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Bamberg planning help needed
Posted by Rick S. on 2014-08-27 07:16:55
I'm planning a guided biertour through Bavaria and need some help on the Bamberg bit.  Our group will be about 30-40 and we'll be travelling by bus.  Our group will consist of US craft brewers, homebrewers and beer lovers.  The plan is to spend 3 days in Bamberg before moving on. Here's what I have tentatively planned:

Day 1 will be spend exloring on foot visiting sights and breweries/taprooms in Bamberg.

Day 2 will be a day trip to breweries nearby in the North including Wagner (Kemmern), Höhn (Memmelsdorf) and Wagner & Hummel in Merkendorf and Göller and possibly including a Weyermann tour (depends on how many brewers are with us).  Evening in Bamberg.

Day 3 is a day trip south.  Thinking of Griess, St. Georgen, Zehendner and finally Kreuzberg. Evening in Bamberg.

Day 4 we depart for Eschawo and would love a recommendation for a stop along the way.

So my concerns are:
- Any good locations I'm missing?

- Do these itinerarys sound doable? We won't be doing a tour at each stop, probably stop for a brew or two on some and move on, others we'll plan to stay a bit.

- Are any of these locations not conducive to an influx of 35 bier tourists? We will certainly try to plan ahead but don't want to be unwelcome either.

- The trip is planned for early May, so the kellers will be an option, weather-permitting.  Anyone suggest an alternative to Kreuzberg should the weather be schlecht that day?

- Herr Schoolmann will you be able to host our group for one of these evenings?

Thanks for any help or suggestions you can provide.
Rick
 
 
Followups:
   Bamberg planning help needed by Barry on  2014-08-27 08:08:26
   Bamberg planning help needed by Mark Andersen on  2014-08-27 08:09:54
   Bamberg planning help needed by Gerhard Schoolmann on  2014-08-27 08:59:17
     Bamberg planning help needed by Rick S. on  2014-08-27 09:32:11
     Bamberg planning help needed by Doug on  2014-08-27 16:16:56
   Bamberg planning help needed by Nick B. on  2014-08-28 00:22:18
     Bamberg planning help needed by pivnizub on  2014-08-28 07:14:29
       Bamberg planning help needed by Nick B. on  2014-08-28 23:54:37