer.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Hellmuth

  phone: +49 9573 4395
  address: Wiesen 14, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen
  Lunch 11:30-13:30, afternoon coffee, cake and brotzeit, dinner from 16:30. Self-brewed beer, guest rooms and apartments

• Brauereigasthaus Thomann

  phone: +49 9573 5296
  address: Altmainstraße 5, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen
  Self-brewed, dark lager and wheat beer. Guest room / apartment

Bamberg

The historic city centre of Bamberg is one of the world cultural heritage sites designated by UNESCO. But the city also has a cultural heritage to offer in its beer. Those who visit the city should definitely try a smoky beer. This beer specialty is only available in the Bamberg area.
The most famous of the forty Bamberger beer varieties is the Schlenkerla Rauchbier. It is served in the Schlenkerla Inn, and receives its particular flavour from the barley dried over a beech wood fire. It is distributed all over the world and can also be ordered on the Internet. The name is traced back to the odd gait of an earlier brewer, caused by an accidental injury. Experienced smokers will be glad of the fact that the smokers taste the right way after the third or fourth half litre (Seidla) at the earliest, which can be understood as a warning as well as courageous as a challenge.
A further regional and Bamberg beer specialty is the U (colloquially) for the 'unspread beer' (non-carbonated): The beer is produced unfiltered and without piling, thus with little carbonic acid and without overpressure in the barrel (Mahrs-Bräu).

• Ambräusianum

  phone: +49 951 5090262
  address: Dominikanerstraße 10, 96049 Bamberg
  Bamberg's first inn brewery. If you order the beer tasting, you can try all 3 beers and do not have to decide.

• Brauerei Spezial

  phone: +49 951 24304
  address: Obere Königstraße 10, 96052 Bamberg
  For over 475 years smoking beer is brewed. Inn with home cooking, on Sunday roast kitchen.

• Brauerei Greifenklau

  phone: +49 951 53219
  address: Laurenziplatz 20, 96049 Bamberg
  Hotel with beer garden and own beer.

• Keesmann-Bräu

  phone: +49 951 981980
  address: Wunderburg 5, 96050 Bamberg

• Klosterbräu

  phone: +49 951 52265
  address: Obere Mühlbrücke 1-3, 96049 Bamberg
  The oldest brewery in Bamberg.

• Mahrs-Bräu

  phone: +49 951 915170
  address: Wunderburg 10, 96050 Bamberg
  Beer cellar, quaint restaurant. You often hear the order "A U"; the guest expresses that he wants to drink "one non-carbonated beer".

• Schlenkerla

  phone: +49 951 56060
  address: Dominikanerstraße 6, 96049 Bamberg
  "Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier", the historic brewery inn.

• Erlkoenig

  phone: +49 951 96430514
  address: Gaustadter Hauptstraße 109, 96049 Bamberg
  Bamberg's newest brewery with craft beers.

• Spezial-Keller

  phone: +49 951 54887
  address: Sternwartstraße, 96049 Bamberg
  With "Special Smoke Beer". Located on the Stephansberg, the cellar offers one of the most beautiful views over Bamberg.

• Wilde Rose Keller

  phone: +49 951 57691
  address: Oberer Stephansberg 49, 96049 Bamberg
  More than 100 year-old beer cellar under chestnut trees with tasty beer.

• Fränkisches Brauereimuseum

  phone: +49 951 53016
  address: Michelsberg 10f, 96049 Bamberg
  The museum is housed in the historic vaults of the former Benedictines brewery in the Michelsberg monastery. It shows a collection of historical equipment from the brewing industry. The seminars of the Bierakademie provide information on the topic, training of the sensors and the training course to the "beer expert".

• Weyermann Fan Shop

  phone: +49 951 93220764
  address: Brennerstrasse 15, 96052 Bamberg
  Fan shop of the malt factory Weyermann with beer, malt and accessories.

Bayreuth

In Bayreuth there are two specialties, which are only offered in two pubs. First, the Buschenbier (from the tuft, which is hung up to indicate that the delicious Buschenbier is present) in the Mohren Bräu always on the first Thursday–Friday of one month to the Saturday into and then as long as it lasts. Secondly, Becknbier, which is periodically served by the bakery Lang. Both beers are ungespundet beers which are to be drunk within a few days.

• Mohren Bräu

  phone: +49 921 1635936
  address: Tristanstraße 8
  Directly at the Festspielpark, one of the few preserved old Franconian inns, tasty own beers 0.5 l- €2, very good local food to popular prices €3-12 and plentiful portions, good audience of all couleur, in the festival time many artists (beer €1.50 and Leberkäse from the oven €1.50).

• Becher Bräu

  phone: +49 921 68993
  address: St.-Nikolaus-Straße 25, 95445 Bayreuth
  The oldest brewery restaurant in Bayreuth, a quaint inn in the western part of Bayreuth with very cheap little things and also larger dishes for the beer. Bayreuth cult! But not for people who are bothered by the whispery of the host. "You want a small beer? Wait you're doing a big one!"

• Schinner Braustuben

  phone: +49 921 67673
  address: Richard-Wagner-Straße 38, 95444 Bayreuth
  Right at the Villa Wahnfried, very good kitchen, reasonable daily dishes, good beers.

• Liebesbier

  phone: +49 921 46008020
  address: Andreas-Maisel-Weg 1, 95445 Bayreuth
  An idea of the Maisel brewery, over 100 regional and international beers from the barrel and from the bottle. There are steaks, fish, burgers and regional products in a rustic atmosphere.

• Manns-Bräu

  phone: +49 921 1638988
  address: Friedrichstraße 23, 95444 Bayreuth
  Cozy guest house with beer garden in the alley. Mann's Bräu - Special Beer Dark is brewed at the Bayreuther Becher Brewery.

• Maisel's Brauereimuseum

  phone: +49 921 401234
  address: Kulmbacher Straße 40, 95444 Bayreuth
  The visit to the museum is only possible with a guided tour, which takes place daily at 14:00. Groups of 12 or more can also book a different appointment by arrangement. The tour takes about 90 minutes. Finally, there is a glass of Maisel's white wine or a non-alcoholic drink for the tasting in the "old bottlery".

