| Bayreuth Pub Guide |
| Bars - Beerhalls - Beer gardens |
| Introduction | |
| Bayreuth - a beer town? Bayreuth is a famous place. Most people will have heard of the town, even though they might have difficulty finding it on a map. It's fame is based mostly on a guy called Wagner or something. Wrote operas, I think. Not many people know this, but Bayreuth is also quite a beer town. Up until the 1980's, three companies (Schinner, Götschel and Becher) were still brewing in the Kommunbräuhaus. Sadly, these days are now gone, as is the Kommunbräuhaus, which was demolished in 1993. There was a tradition of bakers doubling up as brewers - "Beckenbrauer". They used the communal brewery to mash and lagered their beers in the hills around the town (the Herzogkeller is on one such site). |
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| Want to know more about
Fanconian beer? If you're after yet more Franconian beers (and they are mostly worth hunting out, believe me), "The Franconian Beer Guide" is packed full of handy information. If you're still living in the paper world, "Die Neue Frankische Brauereikarte" by Stefan Mack (Verlag Stefan Mack, 1996, ISBN 3-927868-00-0) is a wonderful celebration of Franconian brewing, as well as containing everything you could ever want to know about all 300+ breweries. |
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Bayreuth Pub Listings
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| Brauereischänke am Markt | |
| Maxstr. 56, 95444 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 64919 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sat 9:00 24:00, Sun closed |
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| Number of draught beers: 3 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Folksy kitsch inside, but with real beams. By the market
place (as the name sort of gives away). Beer garden. Has the Maisel wheat beers in bottle. |
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| Glenk's Biergarten | |
| Eichelweg 12, 95445 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 75719-0 or 0921 - 63060 http://www.glenk-braeu.de/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sat 16:00 - Sun 10:00 - (May to September) |
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| Number of draught beers: 1 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A large beer garden in the grounds of the Glenk brewery.
It includes a children's playground. Has the Maisel wheat beers and König Ludwig Dunkel in bottle. |
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| Herzogkeller | |
| Kulmbacher Straße 60, 95445 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 43419 Fax: 0921 - 1500 288 http://www.herzogkeller.de/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 16:00-24:00 (April to September) | |
| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 8 | |
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| Food: Snacks €3-5, meals. Beer €2.30 for 0.5l. | |
| A large, simple beerhall surrounded by a beer garden. Bayreuth's
largest beer garden which was first opened in 1888. Has the Maisel wheat beers in bottle. |
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| Restaurant Spiegelmühle | |
| Kulmbacher Str. 28, 95445 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 41091 Fax: 0921 - 47320 |
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| Opening hours: Tue - Sat 12:00 - 14:00 &
18:00 - 23:00 Sun: 11:30 - 14:00 Monday closed |
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| Number of draught beers: 2 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Pub-restaurant in an old watermill that dates back to 1555.
It still has some of the cogs and gears in place. Has the Maisel wheat beers in bottle. |
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| Restaurant Weihenstephan | |
| Bahnhofstraße 5, 95444 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 82288 Fax: 0921 - 853425 |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 14:00 & 18:00 - 22:00 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Rustic-style restaurant with dark wooden panelling. It's
unusual to find beers from the South of Bavaria in Franconia. |
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| Tandem | |
| Erlanger Str. 45, 95444 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 7577177 |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sat: 19.00 - 1:00 (summer) Mon - Sat: 18.00 - 1:00 (winter) Sunday closed |
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| Number of draught beers: 5 | |
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| Pub with a clean, modern interior. Beer garden, pool table.
Bottled selection includes Schlenkerla Rauchbier. |
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| Schinner Braustuben | |
| Richard-Wagner Straße 38, 95444 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 67673 Fax: 0921 - 516 6055 Email: info@schinner-braustuben.de Homepage: http://www.schinner-braustuben.de |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Former site of the Schinner brewery. Typical old-fashioned
brewery tap. |
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| Braunbierhaus | |
| Kanzleistraße 15, 95444 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 69677 |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Pub in Bayreuth's oldest house. Given the name of the place,
it's no surpise that Schinner's Braunbier is on the menu. |
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| Gaststätte Becher-Bräu | |
| St.-Nikolaus-Str. 25, 95445 Bayreuth. Tel: 0921 - 68993 |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 09:00 - 24:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 2 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| The brewery tap of the Becher brewery. |
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| Brauhaus Hopfeng'wölb | |
| Bindlacherstr. 10, 95448 Bayreuth. |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Fri 09:00 - 14:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Pub next to the new Schinner brewery on the edge of town |
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| Brauerei-Gasthof Benedikt Stadter | |
| Sachsendorf Hs. - Nr. 26, 91347 Aufseß Tel.: 0921 - 66816 Fax: 0921 - 66817 braulehrer@t-online.de http://www.braulehrer.de/ |
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| Opening hours: Tue - Wed 08:30 - Monday closed |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Brewpub just outside Bayreuth. |
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