We arrived in Hamburg to overcast skies but there's one thing that will brighten up any afternoon, tasty tasty craft beer. We headed straight to a new(ish) beer bar called Altes Mädchen and walked out rather merry after quite a few brews, one of which was a freebie from the manager that's a collaboration between a Danish brewer and one of the guys that works at the bar. Beer that is served at the temperature that it should be and an iced strip along the bar to maintain that temperature get massive ticks from us.
After that we stumbled across to the conveniently attached beer shop and picked up a few more things that tickled our fanny. They went down very nicely the following arvo back at our hostel.
The next morning we got up early-ish and walked around the harbour which was epic, checked out the botanic garden (woo!) and then walked for an hour out into a suburb north of Hamburg for what was a great feast, lard smeared on bread (as appetising as that sounds) followed by roast pork shoulder covered in dark lager sauce a potato dumpling. These were paired with an amazing malty lager from Brauerei Krug.
For now that's it, expect a bunch of posts for Berlin though.
The Beers
CREW India Pale Ale
Fanø/Kehrwieder SHIPAS Simcoe
Ratsherrn Brauerei Tasting Paddle
Ratsherrn Brauerei India Pale Ale
Hopf Helle Weiss
Brewers and Union Beast of the Deep
Ridenburger Michaeli Dunkel
Ratsherrn Brauerei Tasting Paddle
Ratsherrn Brauerei India Pale Ale
Hopf Helle Weiss
Brewers and Union Beast of the Deep
Ridenburger Michaeli Dunkel
BrauKunstKeller Amarsi
Celebrator Doppelbock
Pug Sightings - 3
Celebrator Doppelbock
Pug Sightings - 3