• Bayreuther Katakomben

  phone: +49 921 401234
  address: Kulmbacher Straße 60, 95445 Bayreuth
  The tour of the catacombs takes about 60 minutes. The visitor learns details of the brewery history, but also how the catacombs have been used elsewhere. The temperature in the catacombs is 10°C, so do not forget warm clothing. After the tour, there is a freshly drawn AKTIEN Zwick'l Kellerbier in the "Bräustüberl".

Burgebrach

• Brauerei und Gasthof Schwan

  phone: +49 9546 306
  address: Hauptstraße 16, 96138 Burgebrach
  Franconian cuisine and accommodation

• Brauerei Zehendner

  phone: +49 9546 380
  address: Mönchsambach 18, 96138 Burgebrach
  Apart from the self-brewed beer, the specialties are Sülze (aspic), Gerupfter, bratwurst and homemade bread.

• Brauereigaststätte Herrmann

  phone: +49 9546 372
  address: Brückenstraße 3, 96138 Burgebrach
  Franconian Brotzeit from own slaughter, from 17:00 warm dishes

• Brauerei Kaiser

  phone: +49 9546 390
  address: Grasmannsdorf 9, 96138 Burgebrach
  There are Brotzeit and a beer garden

• Brauerei-Gasthaus zum Max

  phone: +49 9546 1725
  address: Ampferbach 25, 96138 Burgebrach
  Their unfiltered lager beer is produced according to own recipe in another brewery. The specialty is chicken (also called Göger or Gögerla).

• Zum Wirt

  phone: +49 9546 411
  address: Stappenbach 15, 96138 Burgebrach
  Former brewery Dreßel, now produce their own beer in another brewery. Creative Franconian cuisine, even Frankish sushi.

Buttenheim

• Löwenbräu Buttenheim

  phone: +49 9545 332
  address: Marktstraße 8, 96155 Buttenheim
  Brewery restaurant with traditional, Franconian cuisine

• St-Georgen-Bräu Bräustübla

  phone: +49 9545 1554
  address: Marktstraße 12, 96155 Buttenheim
  Brewery restaurant with traditional, Franconian cuisine

• Brauerei Meusel

  phone: +49 9545-7424
  address: Dreuschendorf 27, 96155 Buttenheim
  Only brewery, no inn, but you can buy beer.

Less than one kilometre from the motorway exit, to the left is the town, on the right there are parking lots and the shaded beer cellars of the two Buttenheimer breweries.

• Löwenbräu Keller Buttenheim

  phone: +49 9545 509346
  address: Eremitage 3, 96155 Buttenheim
  Gasthof with large beer garden and Franconian cuisine.

• St. GeorgenBräu Keller

  phone: +49 9545 44670
  address: Kellerstraße, 96155 Buttenheim
  Big beer garden with children's playground, on Fridays there are mackerel and herring from the beech grill.

Coburg

• Brauhaus zu Coburg

  phone: +49 9561 7059192
  address: Nägleinsgasse 4, 96450 Coburg
  Delicious Bavarian-Franconian cuisine in a rustic atmosphere with beer from the in-house brewery

Creußen

• Brauerei & Landgasthof Kürzdörfer

  phone: +49 9246 221
  address: Brauhausgasse 5, 95473 Creussen/Lindenhardt
  Franconian cuisine and beers from our own production in a rustic log house.

Ebensfeld

• Brauereigasthof Zum Schwan

  phone: +49 9573 3104061
  address: Hauptstrasse 46, 96250 Ebensfeld
  Brewery restaurant in the centre, it is still brewed, beer garden in front of the house.

• Gasthaus Martin

  phone: +49 9573 4382
  address: Viehtriebweg 3, 96250 Ebensfeld
  Inn with Franconian cuisine, own fish and poultry breeding, own sausage production, brewery with amber full beer

• Brauerei Gasthof Leicht

  phone: +49 9573 236
  address: Pferdsfeld 22, 96250 Ebensfeld
  Franconian cuisine, beer from our own brewery, overnight accommodation

• Ebensfelder-Brauhaus

  phone: +49 9573 885
  address: Oberer Kellbachdamm 7, 96250 Ebensfeld
  Beer sales directly from brewery ramp.

Ebermannstadt

Easily reachable by regional trains from Forchheim

• Brauereigasthof Schwanenbräu

  phone: +49 9194 767190
  address: Am Marktpl. 2, 91320 Ebermannstadt
  Inn since the 17th century, beer garden, own brewery, fruit schnapps from distillery, hotel.

Eggolsheim

• Brauerei Gasthof Pfister

  phone: +49 9545 9426-0
  address: Eggerbachstr. 22, Weigelshofen, 91330 Eggolsheim

Forchheim

• Brauerei Neder

  phone: +49 9191 2400
  address: Sattlertorstr. 10, 91301 Forchheim
  The brewery has existed since 1554.

• Brauereigaststätte Hebendanz

  phone: +49 9191 60747
  address: Sattlertorstr. 14, 91301 Forchheim
  The brewery has been in existence since 1579. Today it produces 6 beer varieties and seasonal festive, anniversary, Annafest, Christmas fest and Bockbiere.

• Brauerei Eichhorn

  phone: +49 9191 64768
  address: Bamberger Straße 9 91301 Forchheim
  The brewery has been in existence since 1783. In the courtyard there is a beautiful beer garden.

• Brauerei Greif

  phone: +49 9191 727920
  address: Serlbacher Str. 10, 91301 Forchheim
  The brewery has existed since 1848. In the Greif-Keller 'or in the' Schindlerkeller 'in the Kellerwald.

Forchheimer Kellerwald
The cellars in used to be used to store the beer prior to the advent of artificial cooling - serving the beer on site was only the next natural step. This has since resulted in the Bierkeller culture, which is in essence the Franconian variety of the beer garden (but don't use this term, lest you offend cultural sensitivities) with beer and Franconian cuisine served outside in the summer months. The operation has since been turned into a year-round thing with more permanent houses built for the winter months and more upscale cuisine than you'd expect from a more basic beer garden.

Frensdorf

• Brauerei-Gaststätte Büttner

  phone: +49 9502 342
  address: Untergreuth 8, 96158 Frensdorf
  The brewery has been family-owned since 1870 in the 8th generation. There are brotzeit, pizzas and on Saturdays schnitzel.

