Berlin Beer Week 2018 Official Beer Announced
With now just a little over 3 weeks until the start of Berlin Beer Week 2018, the organisers yesterday announced this year’s official beer on Facebook. First held in 2015, Berlin Beer Week is “a multi-day celebration of craft beer culture and community, with daily events happening at numerous locations throughout the city.” The 2018 […]
Arte Street Atelier – Rocco and his Brothers
The street art collective Rocco and his Brothers has produced some of the most eye-catching, headline-grabbing and thought-provoking installations in Berlin over the past few years. This short documentary from Arte Street Atelier shows a number of their works and explores their motivations. Describing the move from graffiti to the more politically engaged installations they […]
Fuerst Wiacek – Gypsy brewers on the hunt for a home base
It looks like self-proclaimed gypsy brewers Fuerst Wiacek (a partnership between Georg Fuerst and Lukasz Wiacek – see what they did there!) are looking for a more permanent base in Berlin. They posted an appeal on Facebook and Instagram on Sunday for leads on an 800m2 production space. This is exciting news for New England IPA […]
Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar Has a Canning Plan
Yet again demonstrating his determination to bring the best and freshest beer to Berlin, owner Cihan Caglar will unveil his new Crowler – a machine for sealing cans filled with the foamy goodness of draught beer – on Friday at Biererei Bar & Vintage Cellar. Craft beer fans in Berlin will be familiar with growlers, […]
BRLO x Zagovor Brewery Collaboration Brew for Berlin Beer Week
BRLO posted a teaser on their Facebook page this week for a new beer brewed in collaboration with Zagovor Brewery that is due for release during Berlin Beer Week 2018. The post from BRLO gives a few hints about what to expect: When we invited our friends from Zagovor Brewery to our BRWFEST, it made […]
FREE BEER – BrewDog is about to give away 100,000 bottles of beer in Germany
I’m a big fan of beer and of all the beers on offer free beer is my favourite beer. Imagine my excitement when I heard that the Scottish craft beer brewer, BrewDog, is giving away 100,000 bottles of their flagship beer, Punk IPA. James Watt and Martin Dickie founded BrewDog in Fraserburgh, Scotland in 2007. […]
Sunday Documentary: Gaming Beyond the Iron Curtain: East Germany
Gaming Beyond the Iron Curtain: East Germany is a short documentary about the personal computer and arcade video game industry in the GDR during the Cold War. As the narrator, Super Bunnyhop, summarises at the end of the video: If you ever need an example of the complicated intersection between politics and entertainment, look no […]
Mark Twain – The Awful German Language
The Awful German Language is an essay by the American author Mark Twain in which he humorously outlines the complexity of the language and the difficulties he encountered while learning it. It is a must-read book for students of the often baffling German language. Twain, most famous for his Huckleberry Finn stories, travelled extensively through […]
Sunday Documentary: Berlin – Symphony of a Great City
Berlin – Symphony of a Great City, released in 1927, is a classic of the golden age of silent film and a compelling document of life in Berlin in the interwar years. The film is presented as a day in the life of Berlin but Walter Ruttmann edited together footage recorded over the course of […]
Train Etiquette – The Berlin GIFs Edition
One of the major arse-aches of train travel anywhere in the world is the inability of some people to grasp the basics of train etiquette. Almost every train journey involves some form of idiocy, lack of common sense or plain rudeness. I have lots of bugbears when it comes to train etiquette – feet on […]