Brauhaus Riegele
Frölichstraße 26
86152 Augsburg, Germany
Phone: +49 821 32090

Brauhaus Riegele is in an industrial area near the railroad tracks not far from the train station.
The pub area is well thought out and very commercial.
The front entry way is right at the souvenir sales/bottle shop where all things Riegele are for sale.
Then a lounge with couches and newspapers, and some historic displays.
A few steps further, off to the right are doors to a more formal dining area, often closed off.
The back half of the building is the Pub, with a long American style bar that seats at least 15. Riegele has various sized tables filling up the rest of this space.
The menu is a surprisingly thick little book that is quite confusing at first. The first page offers only some of their beer. One must turn pages to find the rest of the list. They do have 10 beers on tap, as well as a selection of bottles.
Riegele also offers craft beer in larger bottles and will pour an appropriate portion. The food menu is extensive.

Brauerei Schanzenbräu
Adam-Klein-Str. 11
90429 Nürnberg
Tel. 0911/ 93 77 67 91

Brauerei Schanzenbräu is a brewpub in an older neighborhood in Nürnberg .  The business has seen better days.  The interior has not been painted in our lifetime.  The dozen or so tables are mismatched, with about half of them being formica topped, some with drawers, that would remind one of elementary school tables.  Open early Sunday for all day brunch, customers ate, but did not linger for beer.  There is no bar, and the brewing operation is not evident.  They have three of their own beers, and several guest taps.  Although tasty, the beers are overpriced compared to other establishments.

Oberer Ganskeller
Ringstraße 2
92318 Neumarkt in der Oberpfalz, Germany
09181 907486

Oberer Ganskeller is a large brewery just a block from the busy shopping area of downtown Neumarkt, with it's restaurant in the corner.  A visitor walks up some stairs to the main entrance and is confronted with stairs down to the toilets or a right turn into a modest dining room with perhaps 10 tables.  There is a large selection of Gansbrau beer on the menu which the server will bring from an undisclosed location. 

Brauerei - Gasthof Höhn
Hauptstraße 11  96117 Memmelsdorf
0951 40614-0

Next door to Drei Konen is Brauerei - Gasthof Höhn.
The Brauerei - Gasthof has been run by the Höhn family for 7 generations; the 8th is currently in training.
The front door opens to the bar room itself. The hotel desk is an extension of the bar. Although the decor is similar to the other bars in the area, the timbers and panels here are blond and there are many windows, giving the room a cheeriness not found in most of the other area brew pubs..
The bier stube has quite a few tables, and also cushioned booths.
Their flagship beer is the Görchla, which could be descirbed as a keller pils. There were two other beers at the time of our visit.

Drei Kronen
Hauptstraße 19  96117
Memmelsdorf
0171 7415723

A short bus ride takes one to the Bamberg suburb of Memmelsdorf. There are two brewpubs next to each other downtown, and a third at the bus turnaround.
Drei Kronen is a formidable, mustard-colored fortress.
When opening the door to the Drei Kronen, one enters a short dark hallway. Straight ahead is the door to the hotel, to the right a small tabled area, and to the left is a formal full service bar area that seats about 50 at white tableclothed tables. Beyond the bar is a large formal beer area.
The offerings at any given time might consist of a hell, pils, smoke, and a weiss.
I, however, must have been there during a slow period...there was no sign of humans in this building during my visit.

Keesmann Bräu
Wunderburg 5
D-96050 Bamberg
Tel: +49 (0)951 / 26646

Keesmann Bräu is across the street from Mahr's, in an otherwise residential neighborhood of Bamberg. One enters a hallway through the large front door. At the end of the hallway is the entrance to their bier garten. Along the way are doors to a closed-off dining area, kitchen, and bathrooms.
The bar area is the first door on the right. It seats about 50 in the otherwise standard Franconian motif. There is no bar to speak of, but a window for ordering beers.
The tables are made from large kegs.
They serve the three standard brews...the Herren Pils considered by most to be outstanding. A Sternla dunkel and a hefeweizen are usually offered.

Mahr's Bräu
Wunderburg 10, 96050
Bamberg
TEL: 09 51 / 9 15 17 - 0

Mahr's is in a residential area of Bamberg, not near the tourist district. Going through the gate one passes through a large bier garten which seats probably several hundred. The large entrance to the public building opens to a long dark hallway. A closed- off dining area is to the left, the bar area to the right.
Further down the hall are offices, a kitchen and the toilets. The bar area seats about 50 in the style of the other Bamberg breweries; heavy timbered ceilings with dark paneling all around, and big heavy tables.
There is no bar to speak of, just a service area where one gravity keg of helles resides.

Greifenklau
Laurenziplatz 20 96049
Bamberg
Tel: 0951 53219

Greifenklau Braueri is a brewpub in a residential area about a mile up the hill from the Bamberg tourist area.
A sign on the door said that due to a "defekt" in the filtering system, they had only one beer, a helles...however, this was a misfortune of my visit, not yours.
The restaurant seats about 80 patrons and there are a number of other rooms for group and family events.
On the left of the main entrance there is a more informal drinking room. Card playing, however, is not allowed here.
The beer garten seats 500 in nice weather and has wonderful views.
The decor features your basic antlers, steins and such. On a normal visit they would probably have about 3 beers on tap.

Ambräusianum
Dominikanerstr. 10
Bamberg
0951 5090262

Ambräusianum is right next door to the Schlenkerla in the pedestrian-only area of old town Bamberg. Ambräusianum bills itself as "the first and only brew pub in Bamberg" but I don't quite get why.
It reminds one of an American-style fern bar; bright, with light paneling, there are green plants in abundance.
Although the bar area has no seats, there are several small tables. Larger tables for dining are available near the front, outside, more in the back, and even more upstairs.
The brewing operation is opposite the bar in the midst of the tables. They serve the 3 usual German styles: Helles, Dunkel, und Weizen.
Bocks are brewed in season but were not available during our visit.

Schlenkerla
Dominikanerstrasse 6
96049 Bamberg, Germany
Phone: +49 (951) 56060

Schlenkerla is in the no-car area of old town Bamberg.
Monks had been brewing beer at this location since the 13th century, though the original building burned down and was rebuilt in the 1600's. It is primarily Schlenkerla that makes Bamberg the Rauchbier Capital of the World.
One enters through a large door into a dark hallway that leads to the hotel. The hallway has doors to offices, toilets, a dining area to the right that was closed off, and a bar to the left.
The bar area seats about 50 at large German-style tables. There is no bar to speak of, only a small service area with a gravity keg of their one offering, Rauchbier.
At 4:00 PM it was quite busy.
There are also two large tables in the hallway, crowded with chairs, as well as some small standing tables. These were busy also.
One stands in line at the service window, orders a beer and pays...then the fun begins!

Brauerei Spezial
Obere Königstraße 10 96052 Bamberg
0951 24304

Although it is not in the tourist area of Bamberg, the Brauerei Spezial appears set up like most of the others.
A massive door opens to a large hallway that leads to the biergarten. To the left is the bar area. No bar in the American sense, though, but more of a service area with a gravity keg dispensing rauchbier. This is a good place to have a quick beer, or one can proceed on to the biergarten in back.
One can also venture into the dining area where a waitress will take your order.
I have it on reliable sources that this is the Brauerei in which to meet local Bambergers...in the others you'll run into many tourists.
The rauch was the only brew available during my visit, but at other times a weizen or a kellerbier would not be out of the question.