• Brauerei Barnikel

  phone: +49 9502 293
  address: Dorfstraße 5, 96158 Frensdorf-Herrnsdorf
  A document from the year 1366 mentions the Schenkhaus in Hernstorff, beer has been brewed for more than 600 years. There is Franconian cuisine and pizza.

• Brauerei Müller

  phone: +49 9502 280
  address: Lange Str. 2, 96158 Frensdorf
  Beer sales in the brewery at noon, the beer is served in the Schmausenkeller (see below).

• Schmausenkeller

  phone: +49 9502-608
  address: Am Bahnhof 13, 96158 Reundorf
  The Schmausenkeller of the brewery Müller is a beer cellar on the edge of the forest with playground and bowling alley. In the winter you can find space in the half-timbered building. There is Franconian cuisine and pizza.

Gräfenberg

Regional trains connect Nürnberg Nordostbahnhof and Gräfenberg. From Nordostbahnhof take U2.
The Fünf-Seidla-Steig is a brewery trail with about 19 kilometres long to the five private breweries in the communities of Gräfenberg and Weißenohe.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Lindenbräu

  phone: +49 9192 348
  address: Am Bach 3, 91322 Gräfenberg
  Brewery since 1932, own distillery, during the week brotzeit and small dishes, at the weekend various roasts. If the beer tastes very good, there are 6 guest rooms.

• Brauerei Hofmann

  phone: +49 9192 251
  address: Hohenschwärz 16 91322 Gräfenberg
  Brewery since 1897, Christmas festival beer from November to December.

• Thuisbrunner Elchbräu

  phone: +49 9192 221
  address: Thuisbrunn 11, 91322 Gräfenberg
  With the moose head in the restaurant. Own distillery, Franconian cuisine, beer garden. There are dark, Pils and Bock, also from May 2011 also white beer. Awarded the European Beer Star Award 2010 in bronze in the category German-Style Kellerbier Dunkel.

• Brauerei Friedmann

  phone: +49 9192 318
  address: Jägersberg 16, 91322 Gräfenberg
  Since 1875 in family possession, from the Heldschen Brauhaus emerged.

• Biergarten zum Bergschlösschen

  phone: +49 162 5890690
  address: Am Michelsberg 36, 91322 Gräfenberg

• Friedmann's Bräustüberl

  phone: +49 9192 992318
  address: Bayreuther Str. 14, 91322 Gräfenberg
  Franconian cuisine, specialty Bratwurstschnitzel

Hallerndorf

• Brauerei Rittmayer

  phone: +49 9545 509214
  address: Trailsdorfer Straße 4, 91352 Hallerndorf
  Franconian and international cuisine.

• Brauerei Lieberth

  phone: +49 9545 8558
  address: Forchheimer Straße 2, 91352 Hallerndorf
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• Dorfkeller Lieberth

  phone: +49 9545 4437373
  address: Kreuzbergstraße 17, 91352 Hallerndorf
  Specialty is caraway roasts. Friday’s mackerel and herring from the charcoal grill

Gänstaller Bräu

phone: +49 9542 7741255

address: Schnaid 10, 91352 Hallerndorf

Founding year 2011, specialties such as Imperial Indian Pale Ale or Quartor-Doppelbock

Landgasthof Brauerei Rittmayer

phone: +49 9195 94730

address: Willersdorf 108, 91352 Hallerndorf

Rittmayer has his own recipe brewed and stored the young beer itself. Cozy inn with its own carp and cattle breeding and a large selection of dishes.

Brauerei Roppelt

phone: +49 9195 7263

address: Stiebarlimbach 9, 91352 Hallerndorf

Franconian cuisine, carp from their own ponds, game specialties from their own hunting.

Brauerei Witzgall

phone: +49 9545 7452

address: Schlammersdorfer Straße 17, 91352 Hallerndorf

The Witzgall family has been standing in the brewhouse since 1898 and behind the counter. The Landbier always receives good grades in international rankings. The Christmas beer is available from mid-November to mid-January.

On the Kreuzberg On the Kreuzberg near Hallerndorf in the middle of the forest, below the medieval pilgrimage church, three breweries invite you to eat and drink. From the parking lots to the first beer you have to walk a few steps.

• Rittmayer-Keller

  phone: +49 9545 440940
  address: Kreuzberg 18, 91352 Hallerndorf - Berg
  If there is no weather for beer garden, there is a restaurant with a tiled stove for 60 persons.

• Friedel`s Brauhaus am Kreuzberg

  phone: +49 9545 4736
  The Brauhaus was rebuilt in 2007 with a large children's playground

• Lieberth - Kreuzbergkeller

  phone: +49 9545 70746
  address: Kreuzberg, 91352 Hallerndorf - Berg

At the foot of Kreuzberg

• Roppelts Keller

  phone: +49 9195 7263
  The beer cellar is at Stiebarlimbach at the foot of the Kreuzberg and is connected by a narrow footpath with the beer cellar on the Kreuzberg, walking time about a quarter of an hour.

Hallstadt

• Gasthof Eichhorn Schwarzer Adler

  phone: +49 951 75660
  address: Dörfleinser Str. 43, 96103 Dörfleins
  There are Kellerbier and from the beginning of October Bockbier. The brewery is one of the last breweries, which still has its own brew for the village community. Usually every two or three weeks the village community comes together to fill their own barrels.

Heiligenstadt in Oberfranken

• Gasthaus Brauerei Aichinger

  phone: +49 9198 522
  address: Marktplatz 5, 91332 Heiligenstadt
  With overnight accommodation

• Brauerei Gasthof Ott

  phone: +49 9198 271
  address: Oberleinleiter 6, 91332 Heiligenstadt
  Franconian cuisine and own house slaughter, the specialty are chickens, the Bockbierfest is at the end of April.

Himmelkron

• Gasthaus zum Roten Ochsen

  phone: +49 9273 7622
  address: Laitscher Weg 4, 95502 Himmelkron
  Meat from own breeding and slaughtering, homemade dumplings, amber colored house beer, brewed according to old recipe.

Hirschaid

• Brauerei Kraus

  phone: +49 9543 84440
  address: Luitpoldstr. 11, 96114 Hirschaid
  Beers from own brewery, own butchery, beer garden directly at the cycle track, overnight accommodation possibilities.

