The Search for the Perfect Pint

Haus Der 100 Biere -The House of a 100 Beers -   Mommsenstrasse 45 Charlottenberg  

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A group of us visited Berlin in October 2007. We stayed in Charlottenberg and on the first night we found this place just round the corner at Mommsenstrasse 45. It's right in the middle of a load of restaurants and near to an Irish bar.

The name of the bar says it all and we were never disappointed. It's true there are 100 beers although only about 15 or 16 of these are on draught. Some of those we tried were JP's favourite, Andechs Doppelbock dunkel, Duckstein, Klostriker Schwartzbier, numerous different Pilsners, a Kolsch, Weihenstephen Hefewiessbier which was fantastic and some beers from smaller breweries whose names escape me at the moment. They seemed to have a weekly? beer that was selling cheaper than the others but as we spent a few nights in there I can't really remember which one was the special. The bottled beer was not just from Germany. There were dozens from all over the world but why the hell would anybody want to drink something from the UK or USA when the German beer was so good
The staff are young girls with a good knowledge of English and some knowledge of the different draught ales. One poor bloke spent all night pouring the beers while the girls served the beer and smoked tabs.
The food is good and filling - a lot better than the bog standard sausage and pork knuckle that we seem to have been fed all over Eastern Europe. Derek had the most enormous cheese platter I'd ever seen. Needless to say, he couldn't finish it so we all piled in.
The decor is similar to a lot of bars in Bavaria , dark wood and huge, heavy tables. There was also room for a few hundred drinkers outside, although as it was cold and at the end of October, we didn't bother sitting there.
Prices? The normal price was 4 euro for 0.5 litre or 3.25 for 400ml. I'd tried some of these beers before but this was the first time I'd tried Konig Pilsner, Kostritzer Schwarzbier, Flensberger
and Jever. My overall favourite though was probably the Kostritzer because I never saw it anywhere else and it was different



Lemkes Spezialitätenbrauerei GmbH - Dircksenstr.,
S-Bahnbogen 143,
10178 Berlin (Mitte)

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Lemke's is a large, modern brewpub in railway arches just round the corner from Hackescher Markt S-Bahn station. It hadn't been open that long when we visited but the two beers they served were okay. They were Lemke Original and the Lemke Pilsner. The Original was amber and cloudy although none of us were sure whether or not it was meant to be. As usual Norman told us to stop moaning and get it down our necks. (Sour beer in Prague anybody?). The Pilsner was also cloudy but was a pale colour. This was considered the better of the two.


Lindenbräu am Potsdamer Platz - Bellevuestraße 3-5,
10785 Berlin (in Sony-Center)

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This brewery is situated just inside the Sony Centre and we thought the beer was superb. There was quite a variety on offer - "Hofbräu-Weiße", Fürsten Pils, and various wierd drinks - Alm-Weiße with herbal lemonade, Apfel-Weiße with natural Apple juice, Bananen-Weiße with Banana juice, Cola-Weiße Hofbräu-Weiße with cola, Kirsch-Weiße with Cherry juice, Mango-Weiße with Mango juice, Russian Hofbräu-Weiße with lemonade, Diesel Beer with Cola and Radler Shandy. Needless tosay we stuck to the real beer. The prices were a tad expensive at 3.80 euros for a half litre.



 

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"Will he ever stop looking at Google Maps" thought Bernard wistfully