If you want to go there at the usual dinner hours, reserve beforehand! This is a great restaurant with an attached brewery. Their beer selection is varied, but they do run out of some options. Not to worry, they will have plenty alternatives. Their beer book really illustrates their commitment to brewing, detailing history, process, types and taste profiles. The food is also really good. I had a burger from the special menu and the meat was juicy on a ginormous bun that was able to keep its shape. The sweet potato had good crunch and an excellent taste. We rounded it up with their apple crumble and a seasonal dessert with peanut butter. Both were great. I highly recommend this place and...
Read moreI saw Erlkoeng while out walking. This place is a new start up in the Bamberg brewery scene. How do you compete with hundreds of years of beer brewing knowledge. Do Craft brew! Add a nice flat bread and salad. If you are in Bamberg for a beir sabbatical add this place to your tour. By Bamberg standards they are doing things a little different here. They had a hopped up version of a typical European lager, an American Pale Ale, a smoked beer with chocolate malts, and a Black IPA. They also had a Keute, made with oats- which is not a beir according to German law. There Keute is a nod to the Cologne Kolsch and it's long history. They make some great beer and it is well...
Read moreThis is the newest of Bamberg's many breweries and though a bit out of the center (actually in the Gaustadt), it's quite popular with the locals. To accomplish that in a beer Mecca like Bamberg says a lot about this place. I was skeptical but it's really good. I'd had about five different bock beers on the way there at various breweries, including Schlenkerla's Eiche and the Hoppy Jack here held its own. At 8%, it was stronger (and hoppier) than all the rest and had a very clean finish. The flatbread was huge and tasty. Think there's another regular...
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