Of course one of the things that Germany is famous for is beer! I did a bit of research prior to our trip and located a couple of small independent breweries that had tap rooms close to where we were staying and on our first night we ventured out to one of them. Called "Lemke" the brewery bar was situated, as such beer establishments often are, under a railway arch and we sat and sampled some of their offerings as trains rumbled overhead.
The picture above shows one of their Helles lagers, a light, crisp, clean and flavorsome drink that was very welcome after negotiating Heathrow airport earlier in the day and the busy streets of the city that evening. We also discovered a food menu and feeling quite hungry ordered a couple of dishes (meat balls in gravy with dumplings and green beans, and a roast pork dish) which were both delicious and paired with the beer perfectly! Many of the food options were quite basic (i.e. meat and two veg) but like good pub food in the UK perfectly wholesome and delicious as well as great value for money!
While on the subject of good beer we also came across a Mikkeller bar, I've visited Mikkeller establishments in both London and Copenhagen and the Danish brewer has a small venue in one of the trendy suburbs of the city. The range of craft beers on offer was excellent, I opted for a hazy NEIPA (pictured above) and while there we also tried some fruited Berliner Weisse (for obvious reasons) which was also very good. The Danish bar was one of the only ones we found that had bags of crisps for sale (a classic English accompaniment to beer) most of the German bars offered large bready pretzels which, as we discovered later in the trip, were just as effective at providing that "salt & carb fix" while drinking beer if not better!
More in part III
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