A few minutes walk from Lemke there is another brewpub, which I believe is under the same management. This is even closer to the Alexanderplats, located on the first floor of a shopping centre. I sat outside on the terrace, in the pub itself you have …
How many different breweries are represented in my Mega Gravity Table? Three hundred and twenty-six. Just Thought I’d let you know. I was going to post the complete list but, covering many pages, it isn’t practical. Here are those breweries beginning …
Craft brewers ponder life without ‘The King’
The last Rye Pale Ale was Augie’s RPA for the Heritage Festival.This beer has a nice hoppy aroma with some fruity pineapple notes. The color is a hazy orange that can be seen through but not clearly. The head pours medium and quickly fizzes away.Thi…
After sampling some good beers (and one bad beer) at the North American Organic Brew Festival last night, Joe, Linds and I stopped at Pause because we couldn’t resist the wonderful summer evening. We grabbed some food and a pint and chatted for …
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. T…
Sam Adams has had a home brewing contest the last couple of years, and at least one random person’s brew and one Sam Adams employee’s brew get bottled for sale. This is one of the 2007 winners, developed by Lili Hess, winner of the Samuel Adams em…
I stopped by Kybecca this afternoon for the Chimay beer and cheese tasting being held at the Plank Road store. It was nice to see the cheese offering, so often we only see cheese (or food in general) being offered at wine tastings. Cheese is an excell…
Our buddy Fool Circle received a letter from the American Homebrewers Association regarding a possible increase in taxes on beer. Here is a snippet from the letter:
A proposal currently moving in the legislature would raise the state tax on beer almos…
Imagine a life where you’re raised for the sole purpose of being food. No freedom, no social life, and to top it off, some guy takes your dead carcass and shoves a beer can up your ass. Payback is a bitch.
We had big plans for dinner on Frid…