Breweries in Franconia

This guide lists breweries, brewpubs, beer cellars, brewery museums and other attractions related to beer and beer culture in the southern German region, Franconia. Franconia is the northern end of the Bavarian state, and offers stark contrasts with the state's southern end, which is dominated by Munich, where the Oktoberfest happens early each autumn. Being administratively part of the state of Bavaria is a sore point with the locals, so you are wise to avoid calling people "Bavarians" or assuming too much of an overlap between the region and Munich, as they are about as distinct from one another as "Bavaria proper" and its western neighbor Baden Württemberg.

Tray with beer at Brauereigasthof Rothenbach

Understand

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 CO₂ 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.

Talk

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 <SIGH-d-luh> - Franconian dialect for half a liter; almost exclusively used referring to beer (a Seidla Bier)
• (Bier)keller <beer-keh-luh> - see above; note that you say "auf den Keller gehen" (literally: go on top of the cellar) for visiting one
• Maß (Bier) <mahs> - a liter of beer; less common in Franconia than in Munich but certainly not unheard of
• Radler <rah-dluh> - 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 <brot-site> - a (usually cold) snack that does not qualify as a full on meal Brot means "bread" and Zeit means "time"
• Kellerplatte <KEH-luh-pluh-teh> - an assortment of different types of sausage and/or cheese; a commonly served type of Brotzeit in a Bierkeller
• Schäufala (different spellings exist) <shoy-fuh-luh> - 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 <SHLAKHT-shui-sell> - meats and sausages from freshly slaughtered pig.
• Gaas Seidla <Gahs sigh-dluh> - a mixed drink made from beer, cherry wine and coke. Available pre-mixed from some of the listed breweries

Get in

See also: Franconia#Get in

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 ^IATA) is certainly the closest and most convenient, but Munich airport (MUC ^IATA) and Frankfurt airport (FRA ^IATA) are better connected internationally and a train from there can get you into the region in a few hours.

Get around

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.

Upper Franconia

Ahorntal

• 🌍 Held Bräu (Brewery with brewery inn), Oberailsfeld 19, 95491 Ahorntal, ☎ [phone]. Wednesday is rest day. 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 (Brewery with brewery inn), Hintergereuth 4, 95491 Ahorntal, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun from 09:00. Closed Monday. With its own brewery chapel. The specialties of the brewery are Pils, Lagerhell, Ahorntaler Landbier, premium white and seasonal the festival beer. 

Steinbier

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, Gewerbegebiet 4, 96264 Altenkunstadt, ☎ [phone]. There is no brewery restaurant, but you can try the beers in the inns and buy them in the markets. (updated Feb 2017)

Brauereigasthof Rothenbach

Kathi Bräu

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, Im Tal 70, 91347 Aufseß, ☎ [phone]. The inn is almost always open, the few closed days will be announced on the homepage. Good home cooking, trout are recommended, behind the house is the garden terrace 
• 🌍 Kathi-Bräu, Heckenhof 1, 91347 Heckenhof-Aufseß, ☎ [phone]. 9:00-11:00. An Eldorado for motorcyclists with hundreds of motorcycles in summer. Friday evening there is music and shashlik. 

Brauereigasthof Reichold

Brauerei Stadter

• 🌍 Brauerei Reichold, Hochstahl 24, 91347 Aufseß, ☎ [phone]. Closed Mon and Tue, but for thirsty hikers the brewery is open all day, there are bottles of beer and non-alcoholic drinks. Apr-Nov: open daily from 17:00. In the summer with outdoor seating 0.5 l beer €2.10, Pork schnitzel with mixed salad, potato salad or french fries €7. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei Stadter, Sachsendorf, 91347 Aufseß, ☎ [phone]. hot food from 11:00–0:00. Mon closed. 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, Am Mahlberg 1, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Nedensdorf, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Fri from 16:00, Sat from 15:00, Sun and public holidays from 10:30. Monday closed day. 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. (updated Sep 2015)

Staffelberg-Bräu

• 🌍 Staffelberg-Bräu, Am Mühlteich 4, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Loffeld, ☎ [phone]. closed on Mondays. 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. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Hotel-Landgasthof-Café Schwarzer Adler, End, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, ☎ [phone]. Upscale restaurant with a nice ambience. The beer is brewed by the brewery Hetzel in Frauenendorf in license brewing. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Dinkel, Frauendorfer Str. 18, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang, ☎ [phone]. Mon, Tues and Thu-Sun 10:00-23:00, hot food 11:30-23:00, afterwards still snacks are possible. 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. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Hennemann, Am Dorfbrunnen 13, 96231 Bad Staffelstein/Stublang, ☎ [phone]. 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. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Hetzel "Zum Pfau", Frauendorf 11a, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, ☎ [phone]. Sun 10:00-12:00 and from 15:00, Mon-Sat closed. (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Metzgerbräu, Stublanger Str. 2, 96231 Staffelstein-Uetzing, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Fri 6:30-18:00; Village shop, beer shop until 20:00, Sat 6:30-18:00, Sun closed. Brewery, butcher shop, village shop (updated Sep 2015)
• 🌍 Brauerei Trunk, Vierzehnheiligen 3, 96231 Bad Staffelstein, ☎ [phone]. Daily 10:00-20:00, food delivery until 19:00. 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, Wiesen 14, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen, ☎ [phone]. Tue - Fri from 16:00, Sat, Sun an holidays from 11:00. Lunch 11:30-13:30, afternoon coffee, cake and brotzeit, dinner from 16:30. Self-brewed beer, guest rooms and apartments (updated Mar 2017)

• 🌍 Brauereigasthaus Thomann, Altmainstraße 5, 96231 Bad Staffelstein - Wiesen, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 10:00, May to Oct. Wed closed; Nov. to April Tue and Wed closed. Self-brewed, dark lager and wheat beer. Guest room / apartment (updated Mar 2017)

Bamberg

Steinkrug of the brewery Greifenklau

Mahrs-Bräu

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).

