EBG Rating: 7.7/10

Choice/Quality of Drinks:
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Excellent flagship beers with seasonal specials available. Creative ‘non-standard’ styles.

Style/Décor:
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An exterior which leaves no hint of the interior. You’ll be met by a conservatory extension with brew-kit out front, a little bit of an unwieldy mess of angles, while inside it becomes apparent the old Schwemme and Gaststube have been maintained. A 1970s time capsule awaits inside with mid-brown wood fittings and a social setup.

Atmosphere/Character:
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A social hangout, and a neighbourly one too. Dining is present but not expected (perhaps don’t arrive in peak lunch hours if you just want a drink, but outside that it’s fine).

Amenities/Events:
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Food, snacks, takeaway, merchandise, outdoor seating.

Value For Money:
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Reasonable prices but measure them against the city rather than the Franconian region which is a little cheaper than Bayreuth.

Description:
The distance between Bayreuth train station and this traditional neighbourhood brewpub may seem excessive, though we can assure you it is well worth the visit. Morning opening hours 4 days a week also increase the chances of a successful visit.

Boasting to be Bayreuth’s oldest brewpub, the name connects the venue to Bayreuth’s brewing history. This was a city where every citizen had the rights to brew at a communal brewery, and so their historical records are connected with this. Baking and the use of yeast naturally incentivised many bakers to become brewers. They report the explosion of bakers running inns was particularly common from the end of the First World War, though in Becher’s case, their history traces back to the 1750s.

Today, when you approach you’ll find an unwieldy looking pub frontage with the brewkit shoved into view in a conservatory extension at the front, which gives absolutely no hint of the traditional time capsule 1970s pub room inside.

Their basic Krausen bier is lively, zesty but rich too, and a nice baseline flagship product. They do iterations of several styles, with seasonal rotations.

The atmosphere in the pub is very clearly not a city centre pub, but a locals one. Few visitors make the effort to take the pleasant walk along the Mistel stream to the outside of Bayreuth (unusually here, the Altstadt is a suburb rather than a city centre), but now you can be one of them.

(Added May 2025)