Sure, there is the CAMRA Good Beer Guide to Germany, but it’s a few year’s old, and it’s not too handy when you’re visiting just one city. The Berlin information at ratebeer is helpful as well.
But for anyone reading Scandinavian, the new book just out by Danish beer writer Carsten Berthelsen is well worth the investment. A handy format that fits into your jacket pocket, well illustrated with both photos and maps, and with what looks to me like a good selection of pubs, bars and restaurants.
All of my favourites among the brewpubs are included, and I generally share his views on the places we’ve both visited. The book is updated to include brewpubs I did not know of, like one in the spanking new Hauptbahnhof.
A potted history of beer and brewing in Berlin, too, perhaps with a bit more Ostalgie than to my liking, but that is not the main point.
The book recommends an excursion to Potsdam, and after reading the relevant chapter, I am convinced to make a day trip the next time I’m in the German capital.
The publisher of the book has a good web site, and you can browse through some of the pages online, a nifty feature.
Well worth 150 Danish kroner.
Why now? I was in Berlin this summer and ain’t likely to return soon. Harumph.
Den kan kjøpes fra Capris.no til 120,-
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Thanks for the tip. I just ordered this book from a Danish bookshop together with Berthelsen’s book on Prague.
Perfect, this goes right into my travel library, ordered from capris.no
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