Brauerei Fässla

Gravity cask in the Schlenkerla

• 🌍 Ambräusianum, Dominikanerstraße 10, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Jan-Mar: Tue-Fri 17:00-23.00, Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-21:00; Apr-Dec: Tue 17:00-23:00, Wed-Sat 11:00-23:00, Sun 11:00-21:00. Bamberg's first inn brewery. If you order the beer tasting, you can try all 3 beers and do not have to decide. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Brauerei Spezial, Obere Königstraße 10, 96052 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:00-23:00, Sat 09:00-14:00. For over 475 years smoking beer is brewed. Inn with home cooking, on Sunday roast kitchen. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Brauerei Greifenklau, Laurenziplatz 20, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sat 10:30-23:30, Sun 10:00-14:00, Closed on Mondays. Hotel with beer garden and own beer. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Keesmann-Bräu, Wunderburg 5, 96050 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Closed Sundays. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Klosterbräu, Obere Mühlbrücke 1-3, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Fri 10:30-23:00; Sat, public holidays 10:00-23:00; Sun 10:00-22:00. The oldest brewery in Bamberg. Main dish €6-12. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Mahrs-Bräu, Wunderburg 10, 96050 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Mon 16:00-23:00, Tue-Sat 10:00-23:00, Sun 10:00-15:00. Beer cellar, quaint restaurant. You often hear the order "A U"; the guest expresses that he wants to drink "one non-carbonated beer". Main courses €6-18. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Schlenkerla, Dominikanerstraße 6, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Daily 9:30-23:30. "Aecht Schlenkerla Rauchbier", the historic brewery inn. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Erlkoenig, Gaustadter Hauptstraße 109, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Fri 11:30-14:00 and 17:00-23:00, Sat 17:00-00:00, Sun 11:30-23:00. Bamberg's newest brewery with craft beers. Dishes from €8, cheaper lunch menu. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Spezial-Keller, Sternwartstraße, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Fri from 15:00, Sat from 12:00, on Sun and holidays from 10:30, Mon closed. With "Special Smoke Beer". Located on the Stephansberg, the cellar offers one of the most beautiful views over Bamberg. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Wilde Rose Keller, Oberer Stephansberg 49, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. end of Apr-Sep, on working days from 16:00. Open on Sundays and holidays from 15:00. More than 100 year-old beer cellar under chestnut trees with tasty beer. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Fränkisches Brauereimuseum, Michelsberg 10f, 96049 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Apr-Oct 13:00-17:00 on Sat and Fri; on Sat, Sun and public holidays from 11:00-17:00.. 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". Erwachsene: €3.50. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Weyermann Fan Shop, Brennerstrasse 15, 96052 Bamberg, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Thu 13:00-18:00, Fri 10:00-12:00 and 13:00-18:00, Sat 10:00-14:00. Fan shop of the malt factory Weyermann with beer, malt and accessories. (updated Mar 2016)

Bayreuth

Manns-Bräu

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, Tristanstraße 8, ☎ [phone]. Monday to Friday from 17:00. 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). (updated Dec 2015)
• 🌍 Becher Bräu, St.-Nikolaus-Straße 25, 95445 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone]. 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, Richard-Wagner-Straße 38, 95444 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone]. 10:00-14:00 and from 17:00-24:00, Sunday evening and Monday closed. Right at the Villa Wahnfried, very good kitchen, reasonable daily dishes, good beers. 
• 🌍 Liebesbier, Andreas-Maisel-Weg 1, 95445 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone]. Open daily from 17:00 to 00:00. 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. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Manns-Bräu, Friedrichstraße 23, 95444 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone]. Daily 10:30-22:00, Fri 16:00-22:00. Cozy guest house with beer garden in the alley. Mann's Bräu - Special Beer Dark is brewed at the Bayreuther Becher Brewery. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Maisel's Brauereimuseum, Kulmbacher Straße 40, 95444 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 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". Adults €5, youth €3. 
• 🌍 Bayreuther Katakomben, Kulmbacher Straße 60, 95445 Bayreuth, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Guided tours for individuals are held Mon-Sun at 16:00. Further dates can be booked for groups of 12 persons or more by appointment.. 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". Adults €5, youth €3. 

Burgebrach

• 🌍 Brauerei und Gasthof Schwan, Hauptstraße 16, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Fri from 15:30, Sat from 15:30, Sun and public holidays from 09:00. Franconian cuisine and accommodation Main dishes €7-16. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei Zehendner, Mönchsambach 18, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Wed, Thu from 15:00; Fri, Sat from 11:00. Apart from the self-brewed beer, the specialties are Sülze (aspic), Gerupfter, bratwurst and homemade bread. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauereigaststätte Herrmann, Brückenstraße 3, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Daily, except Tuesday, from 9:00, when the beer cellar is open, the inn remains closed. Franconian Brotzeit from own slaughter, from 17:00 warm dishes (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei Kaiser, Grasmannsdorf 9, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Fri 10:00-22:00, Sat 18:00, Sun 12:00-15:00 Lunch break (Nov-Mar 12:00-16:00). There are Brotzeit and a beer garden (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthaus zum Max, Ampferbach 25, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Fri, Sat, Sun from 17:00. Their unfiltered lager beer is produced according to own recipe in another brewery. The specialty is chicken (also called Göger or Gögerla). (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Zum Wirt, Stappenbach 15, 96138 Burgebrach, ☎ [phone]. Sundays from 11:30. Former brewery Dreßel, now produce their own beer in another brewery. Creative Franconian cuisine, even Frankish sushi. (updated Feb 2017)

Buttenheim

• 🌍 Löwenbräu Buttenheim, Marktstraße 8, 96155 Buttenheim, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun lunch 11:00-14:30, dinner 16:30-21:00, Sunday lunch 11:00-15:00. Brewery restaurant with traditional, Franconian cuisine 
• 🌍 St-Georgen-Bräu Bräustübla, Marktstraße 12, 96155 Buttenheim, ☎ [phone]. Every day. Brewery restaurant with traditional, Franconian cuisine 

