Schlammersdorf is an unassuming small village nestled in the rolling hills of the Hallerndorf postal code, one rich with fine beers and places to drink them.
Brauerei Witzgall
Schlammersdorfer Straße 17
91352 Hallerndorf
Tel: 09545 74 52
Eggolsheim Station 2 km/regular if a bit limited bus service
Daily from 9:00
Closed Thursday & Sunday
Output: 1200 HL
History
Founded in 1811 and still in the same family with a Witzgall manning the kettle. This classic small brewery is readily accessible and offers up a true rural experience with little effort. That said, it seemed like another world entirely in 2002 when I asked my new girlfriend (and now wife) to drive me here on the way back from visiting her parents in Saxony.
It was before a GPS was common in cars and Google Maps. In fact, we had no map whatsoever and had to rely on asking in a local gas station. My wife is German but returned to the car saying she couldn’t understand what the attendant had said due to his thick Franconian dialect. We found it but there were only four older guys and the brewer within. They all looked at us a bit perplexed to find a pretty young woman walking in on a winter evening. We still laugh about it. She said she didn’t really think we’d still be doing such things 16 years later. Perhaps if she did, she would have left me before it was too late.
First return
We returned in 2012 to find it pretty much unchanged. It was a brilliant sunny day and warm enough to sit outside. Even my wife thought it was pretty okay. The Vollbier looked and tasted as amazing as ever.
A gorgeous looking Witzgall Vollbier
Sampling the Landbier
I returned solo in November 2019 to check out some Bocks and Festbiers in the area. I’d had a good stop for both in nearby Stiebarlimbach but came up empty at Witzgall. There wasn’t any Festbier. It was still great to have the Vollbier again and since I had a bit of time before the next bus, I also tried the Landbier for the first time.
Witzgall Vollbier, Landbier & waiting for the bus in Schlammersdorf
Finally the Festbier
After numerous visits and coming up empty for their Festbier in late autumn, I found it in spring. It evidently hadn’t been brewed in years and it was a rich dark Märzen. The pour was underwhelming so got a bottle to bring home.
Festbier
Beers: Vollier on tap and an unfiltered Landbier in bottles.
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Festbier
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