• Brauerei Weber

  phone: +49 9543 7882
  address: Ringstraße 46, 96114 Hirschaid - Röbersdorf
  Own brewery, light and dark Llager, smoky beer, garlic and pepper carp, beer garden

Hof

• Meinels-Bas

  phone: +49 9281 141366
  address: Vorstadt 13, 95028 Hof
  The brewery restaurant of the Meinelbrauerei is a cozy restaurant with a beautiful natural beer garden. One specialty is the dark Doppelbock Absolvinator, which is only available at the beginning of Lent in Meinels Bas.

Kemmern

• Wagner Bräu

  phone: +49 9544 6746
  address: Hauptstaße 15, 96164 Kemmern
  Fränkischen Restaurant with self-brewed beers from the barrel, brotzeit and small hot dishes. In addition to Easter, Pentecost, Kirchweih and Christmas a festive beer, from November Bockbier

• Wagner-Bräu-Keller

  phone: +49 170 9136003
  Large beer garden outside the village by the mountain. There are Franconian brotzeit, canned meats, mixed breads, bratwurst, alternating: Schnitzel, steak. On Sundays and holidays there is a warm lunch table.

Kronach

The term 'Schmäuß' emerged in the Renaissance and Baroque times. At that time, every citizen of the Upper City had the right to brew beer between Michaeli Day on 29 September and Georgi Day on 23 April. In between, the Kronach Oberstädter were not allowed to brew a beer, except for a greater festivity, such as wedding or child baptism. Then the town council could approve an additional brew, the so-called Schmäuß. The concept still exists, today as a special beer on historical festivals, today it is included in the brewery's range, a dark beer with 4.5% alcohol, the Schmäuß brew.

• ´s Antla

  phone: +49 9261 5045950
  address: Amtsgerichtsstraße 21, 96317 Kronach
  "Antla" means little duck. Beautifully situated in the old town of Kronach, the beer garden offers a view over the lower town. The rooms are renovated and cozy. On the menu there are many duck dishes, as the name suggests to the locals. There are always 's Antla elns, 's Antla raftsmen and 's Antla Kellerweizen, also from 6 Jan Starkbier, February Antilater, April Frühlingsbier, May Maibock, Corpus Christi Katharina von Bora, July Löschbier, August Festbier, September Erntedankbier, October Schwärzla, November Christmas beer

• Kaiserhof-Bräu

  phone: +49 9261 1048
  address: Friesener Straße 1, 96317 Kronach
  The house has been in existence since the 15th century. Franconian cuisine is served. In addition to the usual beers, there is the Schützenfest beer in July/Aug, the Kronacher Festbier in Nov/Dec, the Kronator Dec-Mar

Kulmbach

In Kulmbach, there are three breweries, the 'Kulmbacher', which is known from television and the small Kommunbräu . From an idea of a few Kulmbach people in the 1990s arose a brewery cooperative. In 2016, the inn "Zum Gründla" was added.

• phone: +49 9221 80514
  Restaurant on the brewery grounds with regular events and museum beer in the pub. In the summer with Kulmbach's largest beer garden.

• Kulmbacher Kommunbräu

  phone: +49 9221 84490
  address: Grünwehr 17
  Quaint pub with copper brew kettles in the dining room, monthly changing beer and regular events, and a small beer garden.

• Gasthausbrauerei "Zum Gründla"

  phone: +49 9221 823884
  address: Am Gründlein 5, 95326 Kulmbach
  Kulmbach's youngest brewery, with an inn with good and inexpensive Franconian food.

• Bayerisches Brauerei- und Bäckereimuseum

  phone: +49 9221 80514
  address: Hofer Straße 20, 95326 Kulmbach
  Both museums are housed on the premises of the Mönchshof brewery. In the brewery museum there is a brewery with a glass brewing kettle, each visitor gets a glass museum beer (0.2 litres). Since 2015 a spice museum has been added to the range.

Königsfeld (Oberfranken)

• Brauerei Grasser

  phone: +49 9207 270
  address: Huppendorf 25, 96167 Königsfeld
  Brewery and distillery. Single and double rooms with shower and WC. Specialties are Zwetschgenbames (over prunes wood smoked cattle ham), smoked beef ham and the special sausage, a currywurst with onions, garlic, curry sauce and cheese. From 6 Jan Winter wheat, in March Josefi Bock, in November Kathrein Bock, in December Christmas beer

Memmelsdorf

• Brauerei-Gasthof Höhn

  phone: +49 951 40614-0
  address: Hauptstraße 11, 96117 Memmelsdorf
  Hotel and beer garden

• Brauereigasthof Drei Kronen

  phone: +49 951 94433-0
  address: Hauptstraße 19, 96117 Memmelsdorf
  Historic inn with excellent cuisine, to be recommended the fish dishes, especially of the carp in the months with "r". There is also an in-house beer shop to buy.

• Brauerei-Gaststätte Wagner

  phone: +49 9542 620
  address: Pointstraße 1, 96117 Memmelsdorf, OT Merkendorf
  Behind the restaurant there is a beer garden with playground.

• Brauerei-Gaststätte Hummel

  phone: +49 9542 1247
  address: Lindenstraße 9, 96117 Memmelsdorf, OT Merkendorf
  There are brotzeit from own slaughter.

• Brauerei-Gasthof Göller

  phone: +49 9505 17 45
  address: Scheßlitzer Straße 7, 96117 Memmelsdorf OT Drosendorf
  The beer garden is open May-Sep daily from 14:30; closed Mon, as in the inn, in bad weather it remains closed.

• Hummelskeller

  phone: +49 9542 79 92
  address: Austraße 12 a
  300 meters from the brewery, in the shade of centuries-old trees.

• Höhn's-Keller

  phone: +49 160 96918090
  address: Meedensdorfer Straße, 96117 Memmelsdorf
  Brotzeit are spent in a small house. One is shaded under very old trees, which was designated as a natural monument in 1995.

Neudrossenfeld

• Brauerei-Gasthof Schnupp

  phone: +49 9203 9920
  address: Altdrossenfeld 8, 95512 Neudrossenfeld)
  Brewery, distillery and hotel, first mentioned in 1398.

• Drossenfelder Bräuwerck

  phone: +49 9203 9736-515
  address: Marktplatz 2a, 95512 Neudrossenfeld
  The brewery area under monument protection in the centre of Neudrossenfeld has been extensively renovated. Since November 2013 it has been home of an inn with a beer garden.

Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

Since the early middle ages there has been a communal charter in the municipality which is still used today. Brewed in the common brewery house. The commissions have not always opened, only one of the three communes alternates, the traditional six-breasted brewer's star, the brewer's sign, is used as a sign.

• Familie Benaburger ("Prunhuber")

  phone: +49 9156 1676
  address: Unterer Markt 17

• Familie Döth ("Schaffer")

  phone: +49 9156 1056
  address: Burgstr. 4

• Familie Reindl ("Hombauer")

  phone: +49 9156 1425
  address: Unterer Markt 3

Oberkotzau

• Landgasthof Braukeller

  phone: +49 9286 95020
  address: Hauptstraße 9, 95145 Oberkotzau in the district Fattigau
  The inn of the Schlossbrauerei Stelzer is decorated with the old brewery equipment, the beer garden with barbecue huts is right next to the Saale-cycle track, there is the Ritterkeller for festivals, the dark beer and the sauerkraut are recommendable, there are also daily a large card with hot dishes.

Pegnitz

In the past, beer was brewed only in the cold months, because the beer did not hold up well in the summer heat. In Pegnitz in 1728 an agreement was made, and 1852 precisely defined that during the summer months usually the authorization to the pubs change from week to week. This was called Flinderer. Today it is alternated weekly, from Tuesday to Easter until June, in various Pegnitz restaurants. The exact dates can be found on the homepage of the city. To complement the Flinderer Starkbier, try favorite local dishes such as liver and blood sausages, white and red head cheese, aspics, boiled pork belly, bratwurst, roasted or sour in the onion soup, ribs, horseradish and roast pork with dumplings.

• Brauer-Vereinigung Pegnitz GmbH

  phone: +49 9241 4839937
  address: Am Buchauer Berg 4, 91257 Pegnitz
  Brewery Böheim Hell, Böheim Pils, Böheim Altfränkisch (Landbier), Böheim Hefeweizen, Böheim Flinderer beer, Böheim Christmas festivities around November and Böheim Bock in December. The beers are served in and around Pegnitz in the restaurants.

• Jura-Bräu Privatbrauerei

  phone: +49 9241 2019
  address: Am Buchauer Berg 8-10, 91257 Pegnitz
  Helles, Pils, amber colored Unfiltered Zwick`l, dark Anno 1900 and Flinderer. The beers are served in and around Pegnitz in the restaurants.

• Brauerei Herold

  phone: +49 9241 3311
  address: Marktstr. 29, 91257 Büchenbach/Pegnitz
  Self-brewed Beck'n beer and also specialties like Maibock and Weihnachtsbock. Homemade specialties from their own slaughter and also self-grown potatoes. On Wednesdays and Saturdays there is homemade bread, cakes and salt sticks.

• Brauerei Gradl

  phone: +49 9246 247
  address: Leups 6, 91257 Pegnitz
  Dark dark from the wooden barrel and homemade brotzeit. Barn festival is in July and parish fair on the first Sunday in September.

Pommersfelden

• Brauerei Hennemann

  phone: +49 9502 4307
  address: Sambach 33, 96178 Pommersfelden
  Located in the district of Sambach, with a beer garden, Franconian specialties and homemade fruit schnapps. From October to spring salt water meat with beets fermented by lactic acid fermentation.

Pottenstein

• Brauerei Hufeisen

  phone: +49 9243 260
  address: Hauptstr. 36 - 38, 91278 Pottenstein
  Franconian cuisine and brotzeit. Treberbrot (spent grain bread) is baked on days when brewed.

• Brauerei Mager

  phone: +49 9243 333
  address: Hauptstraße 17, 91278 Pottenstein
  Franconian cuisine and brotzeit, overnight accommodation.

• Bruckmayers Urbräu

  phone: +49 9243-700167
  address: Nürnberger Str. 10, 91278 Pottenstein
  An inn with a historic ambiance, housed in the buildings of the former brewery Wagner with traditional appliances and brewing equipment. Brewery viewing Apr-Oct: Wed + Fri from 17:00.

Pretzfeld

• Brauerei-Gasthaus Nikl-Bräu

  phone: +49 9194 725025
  address: Egloffsteiner Str. 19, 91362 Pretzfeld
  Brewery visits are possible by prior appointment. Fränkische cuisine and brotzeit, every Sunday Schäuferla and various Franconian roasts and homemade cakes and tarts.

• Brauerei-Gasthaus Meister

  phone: +49 9194 9126
  address: Unterzaunsbach 8, 91362 Pretzfeld (Ortsteil Unterzaunsbach)
  On the rest of the day, there is a filled refrigerator in the courtyard, opposite the beer garden, for thirsty people.

• Brauereigasthof Penning-Zeissler

  phone: +49 9194 252
  address: Hetzelsdorf 9, 91362 Pretzfeld
  9.2.2017

Reckendorf

• Brauerei Gasthof Schroll

  phone: +49 9544 20338
  address: Hauptstraße 38, 96182 Reckendorf
  Quaint inn in the town center. The most popular beer of the brewery is the Urtrunk and at Christmas and the fasting time a Bockbier is brewed.

• Gasthaus Schloßbräu

  phone: +49 9544 94950
  address: Mühlweg 8, 96182 Reckendorf
  Carp from own breeding and own butchery.

Rödental

• Brauerei Gasthof Grosch

  phone: +49 9563 7500
  address: Oeslauerstr. 115, 96472 Rödental

Scheßlitz

• Brauerei-Gasthof Hartmann

  phone: +49 9542 920300
  address: Fränkische-Schweiz-Str. 26, 96110 Schesslitz-Würgau
  Daily changing menu with Franconian cuisine and game specialties from our hunting.

• Brauerei Drei Kronen

  phone: +49 9542 1564
  address: Hauptstraße 39, 96110 Scheßlitz
  Brewery since 1749, in the sixth generation. On the 2nd Friday after Ash Wednesday the wheat bock beer is punched, rye beer is available from 23 April-December, church festive beer from July + Aug, and Bockbier Nov + Dec.

• Brauerei Hoh

  phone: +49 9542 627
  address: Köttensdorf 4, 96110 Scheßlitz
  Brewing since 1775, dark lager

Schlüsselfeld

• Stern-Bräu Brauerei Scheubel

  phone: +49 9552 320
  address: Kirchplatz 12, 96132 Schlüsselfeld
  Brewery inn next to the church. Franconian cuisine, unfiltered beer.