• 🌍 Brauerei Meusel, Dreuschendorf 27, 96155 Buttenheim, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Thu 06:15-19:00; Fri 06:15-17:00. 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, Eremitage 3, 96155 Buttenheim, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Sat 11:00; Sun from 10:00, warm meals Mon-Sat 11:30-14:00 and Sun from 11:00, Mon-Sun 16:30-21:00, closed Tuesday (May-Aug) or Tue-Wed (Sep-Apr), business rest from Christmas to early March. Gasthof with large beer garden and Franconian cuisine. 
• 🌍 St. GeorgenBräu Keller, Kellerstraße, 96155 Buttenheim, ☎ [phone]. In good weather from Apr-Sep, daily from 14:00; on Sundays and holidays from 11:00. Big beer garden with children's playground, on Fridays there are mackerel and herring from the beech grill. 

Coburg

• 🌍 Brauhaus zu Coburg, Nägleinsgasse 4, 96450 Coburg, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00 to 23:00. Delicious Bavarian-Franconian cuisine in a rustic atmosphere with beer from the in-house brewery (updated Apr 2017)

Creußen

• 🌍 Brauerei & Landgasthof Kürzdörfer, Brauhausgasse 5, 95473 Creussen/Lindenhardt, ☎ [phone]. Mon closed. Tue-Sat 11:00-23:00; Sun and holiday 10:30-23:00. Franconian cuisine and beers from our own production in a rustic log house. Schnitzel with potato salad €7.60, the half-litre of beer €2. (updated Apr 2019)

Ebensfeld

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Zum Schwan, Hauptstrasse 46, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☎ [phone]. Open daily from 10:00 to 23:00, meals from 11:00 to 22:00. Brewery restaurant in the centre, it is still brewed, beer garden in front of the house. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Gasthaus Martin, Viehtriebweg 3, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☎ [phone]. Inn with Franconian cuisine, own fish and poultry breeding, own sausage production, brewery with amber full beer Open from 16:00; Sat and Sun from 10:00; closed Wednesday. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Leicht, Pferdsfeld 22, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Wed 16:00-23:00; Thu closed; Fri 16:00-23:00; Sat + Sun 10:00-23:00. Franconian cuisine, beer from our own brewery, overnight accommodation 
• 🌍 Ebensfelder-Brauhaus, Oberer Kellbachdamm 7, 96250 Ebensfeld, ☎ [phone]. Beer sales directly from brewery ramp. 

Ebermannstadt

Easily reachable by regional trains from Forchheim

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Schwanenbräu, Am Marktpl. 2, 91320 Ebermannstadt, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Sat 08:00-23:00; Sun 08:00-15:00. Warm kitchen 11:30-14:30 and 17:00-21:00. Inn since the 17th century, beer garden, own brewery, fruit schnapps from distillery, hotel. Main courses €9-20. (updated Feb 2017)

Eggolsheim

• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Pfister, Eggerbachstr. 22, Weigelshofen, 91330 Eggolsheim, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00-01:00, on the morning only from 17:00, closed. Hot meals are served 12:00-14:00 and 17:00-21:00, on Sundays and bank holidays from 11:00. 

Forchheim

Refreshment in the Kellerwald

• 🌍 Brauerei Neder, Sattlertorstr. 10, 91301 Forchheim, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Mon, Wed-Sat 10:00-22:00; Sun and holidays 09:00-13:00; Tue closed. The brewery has existed since 1554. 
• 🌍 Brauereigaststätte Hebendanz, Sattlertorstr. 14, 91301 Forchheim, ☎ [phone]. 08:00-22:00, Thu closed. 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, Bamberger Straße 9 91301 Forchheim, ☎ [phone]. From 12:00, Sat, Sun and on holidays from 10:00; Tue and Wed closed. There is hot food throughout. The brewery has been in existence since 1783. In the courtyard there is a beautiful beer garden. 
• Brauerei Greif, Serlbacher Str. 10, 91301 Forchheim, ☎ [phone]. The brewery has existed since 1848. In the Greif-Keller 'or in the' Schindlerkeller 'in the Kellerwald. 

Forchheimer Kellerwald

The cellars in 🌍 Forchheimer Kellerwald 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, Untergreuth 8, 96158 Frensdorf, ☎ [phone]. Fri 16:00-22:30; Sat&Sun 14:00-22:30 and every other Tue, see homepage. The brewery has been family-owned since 1870 in the 8th generation. There are brotzeit, pizzas and on Saturdays schnitzel. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Brauerei Barnikel, Dorfstraße 5, 96158 Frensdorf-Herrnsdorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily 10:00-13:00; Wed closed. 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. (updated Apr 2019)

Der Schmausenkeller

• 🌍 Brauerei Müller, Lange Str. 2, 96158 Frensdorf, ☎ [phone]. Beer sales in the brewery at noon, the beer is served in the Schmausenkeller (see below). (updated Apr 2019)
  • 🌍 Schmausenkeller, Am Bahnhof 13, 96158 Reundorf, ☎ [phone]. Mid-March to 4th weekend in October is Mon-Fri from 16:00; Sat from 15:00; Sun and holiday from 11:00; in bad weather closed Thu. Dec and Jan: Mon, Tue, and Fri from 16:00; Sat from 15:00, Sun from 11:00. Wed and Thu closed. 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. (updated Apr 2019)

