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| Posted by Paddy O'Brien on 2004-05-16 00:00:00 |
| Antique? Not really, but certainly a treasured book as it records dates and details of when I have visited the different breweries (or, in the rare cases where a Brauerei Gaststätte wasn't listed, where the beer was tested). It is nice to see that several new breweries have started since the publication of this first book. Also, there are a large number of Hausbrauer, especially in the Frankenwald and towards the Oberpfalz that were never included. In fact, just last weekend I was in Bayreuth (probably my favourite place for beer in Franken) and enjoyed an unfiltered beer at a Beckn'Bräu (i.e. bake and brew) called Conny's, run by the baker family Lang (Jean-Paul-Strasse Bayreuth). They are open just four times a year in the back-yard of the bakery (as well as in the kitchen and stairwell). It is very difficult to get a seat as it is extremely popular there. Also of interest from here is a limited edition, hand-printed beer mat which is different each year. For more information: http://www.baeckerei-lang.de/main/becknbraeu.html Open 2004: 15-22 May, 5-12 June, 11-18 Sept, 9 or 10-16 Oct regards Paddy |