Bamberg & Franconia July 07 (23)

Yes back to Franconia and the third brewery of my walk on Saturday 28th. If you recall I was following a walk written by the late great John White and I had just left Geisfeld after sampling the beery delights of the Krug and Griess breweries.

My next stop was to be Rossdorf am Forst. After leaving Geisfeld I passed by Griess's Keller which unfortunately was closed. The sky looked very black and I suspected that I might get drenched before I reached Brauerei Sauer in Rossdorf. I was right, a very heavy shower soaked me in a matter of minutes so I found myself arriving at Sauer in need of a beer to cheer me up.

I found a table and ordered a Lagerbier.

The Lagerbier has a dense head that dissipates quickly to reveal a pale beer. The aroma is balanced and the taste is more malty than the Geisfeld beers. Not much in the finish, some malt and a little hop.

The food looked very good at Sauer, I settled for a salad as I still had the walk back to Strullendorf to contend with, maybe I'd get a pizza later in Bamberg and maybe meet up with Jim for a few more beers.

Details of this walk can be found on John White's website, I highly recommend it.