Gräfenberg

See also: Fünf Seidla Steig

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, Am Bach 3, 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat 11:00-22:00; Fri, Sun, Mon 16:00-23:00. Mid-Nov to mid-Mar: Tue, Wed, Thu, Sat 11:00-22:00; Sun 16:00-23:00; Mon and Fri closed. 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. Main courses €6-12. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei Hofmann, Hohenschwärz 16 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Sun 10:00-22:00; closed Mon and Tue. Brewery since 1897, Christmas festival beer from November to December. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Thuisbrunner Elchbräu, Thuisbrunn 11, 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Fri-Sun from 10:00. 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. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei Friedmann, Jägersberg 16, 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Since 1875 in family possession, from the Heldschen Brauhaus emerged. (updated Feb 2017)
  • 🌍 Biergarten zum Bergschlösschen, Am Michelsberg 36, 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Open in good weather on Sat and Sun 14:00-22:00. (updated Feb 2017)
  • 🌍 Friedmann's Bräustüberl, Bayreuther Str. 14, 91322 Gräfenberg, ☎ [phone]. Wed from 17:00; Thu, Fri, Sat from 10:00; Sun 10:00-20:00. Franconian cuisine, specialty Bratwurstschnitzel (updated Feb 2017)

Hallerndorf

The Braumeister in the brewhouse

• 🌍 Brauerei Rittmayer, Trailsdorfer Straße 4, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Wed 16:00-23:00; Thu-Sun 11:30-14:00 and 16:00-23:00; closed Mon. Franconian and international cuisine. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Lieberth, Forchheimer Straße 2, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Beer sales: Mon-Fri 08:00-12:00 and 14:00-19:00; Sat 08:00-16:00. The Brauereigasthof is open daily from 17:00 on weekends and on Sundays from 10:00; closed Mon, Wed, and during the summer. .
  • 🌍 Dorfkeller Lieberth, Kreuzbergstraße 17, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Beginning/mid-Apr to end of Sept: Mon-Fri from 15:30; Sat from 15:00; Sun and holidays from 10:00; closed in bad weather. Specialty is caraway roasts. Friday’s mackerel and herring from the charcoal grill (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Gänstaller Bräu, Schnaid 10, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Founding year 2011, specialties such as Imperial Indian Pale Ale or Quartor-Doppelbock 
• 🌍 Landgasthof Brauerei Rittmayer, Willersdorf 108, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Hot meals are available Mon-Tue 17:00-21:00; Wed-Sun 11:30-14:00 and 17:00-21:00. 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, Stiebarlimbach 9, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 10:00; hot food 11:30-14:30 and 16:00-21:00; closed Wed-Thu. Franconian cuisine, carp from their own ponds, game specialties from their own hunting. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Witzgall, Schlammersdorfer Straße 17, 91352 Hallerndorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 09:00, Thu closed. 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

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, Kreuzberg 18, 91352 Hallerndorf - Berg, ☎ [phone]. May-Sep: daily from 11:00. Oct-Apr: Mon-Sat from 11:00; closed Sun and holidays. 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]. Apr-Oct daily from 11:00; every Friday, in good weather, from 15:00 grilled herring and mackerel. From mid-Nov: Fri-Sun from 11:00. The Brauhaus was rebuilt in 2007 with a large children's playground 
• 🌍 Lieberth - Kreuzbergkeller, Kreuzberg, 91352 Hallerndorf - Berg, ☎ [phone]. May-Oct: daily from 15:00, Sun and holidays from 11:30. Dec-Apr: Fri-Sat from 16:00, Sun and holidays from 11:30. Closed in Nov. 

At the foot of Kreuzberg

• 🌍 Roppelts Keller, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 11:00; Wed-Thu from 15:30. 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, Dörfleinser Str. 43, 96103 Dörfleins, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Wed, Fri, Sun 09:00–23:00; Thu 09:00–19:00; Sat 09:00-20:00. 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, Marktplatz 5, 91332 Heiligenstadt, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 8.00. With overnight accommodation 
• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Ott, Oberleinleiter 6, 91332 Heiligenstadt, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:00-23:00, Monday closed. Franconian cuisine and own house slaughter, the specialty are chickens, the Bockbierfest is at the end of April. 

Himmelkron

• 🌍 Gasthaus zum Roten Ochsen, Laitscher Weg 4, 95502 Himmelkron, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 10:00; closed from 14:00-16:00 except Sundays and holidays; Wed closed. Meat from own breeding and slaughtering, homemade dumplings, amber colored house beer, brewed according to old recipe. Main courses €9-17. (updated Nov 2016)

Hirschaid

• 🌍 Brauerei Kraus, Luitpoldstr. 11, 96114 Hirschaid, ☎ [phone]. Daily 08:00-24:00, Tue closed. Beers from own brewery, own butchery, beer garden directly at the cycle track, overnight accommodation possibilities. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Weber, Ringstraße 46, 96114 Hirschaid - Röbersdorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 09:00; Wed closed. Own brewery, light and dark Llager, smoky beer, garlic and pepper carp, beer garden 

Hof

• 🌍 Meinels-Bas, Vorstadt 13, 95028 Hof, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 11:00, continuous warm kitchen. 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

Brotzeit in Wagnerkeller

• 🌍 Wagner Bräu, Hauptstaße 15, 96164 Kemmern, ☎ [phone]. Sat and Wed 12:00-24:00; Mon, Fri and Sun 15:00-24:00; Sun breakfast from 10:00-12:00, Tue closed. 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]. Tue, Thu and Fri from 15:30 (summer months); Wed from 14:00 (also winter months); Sat from 13:00; Sun and public holidays from 09:30 with lunch table; Mon closed. 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, Amtsgerichtsstraße 21, 96317 Kronach, ☎ [phone]. 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-23:00, Mon and Tues only in the evening; Sun 11:00-23:00. "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, Friesener Straße 1, 96317 Kronach, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00-14:00 and 17:00; closed Mon. 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

Copper brew kettle in Kommunbräu

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.

