Brewbaker, Berlin

The Brauhaus Lemke is not the only micro in Berlin situated in railway arches, Brewbaker, next to Bellevue S-bahn station has done the same. Just a few stops from the centre as well, in a quiet area with apartment buildings and parkland. Very quiet if you ignore the rattling of the train. Some tables outside, [...]

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Brauhaus Mitte

A few minutes walk from Lemke there is another brewpub, which I believe is under the same management. This is even closer to the Alexanderplatz, located on the first floor of a shopping centre. I sat outside on the terrace, in the pub itself you have a sort of mock Bavarian bierstube concept, while it [...]

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Under the arches

A few hundred metres from the busy Alexanderplatz in central Berlin there is a brewpub well suited to have a break and a refreshment. Brauhaus Lemke is actually situated in the railway arches between two stations, the closest being Hackescher Markt. They use two of the arches, making a large and airy restaurant, and there [...]

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A warm welcome

The arrival hall of any airport is not the place where you’d choose to spend time. You’d be there waiting to pick up friends or relatives, hanging around waiting for delayed luggage, that sort of thing. There is one airport where your waiting time can be turned into quality time – Kastrup in Copenhagen. Nørrebro [...]

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A watering hole

Sometimes you just need a bar with some choice when it comes to beers. Which is right by the entrance to the Metro station, Where the service is swift and speedy. And where the Duckstein (sounds like a beer thought up by Carl Barks, doesn’t it?) is glittering in the glass like an amber jewel. [...]

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The Southern Star

It is a warm afternoon, and I have a few hours before departing for the airport, and, thanks to Berlin’s excellent public transport system and the Good Beer Guide to Germany, I have found my way to the Südstern brewpub on the Southeastern side of town, only a few U-bahn stops from the centre. This [...]

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Beer everywhere

I’m through with Pan-European travelling for the time being, and I have a number of ideas lined up. There are good news from Norway – three new beers from Inderøy Gårdsbryggeri released just now. They are selling out their beers faster than expected, and don’t need to work hard with the distribution with the batch [...]

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Back soon

Hope you’re having a fine day at work. I am in Prague, having a beer. Maybe two.

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Bier-Spezialitäten-Laden

An elderly man and a slightly aggressive looking younger man are sitting outside the shop on empty beer crates, blocking the entrance to the Bier-Spezialitäten-Laden, but when I get in, there is a warm welcome. Sind sie eine Etikettensammler or ein Biergenisser, asks the man behind the counter. Are you a label collector or do [...]

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Notes from a failed anthropologist

Entschuldigung, but why do you photograph your beer? One of the local heroes has discovered a newcomer who is not even following The Netherlands trashing Romania up on the screen. The stranger has a distinct feeling the long day is catching up with him, and he stumbles over the German words. He tries another language. [...]

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