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Saturday in Zoigl County Part 2, Neuhaus and Night 2 in Windischeschenbach Zoigl Trip - Part 10 of 13

 This post is part of a 13 part series, if you want to start from the beginning, click here. 


Saturday in Zoigl County  Part 2, Neuhaus and Night 2 in Windischeschenbach

Zoigl Trip - Part 10 of 13 


We ascended the hill for a long time until we finally reached (mostly) level ground in the town of Neuhaus. After a few blocks of houses, we encountered a (not open that night) Zoiglstube and Neuhaus’s Kommunbrauhaus. The brewhouse was easily identified by the sculpture outside.  And I think there was a sign too.


We reached a second Zoiglstube, Teicher Zoigl,  that wasn’t supposed to be open but seemed to be open for a Red Cross fundraiser. Rich was laser focused on getting to Schafferhof Zoiglstube. So we passed by Teicher, with the thought of stopping back. 



Neuhaus was a really happening little town that Saturday night, with lots of people out on foot, with places to go and people to see. There was a Saturday night excitement that I haven’t really seen here in the USA in quite a while. 


Schafferhof is quite a complex: inn, music hall, and a one week a month two-floor Zoiglstube. They had a wedding going on and the place was packed inside and out. Rich was looking for seats on the second floor while Billy was looking on the first. Being sick, I found a bench outside, sat and took it all in. Servers were busy running trays of food from a separate kitchen building to the Zoiglstube. Regular customers, wedding guests, and the wedding party all looked like they were having a grand time, and had been having that grand time for a while. 

Eventually though text, we ended up on a bench together in the second floor hallway. Rich was able to convince the owner to get someone to sell us some beers. It was a very good beer. 


After that it was back to Teicher, where the beer is solid. We found seats at a large table with two young families. They bought us not one, but two rounds of shots of fruity liqueur https://teicher-zoigl.de/ As you can imagine, a jolly time was had by all. 


Eventually it was time to head down to Windischeschenbach. There are two options, the road or the steps, with the steps being faster, and in this case going down. Having come up the hill, I had a good idea just how many steps there must be, and how well lit they would likely be. Rich assured it would be fine, so the steps it was. 


Even in the dark, steps were well laid out to prevent stumbling. Any spot where you needed adjust the cadence of your stepping, there was a light. 


After dropping off our hiking gear at the hotel, we went to Wolframstubn (https://zoiglbrauerei.de/), about a block away. Wolframstubn, while technically makers of Zoigl, is an anomaly as they have their own brewery. They have quite an operation there with an organic bakery, in addition to the brewery. It’s amazing they are only open 11 weekends this year. The bar was packed that night. Hey, if you can do a month’s worth of business in one weekend, it’s way easier than doing a month’s worth of business in 30 days. I think these Upper Palatinate folks are onto something. 



After Wolframstubn, I headed back to my room. This was a day fully seized. 


Next Post (coming soon): Sunday in Regensburg and the Munich Airport

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