• 🌍 Zum Mönchshof Bräuhaus, Hofer Straße 20, 95326 Kulmbach, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun open from 11:00; closed Mon, except on holidays. 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, Grünwehr 17, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Daily from 10:00 to midnight. Quaint pub with copper brew kettles in the dining room, monthly changing beer and regular events, and a small beer garden. 
• 🌍 Gasthausbrauerei "Zum Gründla", Am Gründlein 5, 95326 Kulmbach, ☎ [phone]. Mon 16:00-23:00; Wed-Sun 11:00-23:00; closed Tue. Kulmbach's youngest brewery, with an inn with good and inexpensive Franconian food. Main dishes €4-10. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Bayerisches Brauerei- und Bäckereimuseum, Hofer Straße 20, 95326 Kulmbach, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun 10:00-17:00. 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. Adults €4.50, both museums €7, pupils, students, retirees and severely handicapped €4, both €6, children in family supervision up to 6 years free. (updated Apr 2019)

Königsfeld (Oberfranken)

• 🌍 Brauerei Grasser, Huppendorf 25, 96167 Königsfeld, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 9:00, day of rest. 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

Guest room Drei Kronen

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Höhn, Hauptstraße 11, 96117 Memmelsdorf, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. Hotel and beer garden 

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Drei Kronen (Hotel), Hauptstraße 19, 96117 Memmelsdorf, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone]. 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, Pointstraße 1, 96117 Memmelsdorf, OT Merkendorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 09:00, closed Mon. Hot food is served 11:30-14:00 and 16:30-21:00. Franconian snacks are served throughout. Behind the restaurant there is a beer garden with playground. 
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gaststätte Hummel, Lindenstraße 9, 96117 Memmelsdorf, OT Merkendorf, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Sat from 09:00, hot food 11:30-21:00; Sun 10:00-12:00 and from 15:00. The dates for lunch on Sunday are available on the homepage. Closed Tuesdays.. There are brotzeit from own slaughter. 
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Göller, Scheßlitzer Straße 7, 96117 Memmelsdorf OT Drosendorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 9:00; closed Mon (when Mon is holiday, then closed Tue). The beer garden is open May-Sep daily from 14:30; closed Mon, as in the inn, in bad weather it remains closed. 
• 🌍 Hummelskeller, Austraße 12 a, ☎ [phone]. 1 May-31 Aug (only in good weather) Mon-Fri from 17:00; Sun and holidays from 15:00; closed Wed and Sat. 300 meters from the brewery, in the shade of centuries-old trees. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Höhn's-Keller, Meedensdorfer Straße, 96117 Memmelsdorf, ☎ [phone]. April-October in nice weather. Brotzeit are spent in a small house. One is shaded under very old trees, which was designated as a natural monument in 1995. Brotzeit from €4.90 and tarte flambée from €5.50. (updated Feb 2017)

Neudrossenfeld

Der Bräuwerck Biergarten

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Schnupp, Altdrossenfeld 8, 95512 Neudrossenfeld), ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. 7:00-23:00, hot food: 11:30-13:45 and 17:30-21:00; closed Fri. Brewery, distillery and hotel, first mentioned in 1398. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Drossenfelder Bräuwerck, Marktplatz 2a, 95512 Neudrossenfeld, ☎ [phone]. 11:00-23:00 daily. 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. Main dishes from €10. (updated Apr 2019)

Neuhaus an der Pegnitz

Brewer's star at Hombauer

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"), Unterer Markt 17, ☎ [phone]. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Familie Döth ("Schaffer"), Burgstr. 4, ☎ [phone]. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Familie Reindl ("Hombauer"), Unterer Markt 3, ☎ [phone]. (updated Feb 2017)

Oberkotzau

• 🌍 Landgasthof Braukeller, Hauptstraße 9, 95145 Oberkotzau in the district Fattigau, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Daily from 11:30. 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. Schnitzel €9. (updated Feb 2017)

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, Am Buchauer Berg 4, 91257 Pegnitz, ☎ [phone]. 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. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Jura-Bräu Privatbrauerei, Am Buchauer Berg 8-10, 91257 Pegnitz, ☎ [phone]. Helles, Pils, amber colored Unfiltered Zwick`l, dark Anno 1900 and Flinderer. The beers are served in and around Pegnitz in the restaurants. (updated Apr 2019)
• Brauerei Herold, Marktstr. 29, 91257 Büchenbach/Pegnitz, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:00-14:00; closed Tuesday. 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. (updated Apr 2019)
• Brauerei Gradl, Leups 6, 91257 Pegnitz, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Daily from 09:00, Tuesday closed. Dark dark from the wooden barrel and homemade brotzeit. Barn festival is in July and parish fair on the first Sunday in September. (updated Apr 2019)

Pommersfelden

• 🌍 Brauerei Hennemann, Sambach 33, 96178 Pommersfelden, ☎ [phone]. Thu-Sun from 11:30. 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. (updated Feb 2017)

Pottenstein

• 🌍 Brauerei Hufeisen, Hauptstr. 36 - 38, 91278 Pottenstein, ☎ [phone]. Franconian cuisine and brotzeit. Treberbrot (spent grain bread) is baked on days when brewed. (updated Dec 2015)
• 🌍 Brauerei Mager, Hauptstraße 17, 91278 Pottenstein, ☎ [phone]. Franconian cuisine and brotzeit, overnight accommodation. Roast from €8. (updated Dec 2015)
• 🌍 Bruckmayers Urbräu, Nürnberger Str. 10, 91278 Pottenstein, ☎ [phone]. 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. Small meals from €5. 

Pretzfeld

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthaus Nikl-Bräu, Egloffsteiner Str. 19, 91362 Pretzfeld, ☎ [phone]. From 09.30 through warm food until 20:00. Brewery visits are possible by prior appointment. Fränkische cuisine and brotzeit, every Sunday Schäuferla and various Franconian roasts and homemade cakes and tarts. Schnitzel €8.60. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthaus Meister, Unterzaunsbach 8, 91362 Pretzfeld (Ortsteil Unterzaunsbach), ☎ [phone]. Fri-Mon, Wed from 17:00; closed Tues + Thu. On the rest of the day, there is a filled refrigerator in the courtyard, opposite the beer garden, for thirsty people. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Penning-Zeissler, Hetzelsdorf 9, 91362 Pretzfeld, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Fri 15:00-21:00; Sat, Sun and holidays 10:00-22.00; closed Mon-Tue. 9.2.2017 

Reckendorf

• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Schroll, Hauptstraße 38, 96182 Reckendorf, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 09:00; closed Thu. 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. (updated Apr 2016)
• 🌍 Gasthaus Schloßbräu, Mühlweg 8, 96182 Reckendorf, ☎ [phone]. Mon, Thu-Sat 10:00-13:30 and from 16:00; Wed only from 16:00; Sun and holidays from 09:30; closed Tue. Carp from own breeding and own butchery. 

