Posted in Prague, beer, food, pubs, travel, tagged beer, Prague on July 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I arrive at the spanking new airport terminal in Prague in the early afternoon, and I soon find myself on the bus towards the centre. No regards for speed limits here, a Swedish fellow passenger mutters that the driver is speeding like he has stolen the bus. Luckily I managed to get a seat. It [...]
Posted in Germany, beer, brewing, food, pubs, travel, tagged beer, Berlin on June 30, 2008 | No Comments »
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, inside [...]
Posted in Germany, Norway, beer, brewing, food, pubs, travel, tagged beer, Berlin on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Germany, beer, brewing, craft beer, food, pubs, travel on June 29, 2008 | No Comments »
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 [...]
Posted in Germany, beer, food, pubs, travel, tagged beer, Berlin on June 27, 2008 | No Comments »
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.
The [...]
Posted in Germany, beer, brewing, craft beer, food, pubs, travel, tagged beer, Berlin on June 26, 2008 | 4 Comments »
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 is [...]
Posted in Norway, UK, beer, beer blogs, brewing, craft beer, food on May 18, 2008 | No Comments »
At last I got along to try the three beers from Inderøy Gårdsbryggeri I have written about over the last month or so. Anders in Trondheim had picked up some bottles for me, which I got last weekend, and yesterday I thought they had enough time for the sediments to settle.
I was not too exciting [...]
Posted in Norway, beer history, brewing, craft beer, food, pubs, travel on May 17, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Like all other Norwegian town of some size, the local beer market in Bergen has been dominated by one brewery, in this case Hansa. They have generally moved with the crowd, sticking to the usual range of lagers with the pils as the dominating beer. They have in more recent years merged with Borg brewery in another [...]
Posted in Norway, food, travel on May 16, 2008 | No Comments »
Bergen is the gateway to the fjords and with plenty of scenery of its own, encircled by mountains and sea. I feel a bit worn out already at touchdown. The plane took off at 06:40. Which means the airport express train at 05:15. Which means the alarm going off at 04:30. The next time I [...]
Posted in Austria, Denmark, beer, brewing, craft beer, food, travel on May 14, 2008 | 5 Comments »
The Danish Herslev Bryghus has brewed a carrot beer, containing carrot juice, malted oat and heather honey. This is a part of the drive for a spectre of Nordic beers as an answer to German or Belgian beers. They are also experimenting with asparagus.
I applaud the innovative spirit, but I have a strong feeling this [...]
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