• Schwarzer Adler

  phone: +49 9552 359
  address: Marktplatz 6, 96132 Schlüsselfeld
  The inn with brewery was first mentioned in 1811.

• Braumanufaktur Hertl

  phone: +49 9552 981028
  address: Thüngfeld 61 96132 Schlüsselfeld
  Special beers, Indian Pale Ale, bearded beers. No inn, only beer sale, visits and seminars.

• Scheubel-Keller

  phone: +49 9552 6673
  address: Am Weinberg 1, 96132 Schlüsselfeld
  Beer cellar under old trees with playground and parking lots. No hot dishes, only snacks.

Seßlach

The is unique in its wide surroundings. It is brewed with the simplest methods, the right to brew exists since 1335. On "Fasstag" (barrel day) housebrewers come to collect their beer quantities in suitable vessels, such as drums, glass balloons, and canisters.
It is not long since the beer for the Reinwand Inn was still carried in vats across the Maximilian square. Today it is brought hygienically over a pipe from the Kommunbrauhaus to the inn, where it can ferment and mature in the vaulted cellar.

• Gasthof Reinwand

  phone: +49 9569 304
  address: Maximiliansplatz 99, 96145 Seßlach
  Franconian cuisine and beer brewed in the municipal Kommunbrauhaus.

• Landgasthof Roter Ochse

  phone: +49 9569 1220
  address: Maximiliansplatz 95, 96145 Seßlach
  The inn was mentioned for the first time in 1620. There is Franconian cuisine and beer brewed in the municipal Kommunbrauhaus.

Stadelhofen

• Brauerei Konrad Will

  phone: +49 9504 262
  address: Haus Nr. 19, 96187 Schederndorf/Stadelhofen
  An excursion destination also from the wider surroundings. Beer garden and inn are always crowded. The beer is tasty and the brotzeits are sumptuous, at unbeatable prices. You should definitely try the "Ziebeleskäs", a piquant quark. The boss is Ferrarista, so there is every Formula 1 race live on a big screen at any time of day.

• Hübner Bräu

  phone: +49 9207 259
  address: Steinfeld 69, 96187 Stadelhofen
  Jan-Apr pigeon markets are held every Thu to exchange pigeons or other things and there are raffles. The beer garden is open from Apr-Oct.

• Gasthof Lindner

  phone: +49 9207 275
  address: Steinfeld 56, 96187 Stadelhofen
  From 1755 to 1955 beer was brewed in the inn, the brewery was demolished. The innkeeper continue brewing the beer in another brewery according to tradition. In the in-house distillery a variety of schnapps are offered. In the summer months there is a partially covered beer garden with 200 seats.

Stegaurach

• Brauerei Müller

  phone: +49 951 290836
  address: Würzburger Straße 1, 96135 Debring

• Mühlenbräu

  phone: +49 951 29119
  address: Brückenstraße 19, 96135 Stegaurach-Mühlendorf
  Brewery with its own carp breeding.

• Hausbräu Stegaurach

  phone: +49 951 299709
  address: Ruhlstraße 6, 96135 Stegaurach
  In 2001, the master brewer and malt master became self-employed and founded the Hausbräu Stegaurach. The range includes lager beer, pils, smoked beer, black beer, wheat and from October to Christmas Oktoberbock and wheat Bock beer.

Strullendorf

• Brauerei-Gasthaus Sauer

  phone: +49 9543 1578
  address: Sutte 5, 96129 Roßdorf a. F
  Franconian cuisine, in the summer beer garden. Self-brewed Pils, unfiltered, yeast-thick Urbräu, yeast white beer, brown beer and seasonally a bright, tasty Rossdorfer Bock beer.

• Brauerei Griess

  phone: +49 9505 1624
  address: Magdalenenstr. 6, 96129 Geisfeld
  Franconian cuisine, in the summer beer garden. Specialties Ziebeleskäse (fresh cheese), garlic cheese and Zwetschgenbames. At Christmas time, there is Bockbier.

• Brauerei Krug

  phone: +49 9505 484
  address: Alte Dorfstraße 11, 96129 Geisfeld
  Beer garden in the summer. There are brotzeit and alternating one sort of tap beer, no bottled beer.

• Griess-Keller

  phone: +49 171 7927315
  address: In Geisfeld abbiegen, ist ausgeschildert, dann weiter bis zum Parkplatz.
  On the menu are brotzeit and pizzas. Sometimes Fridays (see homepage) additionally grilled trout and mackerel. On Saturdays there is hot food and Sunday coffee with homemade cakes. Occasionally, there is also live music.

Trebgast

• Brauerei Haberstumpf

  phone: +49 9227 351
  address: Bergstraße31, 95367 Trebgast
  The Bräustadl regularly hosts events, often with live music. A visit to the brewery is also possible after registration.

Viereth-Trunstadt

• Brauerei-Gasthof Kundmüller

  phone: +49 9503 4338
  address: Weiher 13, 96191 Viereth-Trunstadt
  The inn is a former hunting lodge, including the brewery, the beer garden, the distillery, the guest house and a small farm. The beers of the brewery have also received many awards including European champion titles. Drafting of the Maibock beer the 4th weekend in April and drafting of the Bock beer at the 3rd weekend in October

• Brauerei-Gasthof Mainlust

  phone: +49 9503 7444
  address: Hauptstraße 9, 96191 Viereth-Trunstadt
  Brewery inn with beer garden, Franconian cuisine and accommodation facilities.

Waischenfeld

• Brauerei Krug

  phone: +49 9202 535
  address: Breitenlesau 1 b, 91344 Waischenfeld
  The inn is a destination for guests from a wide area. No matter what day of the week and what time of day you come, there are always so many guests that you have to look for a place. The specialty is the schnitzel with potato salad, but also the other dishes are recommended. For a schnitzel and a self-brewed beer you can still get under €10. Dark lager beer, Urstoff, Pilsner, Weisse, Dark beer and Gaas-Seidla, a beer mixed drink from lager beer, cola and Kirschdessert wine with approx. 2.8% alc

• Brauerei Schroll

  phone: +49 9204 248
  address: Nankendorf 41, 91344 Waischenfeld
  Brewery tours on request. Landbier, Helles, from November to Easter Bockbier

Warmensteinach

• Brauerei Hütten

  phone: +49 9277 312
  address: Hütten 6-8, 95485 Warmensteinach
  A brewery tour takes place every Thu at 14:30. Registration with Touristinfo Warmensteinach +49 9277 1401. There is no brewery restaurant, but you can try the beers in the inns and buy them in the markets.