Information about the brewery

Rödental

• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Grosch, Oeslauerstr. 115, 96472 Rödental, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Breakfast 7:00-10:00; lunch 11:30-14:00; lunch, choice of dishes 14:00-17:30; evening menu 17:30-22:00. 

Scheßlitz

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Hartmann, Fränkische-Schweiz-Str. 26, 96110 Schesslitz-Würgau, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Mon 8:00-24.00; closed Tue. Daily changing menu with Franconian cuisine and game specialties from our hunting. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Drei Kronen, Hauptstraße 39, 96110 Scheßlitz, ☎ [phone]. Daily 9:30 to 13:00 and from 17:00; closed Wed. 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. (updated Feb 2016)
• 🌍 Brauerei Hoh, Köttensdorf 4, 96110 Scheßlitz, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Mon-Fri from 15:30; Sat, Sun and public holidays from 15:00; closed Wed. Brewing since 1775, dark lager (updated Feb 2016)

Schlüsselfeld

• 🌍 Stern-Bräu Brauerei Scheubel, Kirchplatz 12, 96132 Schlüsselfeld, ☎ [phone]. All year from 9:00, Mon closed. Brewery inn next to the church. Franconian cuisine, unfiltered beer. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Schwarzer Adler, Marktplatz 6, 96132 Schlüsselfeld, ☎ [phone]. The inn with brewery was first mentioned in 1811. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Braumanufaktur Hertl, Thüngfeld 61 96132 Schlüsselfeld, ☎ [phone]. Special beers, Indian Pale Ale, bearded beers. No inn, only beer sale, visits and seminars. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Scheubel-Keller, Am Weinberg 1, 96132 Schlüsselfeld, ☎ [phone]. Open in summer with nice weather. Beer cellar under old trees with playground and parking lots. No hot dishes, only snacks. (updated Apr 2019)

Seßlach

The 🌍 Kommunbrauhaus of Seßlach 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, Maximiliansplatz 99, 96145 Seßlach, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:00-midnight, Wed closed. Franconian cuisine and beer brewed in the municipal Kommunbrauhaus. Main courses from €5. (updated Nov 2016)
• 🌍 Landgasthof Roter Ochse, Maximiliansplatz 95, 96145 Seßlach, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00-14:30 and 16:30-24:00; closed Mon + Thu. The inn was mentioned for the first time in 1620. There is Franconian cuisine and beer brewed in the municipal Kommunbrauhaus. (updated Nov 2016)

Stadelhofen

Brotzeit from the brewery Konrad Will

• 🌍 Brauerei Konrad Will, Haus Nr. 19, 96187 Schederndorf/Stadelhofen, ☎ [phone]. Mon, Wed-Fri 11:00-midnight; Sat-Sun 10:00-midnight; closed Tuesday. 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, Steinfeld 69, 96187 Stadelhofen, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 8:00-23:00, closed Thu except in the spring at Taubenmarkt, then it is Fri. 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, Steinfeld 56, 96187 Stadelhofen, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun 11:00-13:00; closed Monday. 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, Würzburger Straße 1, 96135 Debring, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00-14:00 and from 16:30, Thu from 16:30; Sun and public holidays from 09:30; closed on Mon, on holidays, then on Tue. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Mühlenbräu, Brückenstraße 19, 96135 Stegaurach-Mühlendorf, ☎ [phone]. Mon from 16:00; Wed-Sun from 11:00; Tue closed. Brewery with its own carp breeding. (updated Apr 2019)
• 🌍 Hausbräu Stegaurach, Ruhlstraße 6, 96135 Stegaurach, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Sat 08:00-20:00. 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. (updated Apr 2019)

Strullendorf

Der Schwanenkeller in Strullendorf

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthaus Sauer, Sutte 5, 96129 Roßdorf a. F, ☎ [phone]. Daily hot food 11:30-14:00 and 16:00-21:00, closed Monday. 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, Magdalenenstr. 6, 96129 Geisfeld, ☎ [phone]. 15:00-22:00, Sat-Sun 10:00-22:00, closed Wed. Franconian cuisine, in the summer beer garden. Specialties Ziebeleskäse (fresh cheese), garlic cheese and Zwetschgenbames. At Christmas time, there is Bockbier. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Krug, Alte Dorfstraße 11, 96129 Geisfeld, ☎ [phone]. Mon, Wed-Fri from 16:00; Sat from 14:00; Sun and holidays 10:15 after the mass at the church; closed Tue. Beer garden in the summer. There are brotzeit and alternating one sort of tap beer, no bottled beer. 
• 🌍 Griess-Keller, In Geisfeld abbiegen, ist ausgeschildert, dann weiter bis zum Parkplatz., ☎ [phone]. Daily 16:30-23:00, Sun and public holidays 14:00-23:00, closed in bad weather. 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, Bergstraße31, 95367 Trebgast, ☎ [phone]. The Bräustadl regularly hosts events, often with live music. A visit to the brewery is also possible after registration. 

Viereth-Trunstadt

Goat roast to the church consecration

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gasthof Kundmüller, Weiher 13, 96191 Viereth-Trunstadt, ☎ [phone]. Daily from 09:00, Wed closed. 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, Hauptstraße 9, 96191 Viereth-Trunstadt, ☎ [phone]. closed Fri. Brewery inn with beer garden, Franconian cuisine and accommodation facilities. 

