Heading Back to Munich/Bamberg at last

I was in Spezial just a few hours ago. Lovely beer.

 

Eeew... I was in Spezial just a few hours ago.

grumble - grumble - grumble...

 

Schneider from Essing?

 

Yep, that's the one. Lovely little brewery.

 

In a few hours I'll be in the Kellers in Buttenheim. Life is hard.

 

We stayed there back in 1999. The beer was very good, as was the food. The setting in the Altmuehltal was very memorable.

Highly Recommended.
http://www.braugasthoefe.com/en/schneider-en

 

Anyone ever head out to Zeegendorf? Loved it out there.

 

Grrrrr!



Uh, gotta camera?

 

Used to go out there fairly regularly in my student days to eat their Schnitzel (I don't think I ever finished the massive "regular" portion, and eventually ended up ordering the Kinderschnitzel). I think they are now serving their own beer (dunno if they brew it or if it's contracted...I assume the latter). http://www.gasthausstark.de/speisekarte/alkoholische-getraenke

 

I like their beer and love their schnitzel!

 

Just saw that they had their Richtfest this morning at the expanded location on the Koenigsstrasse. Freibier fuer Alle! Man, sorry I missed this....

 

And look - Bayerischer Anstich!

 

Nope, just for those people who are working on the extension and their families.

 

True...workers and their families. Somehow I fixated on Freibier and my brain skipped over the other parts!

 

Gartenstadt Kirchweih in Bamberg from 2.8-5.8 http://www.kirchweihkalender-bamberg.de/_plaza/detail.neo?kerwaid=142

Hirschaider Kirchweih on 3.8 -- with Weisswurstfruehstueck! Love the beer and food from Kraus. http://www.kirchweihkalender-bamberg.de/_plaza/detail.neo?kerwaid=143

and this one on 8.8, which I have been to and found excellent (last time I was there they were smoking mackerel and serving Greifenklau beers): http://www.kirchweihkalender-bamberg.de/_plaza/detail.neo?kerwaid=147

 

Sadly, Unionsbräu is now closed. I went by there the other day and they have a sign on the door thanking us all for the patronage blah, blah, blah.
The sign said something (was in a hurry and had no time to decipher the handwriting) about the restaurant crew moving to Hirschau (in the Englisher Garten) but I don't think their beer will continue as Hirschau is a Löwenbräu Haus.

 

Hirschau is Löwenbräu now? I see it's run by the Schottenhammels now and saw that they switched their Oktoberfest tent over to Löwenbräu as well. And yeah... I know the breweries are under the same umbrella these says, but wasn't Hirschau the only Spaten location in the Englischer Garten?

 

My impression is that the Löwenbräu beers are being pushed at the expense of Spaten's. I think I only saw one place selling Spaten when I was in Munish last week.