Keesmann, Bamberg - Opening / Closing Hours

Last Summer I got the following info from them: Monday - Friday 10AM-11PM. They close at 3PM on Saturday and are totally closed on Sunday.

 

It is not uncommon for places to close in August and September. Spezial closes from the start of Sandkerwa for two weeks and Spezial Keller used to be closed pretty much for all of September. True also for many countryside breweries.

I'm headed to Bamberg next week -- if I should find out anything definitive, I'll post back.

 

Last September Keesmann was closed, Torschuster was closed until 9/31, Klosterbrau was closed, Spezial Keller was open. Go figure.

Those were handwritten notes tacked on the door, sort of like “gone fishing” in the US.

 

That's what I encountered at Greifenklau a few years ago. It was just a note on the door saying they were closed indefinitely and Google translate couldn't make heads or tails of 2-3 of the words that were used.

 

According to the menu hung outside the brewery this morning:

M - F : 10:00 - 23:00
Sat: 9:30 - 15:00
Sun: Closed

 

I looked for signs about a summer/fall closing and didn't see any for Keesmann, but part of the time I was there was the Wunderburg Kerwa so things were not as normal. Did see closings for Spezial Keller ("End of September to beginning of October") and Wagner and Hummel in Merkendorf.

 

Wouldn't the "End of September to beginning of October" just be midnight on the 30th?

 

I'm giving you the verbatim quote on the menu. I would guess they mean the last week and first week respectively

 

That sounds sort of familiar...

 

Guessing that they themselves are at Oktoberfest, or their foreign fan base is at Oktoberfest.

 

That I doubt. I'd guess is more the changing of the seasons. They are open year round, but the "off season" is a much smaller operation. This gives them a chance to take their vacation before the weather gets too bad. They used to be closed the last couple of weeks in August -- when their kids were out of school but this was a prime time (especially since the brewery on Königstrasse is closed in late August) and now that the kids are grown they moved the vacation to later in the year.