Waischenfeld

Brauerei Krug: Schnitzel mit Kartoffelsalat

• 🌍 Brauerei Krug, Breitenlesau 1 b, 91344 Waischenfeld, ☎ [phone]. Daily 08:00-midnight, closed Mon. 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, Nankendorf 41, 91344 Waischenfeld, ☎ [phone]. 9:00-23:00; closed Tue. Brewery tours on request. Landbier, Helles, from November to Easter Bockbier 

Warmensteinach

• 🌍 Brauerei Hütten, Hütten 6-8, 95485 Warmensteinach, ☎ [phone]. A brewery tour takes place every Thu at 14:30. Registration with Touristinfo Warmensteinach [phone]. 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, Hauptstraße 28, 96196 Wattendorf, ☎ [phone]. Tue, Thu, Fri, Sun 11:30-23:00; Mon and Sat from 16:00, Wednesday is closed. An unfiltered Pils and an amber colored lager beer are brewed. There is Franconian cuisine from its own slaughter, on Sunday roasts. 
• 🌍 Brauerei Dremel, Hauptstraße 21, 96196 Wattendorf, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Sat from 16:00; Sun and holidays from 10:00, lunch is served from 11:30; closed Mon -ue. 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, Braustrasse 2 - 4, 96369 Weißenbrunn / Kronach, ☎ [phone]. The brewery does not have its own inn, the beers are served in the local restaurants. (updated Nov 2016)

Weißenohe

Klosterbrauerei 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, Klosterstraße 20, 91367 Weißenohe, ☎ [phone]. 15 Apr-31 Oct: Wed-Sun from 11:00, closed Mon-Tues except on holidays; 1 Nov-14 Apr: Thu-Fri from 17:00, Sat-Sun from 11:00, closed Mon-Wed. 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, Kirchenlamitzer Str. 66, 95163 Weißenstadt, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Thu 09:00-12:00 and 14:00-17:30; Fri 09:00-17:30; Sat 08:30-12:00. 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, Burgkunstadter Str. 41 - 43, 96260 Weismain, ☎ [phone] - 0. Tue-Fri 08:00-12:00 and 13:30-18:00; Sat 8:00-12:00.. 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). (updated Jul 2011)
• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Obendorfer, Festungsweg 2, 96260 Weismain, ☎ [phone]. Tue 16:30-22:30; Wed-Fri 10:00-14:30 and 16:30-22:30; Sat 15:00-22:30; Sun 09:30-14:00 and 16:30-22:30. They let brew their beer at the brewery Püls Bräu according to their own recipe. (updated Apr 2019)

Wunsiedel

• 🌍 Bräustübl, Brunnenstraße 10, 95632 Wunsiedel-Schönbrunn, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:00-midnight, closed Thu; hot food from 11:00-14:00 and from 17:00-21:00. 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. 

Lower Franconia

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

Aschaffenburg

• 🌍 Brauereigaststätte Schlappeseppel, Schloßgasse 28, ☎ [phone]. Since 1631 serving beer, previously a brewery too. 
• Schwindbräu. 

Bad Kissingen

Wittelsbacher Turm Bräu

• 🌍 Wittelsbacher Turm Bräu, Wittelsbacher Turm 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen, ☎ [phone]. Adventure brewery, Franconian cuisine, beer garden .
• 🌍 Museumsbraugasthaus Jägersruh (Stärkerbräu), Nepomukgasse 1, 97688 Bad Kissingen - Garitz (im Bad Kissinger Stadtteil Garitz westlich des Zentrums), ☎ [phone]. Inn in old Franconian style, opened in 2000 

Bad Neustadt

• 🌍 Karmeliter Bräu, Ludwig-Elsbett-Straße 5-7, 97616 Salz bei Bad Neustadt (im Ortsteil Salz), ☎ [phone]. 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, Roßmarktstraße 36, 97616 Bad Neustadt an der Saale, ☎ [phone]. Good home cooking, fish dishes 

Gerolzhofen

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Weinig, Rügshöfer Straße 5, 97447 Gerolzhofen, ☎ [phone]. Mon-Sun 09:00-13:00; closed Fri Jan-Apr. Traditional Franconian cuisine, house slaughter, own beers, beer garden. Bock beer from Christmas to May (updated Apr 2019)

Großostheim

• Eder & Heylands Brauerei. The 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, Birkenweg 2, 97647 Roth v. d. Rhön, ☎ [phone]. 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)

• 🌍 Privatbrauerei Raab, Johannisstraße 9 - 11, 97461 Hofheim/Ufr., ☎ [phone]. Eight beer varieties are brewed, specialties are Kellerbier, lager beer and the Vulkanbier (updated Jul 2016)

Kreuzberg

Beer garden in front of the monastery

🌍 Klostergaststätte, Klosterbrauerei Kreuzberg, Kreuzberg 2; 97653 Bischofsheim/Rhön, ☎ [phone] - 0, fax: -45. Daily 08:00-20:00, until 21:00 deposit back. 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, Alfred-Stumpf-Straße 2, 97816 Lohr am Main, ☎ [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Wed-Mon 10:00-midnight (through warm kitchen); closed Tue. Variety of beer specialties, cuisine with many regional specialties. Every first Thursday of the month you can watch the brew. 

Maroldsweisach

• 🌍 Brauerei-Gaststätte Hartleb (Zum grünen Baum), Herrenstraße 9, 96126 Maroldsweisach (in town center), ☎ [phone]. 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 (Brauerei), Rathgeberstr. 7, 97656 Oberelsbach (Near the church, in the center), ☎ [phone]. 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, Nordheimer Straße 14, 97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön, ☎ [phone]. 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: 

In 1995, after many years of cooking, Dipl.-Braumeister Dieter Leipold introduced the system of the lemonade made according to the principle of brewing. The sugar is converted into gluconic acid instead of by fermentation in alcohol by a (secret) fermentation process. The purely biological method of production was the prelude to the triumph of the Bionade as a non-alcoholic modern refreshment drink; It is made in the flavors of elderberry, lychee, herbs and ginger orange. Today the Radeberger Group produces the modern shower head. Further information:www.bionade.com

• 🌍 Streck Bräu, Ludwig-Jahn-Straße 11, 97645 Ostheim vor der Rhön (At the north-western edge of the town towards Oberwald), ☎ [phone]. 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, Charlotte-von-Kalb-Straße 13, 97633 Waltershausen, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Fri from 17:00; Sat from 14:00; Sun from 10:00. 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, Zeller Tor 6, 97855 Triefenstein, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Sat 17:30-0:00; Sun + holidays 11:30-23:00. Natural truffles Kellerbier, white beer, Pils, seasonal beers. 

