Mahr’s Brau – Bamberg – Germany

Bamberg is a great beer town and kind of falls under the radar for most people looking for great beer cities.  I learned of this great town from a colleague in Stuttgart.  We did two overnights in the area giving us one full day in Bamberg.  Our first brewery stop was Mahr’s Brau which was about a 20 min walk from the Best Western we stayed at in Bamberg.  By the way, I travel to Germany a few times a year and our room at the Best Western was the largest hotel room I have ever had in Germany.  It is a good home base if you want to check out the breweries.  Anyway, we just had their flagship pilsner.  They produce several beers: unfiltered pilsner, standard pilsner, helles lager, weisse, radler, dark, bock and even a light beer.  Light beer in Germany (and also in Australia) means lower in Alcohol.  The Mahr’s light pilsner is 2.8%.  Mahr’s beer garden was very nice and you should definitely check them out.  Here is their website link for more info: http://www.mahrs.de/en/beer/#