Beer cellar in Franconia - Bierkeller in Franken

Map of beer cellars in Franconia

Beer cellars are an important part of the Franconian Culture and popular excursion destinations in summer. For obvious reasons (location in the great outdoors too far from larger cities to walk) they mostly will by bike and consequently the custom has established itself to drink one or two "Radler" (beer with white soda, known in Northern Germany as "Alsterwasser") there

background

In contrast to the "beer garden" cultivated by the southern neighbors, most of the beer cellars, as the name suggests, originally had the purpose of storing beer and serving it on site in summer. Since many of them are or were located in forests, on mountain slopes or in some other idyllic natural setting, a considerable part of them could be preserved even after the invention of artificial cooling by linden trees and co., Even if the original purpose of storing the beer is increasingly lost has come. Many cellars are still in family hands today and some still serve their own "cellar beer" (often unfiltered and therefore lasts for a few weeks at the most). In traditional cellars (since technically speaking you sit above the beer, you say go or go "to the cellar") you can bring your own snack as long as you buy at least one drink and don't bring any drinks, but there are also Exceptions to this and you should do your research beforehand if possible.

Get there

Bicycles are usually the best way to get here, but some cellars are also easily accessible via public transport. Sometimes there are special buses especially for the basement season in summer, but some of them only operate at very rare intervals. If you want to come by car, you should make it clear beforehand who will be driving on the way back and remember that the beer is drinkable and tasty, but also surprisingly strong, so that after the second at the latest Seidla shouldn't be behind the wheel anymore.

eat

see also:Eating and drinking in Franconia

Most of the cellars offer a range of cold and sometimes warm dishes, but you shouldn't expect too much apart from the traditional cellar platter and some dishes based on bratwurst and sauerkraut. Especially vegetarian and vegan dishes are rarely found. Recently, however, some beer cellars have been blurring the line between cellar and classic inn, so that in some cases a quite extensive range of meat (Schäufala, roast pork ...), fish (Gwedelter, Meefischli ...) and other (dumpling with sauce, bratwurst with sauerkraut, half a sauce on toast ...).

  • Snack plate

  • Ham and Ziebeleskäs

  • Red and white pressack

  • Asphalt with fried potatoes in the swan cellar

Drink

cheers

see also:Breweries in Franconia

In addition to at least one type of beer (usually cellar beer, an unfiltered specialty that is usually produced and served on site and sometimes not even sold in bottles) there is almost always mineral water (carbonated) apple spritzer, cola, Spezi as well as white and yellow soda. Since many travel by bike or car, there are also often cyclists. It goes without saying that you should rethink driving a car if you have had more than one Seidla (0.5 liter) beer or one and a half shandy.

Practical advice

Empty beer mug on the side

Unless the owners are using the wrong term themselves, one should be careful about choosing one Beer cellar To be called a beer garden, many Franconians have a similar allergic reaction to it as when they are called Bavarian.

If that Beer in steins is served, the waitresses do not see when the jug is empty. It has become common practice to put the mug on its side after you have finished drinking, if you want to drink another beer. This is how the taciturn Franconian orders his beer. You don't do that with glasses and you should also make sure that the jug is really empty.

In some Franconian beer cellars it is still a good tradition, his Bring your own snacks. This applies to typical cold snack ingredients such as sausage, cheese, bread or salad. It does not apply to hot dishes or the pizza service. Snacks are made in the late afternoon, not at lunchtime, because the landlord wants to sell his food.

Beer cellar

The Neder-Keller in the Forchheimer Kellerwald
  • in the 1 Forchheimer KellerwaldForchheimer Kellerwald (Q14209308) in the Wikidata database With a double-digit number, one can find the largest collection of cellars in Franconia.
  • On the Kreuzberg at Hallerndorf In addition to the pilgrimage church, there are the cellars of three breweries and a fourth at the foot of the mountain.
  • In Bamberg one has on the 6 Special cellar a wonderful view over the city, next to it is the same 7 Wild Rose Cellar
  • The 8 Herzogkeller is the beer garden of the Bayreuth Bierbrauerei AG
  • In Burgebrach the 9 Schwana cellar, the beer cellar of the Schwan brewery and the 10 Herrmann's cellar of the Herrmann brewery
  • The two cellars in Buttenheim are close together. 11 Löwenbräu Keller Buttenheim with inn with a large beer garden and Franconian cuisine and the 12 St. GeorgenBräu cellar is a large beer garden with a children's playground
The Schmausenkeller
  • in the 13 Schmausenkeller in Frensdorf there is cellar beer
  • The 14 Wagner-Bräu-Keller is a large beer garden outside of Kemmern on the mountain.
  • In Memmelsdorf is there 15 Hummelskeller and the 16 Höhn's cellar
  • The 17 Scheubel cellar in Key field lies under old trees with a playground and parking lots. No hot dishes, there are snacks.
  • The 18 Griess cellar is idyllically situated outside of Strullendorf.
  • The Entlas cellar in Erlangen is located on the western edge of all cellars of the Erlangen Bergkirchweih. Is open from spring to autumn. Warm dishes and snacks. Sometimes live music.
  • 19 Lederer Kulturbrauereiwho have favourited Lederer Bräu in Nuremberg was one of the oldest breweries in Germany and is now part of the Tucher Bräu. Quaint ambience with a steam engine and crocodile on the ceiling and a large beer garden with old trees.

trips

Beer cellars are often close to each other so that you can move from one to the other by bike without too much effort. There are also often scenic attractions or hiking trails in the immediate vicinity.

literature

  • Christof Herrmann and Helmut Herrmann: Beer garden hikes in Franconian Switzerland. Heinrichs-Verlag, ISBN 3898891771 , P. 120. Price € 10
  • Helmut Herrmann: Beer garden hikes in Bamberg and the surrounding area. Heinrichs-Verlag, ISBN 3898891747 , P. 184. Price € 10

See also

Web links

  • bierstrasse-franken.de - Information on breweries, brewery restaurants, beer cellars, leisure tips and brewery tours
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