Brauerei Hummel

Lindenstraße 9
96117 Memmelsdorf-Merkendorf
Tel: 09542-1247
brauerei-hummel.de

Bamberg Station 10 km/buses available

Opening hours:
Closed Tuesday
Daily from 9
Sunday and holidays 10-12 and from 3

Output: 9000 HL

Founded in 1556 and still in the same family, this very cozy local is bustling for good reason. Great reasonable food and a big portfolio of fine beers. Though they have no rooms on the premises, they have apartments for rent nearby. To be honest, I wasn’t prepared for all the beers they’d have on tap as we did both of the village breweries in the same evening! I’ll allot more time next visit.

I had a few of their beers and would have likely had more if I hadn’t spent a couple hours around the corner at rival Brauerei Wagner. I also had a nice duck breast but the photo didn’t come out very well!

carved door

many beers on tap

cozy interior

scenes from Brauerei Hummel

I returned late one winter to finally do the entire 13-Braueienweg over two days so only had time for one of their tasty Kellerbiers.

Kellerbier

cozy interior

tasty Hummel Kellerbier in Krug

I made a specific trip to Hummel when in Bamberg during Lent in hopes of having their smoky Dopplebock Räucherator on tap. It unfortunately was only in bottle but was excellent nonetheless. I followed up with their regular smoky offering Räucherla, which was an easy drinking Rauchbier.

Räucherator

Räucherla

Hummel Räucherator & Räucherla: two smoky treats

I stopped by Brauerei Hummel recently while doing a new route for an upcoming tour. I had some friends in tow and they loved both it and Brauerei Wagner. Though not in the plan, we wound up eating here and quite enjoyed my Biersülze mit Bratkartoffeln and my friends split a very nice plate of Zwetchgenbames. I tried their Märzen and was impressed.

Hummel Märzen

cold cuts on plate with pickle and bread

Zwetchgenbames

Biersülze

another fine meal

I returned in September 2021 with a great group of guys from Nashville. We had extended stops at both Wagner and Hummel, waiting for Göller in Drosendorf to reopen. We’d had a big meal at Wagner so this was just a beer session. Everyone loved the Kellerbier but we also had the richly malty Spezial and a fine clean Pils.

Hummel Pils

Hummel Spezial

Nashville Beerwanderers

Nashville Beerwanderers enjoying Hummel

I recently picked up their tasty Rauch Festbier and interesting if out of style Cowboy Schwarzbier.

Hummel 1162 Heller Rauch Festbier

dark beer in glass with bottle and huge head

Hummel Cowboy Schwarzbier

a couple of bottles I picked up

I had another fun outing with a family reunited for their first weekend in Germany together. They quite enjoyed both the food and beer at Hummel. I had a lovely Krusten Bauchfleisch and Dunkler Bock.

a hardy tasty meal

Hummel Dunkler Bock

Dunkler Bock & tasty pork belly

Quickly becoming my go to tour lunch stop, Hummel always delivers. I was in the mood for something light so got Seelachs after a friend remarked they had salmon. I know well that Seelachs isn’t salmon but ordered just the same to find a less familiar white fish come out. It was tasty but Pollock is of your fishier tasting fishes so keep that in mind when ordering. It came with a lovely asparagus medley and steamed potatoes. It was great value and went really well with their seasonal Zwickel.