Wattendorf

The two breweries are directly opposite the street.

• Brauerei Hübner

  phone: +49 9504 207
  address: Hauptstraße 28, 96196 Wattendorf
  An unfiltered Pils and an amber colored lager beer are brewed. There is Franconian cuisine from its own slaughter, on Sunday roasts.

• Brauerei Dremel

  phone: +49 9504 271
  address: Hauptstraße 21, 96196 Wattendorf
  A bright and dark unfiltered Zwicklbier and a white beer are brewed, besides, there are different Schnaps- and liqueur varieties from own production. There is Franconian cuisine and brotzeit from own production.

Weißenbrunn

• Gampertbräu

  phone: +49 9261 60330
  address: Braustrasse 2 - 4, 96369 Weißenbrunn / Kronach
  The brewery does not have its own inn, the beers are served in the local restaurants.

Weißenohe

The Fünf-Seidla-Steig is a brewery trail with about 19 kilometers long to the five private breweries in the communities of Gräfenberg and Weißenohe.

• Wirtshaus Klosterbrauerei

  phone: +49 9192 6357
  address: Klosterstraße 20, 91367 Weißenohe
  Franconian cuisine, in the summer beer garden. Hemp beer, ginger light beer. An old monastery, founded in 1058, beer production for almost 1000 years.

Weißenstadt

• Brauerei Michael

  phone: +49 9253 265
  address: Kirchenlamitzer Str. 66, 95163 Weißenstadt
  There is a selection of unusual beer varieties, such as rye beer, Indian pale ale or Polaris winter beer with a light glacier ice flavor or Autumn beer Mandarin with pronounced citrus aromas.

Weismain

• Püls-Bräu

  phone: +49 95 75 92 29 - 0
  address: Burgkunstadter Str. 41 - 43, 96260 Weismain
  Brewery, without own inn, but you can buy beer. The drink market is located on the Festungsweg 2a, in Weismain, in the yard of the restaurant Obendorfer (see below).

• Brauereigasthof Obendorfer

  phone: +49 9575 207
  address: Festungsweg 2, 96260 Weismain
  They let brew their beer at the brewery Püls Bräu according to their own recipe.

Wunsiedel

• Bräustübl

  phone: +49 9232 2813
  address: Brunnenstraße 10, 95632 Wunsiedel-Schönbrunn
  Over 200-year-old brewery gasthof of the brewery Lang, with Franconian cuisine and changing daily menu from own slaughter. Specialty is a "Schlachtschüssel", meats and sausages from freshly slaughtered pig. There are also 10 cheap beds for overnight stays.

While wine has historically been more prominent in this area, beer is brewed here as well.

Aschaffenburg

• Brauereigaststätte Schlappeseppel

  phone: +49 6021 25531
  address: Schloßgasse 28
  Since 1631 serving beer, previously a brewery too.

• Schwindbräu

Bad Kissingen

• Wittelsbacher Turm Bräu

  phone: +49 971 785 88 20
  address: Wittelsbacher Turm 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen
  Adventure brewery, Franconian cuisine, beer garden.

• Museumsbraugasthaus Jägersruh

  phone: +49 971 66899
  address: Nepomukgasse 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen - Garitz
  Inn in old Franconian style, opened in 2000

Bad Neustadt

• Karmeliter Bräu

  phone: +49 9771 1323
  address: Ludwig-Elsbett-Straße 5-7, 97616 Salz bei Bad Neustadt
  Former monastery brewery founded in 1348 and thus one of the oldest still existing breweries of Bavaria, since 1923 as a family enterprise led: breeds Pils, Helles, Dunkles, Märzen and Radler. The brewery farm was moved to the district Salz, brewery sightings only on request, brewery inn is the Rathschenke in the town centre.

• Rathschenke

  phone: +49 9771 2692
  address: Roßmarktstraße 36, 97616 Bad Neustadt an der Saale
  Good home cooking, fish dishes

Gerolzhofen

• Brauereigasthof Weinig

  phone: +49 9382 1024
  address: Rügshöfer Straße 5, 97447 Gerolzhofen
  Traditional Franconian cuisine, house slaughter, own beers, beer garden. Bock beer from Christmas to May

Großostheim

• Eder & Heylands BrauereiThe Eder brewery now owner of the Aschaffenburg Heylands and Schlappeseppel brands as well as Bavaria Weizenbier. Export and Pils under the names Eder and Heylands

Hausen (Rhön)

• Rother Bräu

  phone: +49 9779 81010
  address: Birkenweg 2, 97647 Roth v. d. Rhön
  Locally oriented family brewery, organic beers, mixers and sodas are produced. Brewery view every Monday at 11:00. Öko Bier & Apfel, organic beer and apple, is a mixture of 65% beer organic drink and 35% apple juice from biologically controlled cultivation, alcohol 3.1% vol.

Hofheim (Unterfranken)

• Eight beer varieties are brewed, specialties are Kellerbier, lager beer and the Vulkanbier

Kreuzberg

Klostergaststätte

The Klosterbrauerei brews only for the serving in the monastery and for the direct sale. The Kreuzberg beer is probably for many the most important attraction in the monastery. It is brewed with a little more of the original wort and tastes best in its kind on the Kreuzberg itself. The kitchen offers hearty Franconian and Bavarian dishes. The traditional brotzeit to one Maß (one litre) of Kreuzberg beer is the portion cheese, but there are also more cold and hot food, the portions are certainly more than adequate, the prices but still quite cheap. On nice days (especially in late summer and early autumn), the monastery restaurant is often crowded in the afternoon. Before the drinks and the food issue long queues form, and the seats are scarce. Weather permitting beer garden; On Sundays and public holidays during the main worship services. The monastery is closed from the end of October until shortly before Christmas. Accommodation in the monastery is possible.

Lohr am Main

• Keiler Brauhaus

  phone: +49 9352 7328
  address: Alfred-Stumpf-Straße 2, 97816 Lohr am Main
  Variety of beer specialties, cuisine with many regional specialties. Every first Thursday of the month you can watch the brew.