Werneck

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Werneck, Schönbornstraße 2, 97440 Werneck, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Mon-Sun 11:00-13:00 (hot meals served Mon-Sat 12:00-21:00, Sun 11:00-21:00). The brewery restaurant with Franconian cuisine and beer garden has guest rooms and a secure place for bicycles. Single room from €49, double bedroom from €78. 

Würzburg

• 🌍 Würzburger Hofbräu Keller, Jägerstraße 17; 97082 Würzburg, ☎ [phone]. Open daily 10:00-22:00, warm meals 11:00-22:00, until 23:00 snacks. Directly at the brewery of the Würzburger Hofbräu. Good food at reasonable prices, in summer even in a beautiful beer garden. 

Zeil am Main

Craftbeer of Göller

• 🌍 Brauereigasthof Zur Alten Freyung, Speiersgasse 21, 97475 Zeil am Main, ☎ [phone]. Daily 09:30-01:00, warm kitchen until 21:30; closed Tue. With shaded beer garden and children's playground 

Middle Franconia

Erlangen

• 🌍 Kitzmann BräuSchänke, Südliche Stadtmauerstraße 25, 91054 Erlangen, ☎ [phone]. Daily 10:00-0:00. Brewery inn with Franconian cuisine and beer garden. All day hot food. Main courses from 8 €. (updated Apr 2017)
• 🌍 Steinbach Bräu, Vierzigmannstraße 4. daily 17:00-24:00. (updated Apr 2017)

Gunzenhausen

• 🌍 Schorschbräu, Oberasbach 16a, 91710 Gunzenhausen, ☎ [phone]. 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 🌍 Edeka Höfler (updated Apr 2019)

Lauf an der Pegnitz

• 🌍 Brauerei Simon, Heroldstrasse 12, 91207 Lauf a. d. Pegnitz, ☎ [phone]. There is no brewery. They brew chestnut-brown white beer, special Vollbier, Helles, or the Schwarze Kuni, the dark wheat buck (updated Dec 2016)

• 🌍 Brauerei Gasthof Wiethaler, Welserpl. 6, 91207 Lauf an der Pegnitz, ☎ [phone]. Inn: Tue from 17:00; Wed-Sun 11:00-23:00; closed Mon. Braustüberl: Mon, Wed-Fri 17:00-23:00; Sat, Sun and holidays 11:00-14:00 and 17:00-23:00; Brewery pick-up market: Mon-Fri 07:00-12:00 and 13:00-18:00; Sat 08:00-13:00. (updated Dec 2016)

Neustadt an der Aisch

Kohlenmühle

• 🌍 Gasthof Kohlenmühle, Bamberger Straße 53, 91413 Neustadt an der Aisch, ☎ [phone], fax: [phone], e-mail: [e-mail]. Daily 11:00-24:00; closed Mon. Directly by bike path. House brewery, bakery, beer garden, 12 rooms with shower and WC (updated Jan 2017)

Nürnberg

Gastraum im Barfüßer

• 🌍 Brauerei Barfüßer, Hallplatz 2, 90402 Nürnberg, ☎ [phone]. Daily 11:00-14:00. 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, Bergstraße 19, 90403 Nürnberg, ☎ [phone]. Sun-Thu 11:00-midnight; Fri-Sat until 01:00. Since 1984, beer has been brewed by hand, all raw materials come from organic cultivation. The restaurant offers Franconian cuisine. 
• 🌍 Lederer Kulturbrauerei, Sielstraße 12, 90429 Nürnberg, ☎ [phone]. Quaint ambience with steam engine and crocodile on the ceiling and large beer garden with old trees. 
• 🌍 Bierwerk Charakterbierbar, Unschlittplatz 9, 90403 Nürnberg, ☎ [phone]. Wed-Thu 18:00-24:00; Fri-Sat 18:00-2:00; on days before holidays from 18:00; closed Sun-Tue. 12 constantly changing beers from the barrel, about 200 bottle beers, own house beers, Frankish brotzeit. (updated Feb 2017)
• 🌍 Bier Kontor, An der Mauthalle 2, 90402 Nürnberg, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sat 11:00-14:00 and 14:30-19:00. 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 (updated Feb 2017)

Schnaittach

• 🌍 Brauerei Enzensteiner, Enzenreuth 8, 91220 Schnaittach, ☎ [phone]. Fri 11:00-21:00; Sat, Sun and public holidays 10:00-21:00; beer garden Mar-Oct. Since 1998 two to three times a month a beer is brewed according to own recipes. (updated Dec 2016)
• 🌍 Brauerei Kanone, Brückenstraße 1a, 91220 Schnaittach, ☎ [phone]. There is no brewery inn. Who is in Schnaittach should try the beer. (updated Dec 2016)
• 🌍 Brauerei Schaffer, Badstraße 5, 91220 Schnaittach, ☎ [phone]. The brewery abandoned the operation in 2009-10, but the Pilsner is still in beverage markets, brewed is now somewhere else. (updated Dec 2016)

Spalt

• 🌍 Stadtbrauerei Spalt, Brauereigasse 3, 91174 Spalt, ☎ [phone]. 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. (updated Feb 2016)

Weißenburg in Bayern

• 🌍 Bräustüberl Zur Kanne, Bachgasse 15, 91781 Weißenburg, ☎ [phone]. Tue-Sun 10:30-14:00 and 17:30-24:00; closed Monday. This inn could also be among sights; the guest room is essentially in the state of 1890.