Maroldsweisach

• Brauerei-Gaststätte Hartleb

  phone: +49 9532 240
  address: Herrenstraße 9, 96126 Maroldsweisach
  The beer brewed in the brewery is an unfiltered land beer, which is also bottled and brought to bear. In addition, there are low-priced typical Franconian cuisine.

Miltenberg

• Brauerei Faust

Oberelsbach

• Pax Bräu

  phone: +49 178 80 68 958
  address: Rathgeberstr. 7, 97656 Oberelsbach
  A one-man brewery established in 2007. Breweries are made from whiskey malt and smoked malt as well as wheat beer, both of which are made from organic raw materials. The beer is sold in the one-liter bottle. Brewery visits on request.

Ostheim vor der Rhön

• Ostheimer Bürgerbräu

  phone: +49 9777 9101-0
  address: Nordheimer Straße 14, 97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön
  The brewery produces Pils and Schwarzer Peter (dark beer), it was threatened by bankruptcy in the middle of the 1990s, the rescue brought the invention of the Bionade:

Streck Bräu

phone: +49 9777 9265

address: Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 11, 97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön

The brewery Streck has existed since 1718 and produces pils, light, wheat, dark, export, organic beer, three beer mixes and several sodas. In the shop, there are articles about the beer. Brewery visits on Wed at 14:00 in the courtyard of the brewery, at the latest on the previous day, advance registration required.

Saal an der Saale

• Brauerei Lang

  phone: +49 9762 92 92
  address: Charlotte-von-Kalb-Straße 13, 97633 Waltershausen
  The only brewery in the area Grabfeld. Brewed is Pils, yeast wheat, Lager, Bock and special beers like the dark "Franconian copper beer". Brewery tours by arrangement. There is Franconian cuisine in the inn.

Triefenstein

• Homburger Bräuscheuere

  phone: +49 9395 876882
  address: Zeller Tor 6, 97855 Triefenstein
  Natural truffles Kellerbier, white beer, Pils, seasonal beers.

Werneck

• Brauereigasthof Werneck

  phone: +49 9722 9108-0
  address: Schönbornstraße 2, 97440 Werneck
  The brewery restaurant with Franconian cuisine and beer garden has guest rooms and a secure place for bicycles.

Würzburg

• phone: +49 931 4 29 70
  Directly at the brewery of the Würzburger Hofbräu. Good food at reasonable prices, in summer even in a beautiful beer garden.

Zeil am Main

• Brauereigasthof Zur Alten Freyung

  phone: +49 9524 9554
  address: Speiersgasse 21, 97475 Zeil am Main
  With shaded beer garden and children's playground

Erlangen

• Kitzmann BräuSchänke

  phone: +49 9131 810833
  address: Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 25, 91054 Erlangen
  Brewery inn with Franconian cuisine and beer garden. All day hot food.

• Steinbach Bräu

  address: Vierzigmannstraße 4

Gunzenhausen

• Schorschbräu

  phone: +49 9831 883250
  address: Oberasbach 16a, 91710 Gunzenhausen
  The small brewery holds the world record with a beer with 57%. If you want to buy one of the special beers from 13% to 43% alcohol content, this cannot be done directly at the brewery but at

Lauf an der Pegnitz

• Brauerei Simon

  phone: +49 9123 23 23
  address: Heroldstrasse 12, 91207 Lauf a. d. Pegnitz
  There is no brewery. They brew chestnut-brown white beer, special Vollbier, Helles, or the Schwarze Kuni, the dark wheat buck

• Brauerei Gasthof Wiethaler

  phone: +49 9126 5460
  address: Welserpl. 6, 91207 Lauf an der Pegnitz

Neustadt an der Aisch

• Directly by bike path. House brewery, bakery, beer garden, 12 rooms with shower and WC

Nürnberg

• Brauerei Barfüßer

  phone: +49 911 204242
  address: Hallplatz 2, 90402 Nürnberg
  In medieval cellars with over 600 seats. A natural, unfiltered beer is brewed in the copper brewery according to the German purity law.

• Hausbrauerei Altstadthof

  phone: +49 911 2449859
  address: Bergstraße 19, 90403 Nürnberg
  Since 1984, beer has been brewed by hand, all raw materials come from organic cultivation. The restaurant offers Franconian cuisine.

• Lederer Kulturbrauerei

  phone: +49 911 80100
  address: Sielstraße 12, 90429 Nürnberg
  Quaint ambience with steam engine and crocodile on the ceiling and large beer garden with old trees.

• Bierwerk Charakterbierbar

  phone: +49 911 47892114
  address: Unschlittplatz 9, 90403 Nürnberg
  12 constantly changing beers from the barrel, about 200 bottle beers, own house beers, Frankish brotzeit.

• Bier Kontor

  phone: +49 911 12032903
  address: An der Mauthalle 2, 90402 Nürnberg
  Around 350 bottle beers from all over the world. Every Thu 17:00-18:30 there is a beer enjoyment seminar, about 1 hour, €3/person

Schnaittach

• Brauerei Enzensteiner

  phone: +49 9153 92 47 33
  address: Enzenreuth 8, 91220 Schnaittach
  Since 1998 two to three times a month a beer is brewed according to own recipes.

• Brauerei Kanone

  phone: +49 9153 366
  address: Brückenstraße 1a, 91220 Schnaittach
  There is no brewery inn. Who is in Schnaittach should try the beer.

• Brauerei Schaffer

  phone: +49 9153 253
  address: Badstraße 5, 91220 Schnaittach
  The brewery abandoned the operation in 2009-10, but the Pilsner is still in beverage markets, brewed is now somewhere else.

Spalt

• Stadtbrauerei Spalt

  phone: +49 9175 7961 0
  address: Brauereigasse 3, 91174 Spalt
  The Stadtbrauerei is the last municipal brewery in Germany, with 5,100 brewery owners, the citizens of Spalt and the mayor is the managing director. Guided tours are offered from 20 people. The beers are brewed with cleavage aromas and served in the restaurants in and around Spalt.

Weißenburg in Bayern

• Bräustüberl Zur Kanne

  phone: +49 9141 3844
  address: Bachgasse 15, 91781 Weißenburg
  This inn could also be among sights; the guest room is essentially in the state of 1890.