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Biererei Store Berlin - a craft beer bottle shop in Kreuzberg - seen from the street on Oranienstraße

Buying Beer in Berlin During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Hops have been treasured for centuries for their antibacterial and healing properties and can even reduce anxiety so the leading lights of Berlin’s independent beer scene have been putting their thinking caps on and have come up with innovative ways to make sure the city’s beer geeks can self-medicate while heeding advice to practice social […]

Berlin Beer Guide - The Reichstag at night seen from Friedrichstraße station

BERLIN BEER GUIDE

If you’re planning a trip to the German capital and you’re packing an unquenchable thirst for craft beer or live in the Hauptstadt and are looking for a new drinking hole, It Must Beer Love has you covered with this Berlin Beer Guide – a list of the best craft beer locations in the city […]

Shelves full of beer at Biererei Store Berlin - a craft beer bottle shop in Kreuzberg

Biererei Store

Short but sweet – CRAFT BEER – the neon sign in the arched window of the bottle shop on Kreuzberg’s Oranienstraße is a beacon to the beer lovers of Berlin and draws thirsty customers into Biererei Store. It was during an internship in Brussels, that owner Cihan Caglar, a Political Sciences graduate, first realised that beer […]

Tom pouring a Steady Rolling Man by DEYA Brewing Company at Muted Horn, a craft beer bar in Berlin Neukölln

Muted Horn

You would be forgiven for walking past Muted Horn without giving it a second glance – except for the pink neon sign over the door, there is little indication of the craft beer idyll hidden behind an unassuming brick and glass facade next to a Penny supermarket. Jenia Semenova and Corbin Crnkovic brought their enthusiasm and […]

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The old town hall (Das Alte Rathaus) in Bamberg

Brewsround – Week 18, 2020

Beer, beer everywhere and not a drop to drink. There was a steady stream of tasty beer writing this week and an absolute deluge on Friday. I’ve gulped down as many words as I could manage. Here are a few of my favourites. As I wrote in last week’s Brewsound, I’ve been thinking a lot […]

The crowd at PraterGarten Beer Garden in Berlin

Brewsround – Week 17, 2020

I love reading about beer. Not as much as I like drinking it. But I love it all the same. And there was tonnes of good stuff about the good stuff for me to savour this week. Here are a few of my favourites. From the get-go, Pellicle magazine has released a series of exceptional […]

Drinking a pint of Bitter at the Marble Arch in Manchester

Brewsround – Week 16, 2020

There has been another bumper crop of great beer writing this week. Educating, entertaining and providing essential moments of escapism. Here are a few of my favourites. As fanciful as it seems, beer was literally put on trial in 19th century Vermont. If you’d told me the story in the pub a few weeks ago, […]

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Berlin Beer Guide - The Reichstag at night seen from Friedrichstraße station

BERLIN BEER GUIDE

If you’re planning a trip to the German capital and you’re packing an unquenchable thirst for craft beer or live in the Hauptstadt and are looking for a new drinking hole, It Must Beer Love has you covered with this Berlin Beer Guide – a list of the best craft beer locations in the city […]

Prague Beer Guide

PRAGUE BEER GUIDE

Prague is one of the world’s greatest beer cities; the perfect blend of traditional breweries and pubs with modern craft beer bars and brewers. This Prague Beer Guide will help you focus on the best the city has to offer. It’s a list of the best craft beer locations in Prague, advice on where to […]

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Showing Some Love in the Time of Corona - #thankyoubeers from Lost & Grounded Brewers

Showing Some Love in the Time of Corona

Crises and hardship have a habit of bringing out the best and worst in people. The coronavirus pandemic is no exception. Thankfully, as a typically collaborative and cooperative community, the response from breweries, bars and other players in the beer industry, especially on the craft side, has been generally positive. That said, not everyone has […]

Biererei Store Berlin - a craft beer bottle shop in Kreuzberg - seen from the street on Oranienstraße

Buying Beer in Berlin During the Coronavirus Pandemic

Hops have been treasured for centuries for their antibacterial and healing properties and can even reduce anxiety so the leading lights of Berlin’s independent beer scene have been putting their thinking caps on and have come up with innovative ways to make sure the city’s beer geeks can self-medicate while heeding advice to practice social […]

Beer shots at the 2nd Protokoll Birthday celebrations at Protokoll Taproom Berlin

Protokoll Birthday Bash Vol. 2

Is there a better party than a Protokoll birthday party? Saturday’s 2nd birthday celebration had all the good things: good beer, good company, good vibes – it doesn’t get much better than this. Vadim from Russian beer wizards and hop slingers (and partners in the tap room) Zagovor was there and the brewery was well […]

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Protokoll Taproom Berlin, a craft beer bar with 24 taps in Berlin Friedrichshain

Protokoll Taproom Berlin

Whether you’re a dedicated beer connoisseur or simply bored of the usual selection of Pilseners and wheat beers on offer at most Berlin bars and Kneipen, Protokoll Berlin, a craft beer bar in Friedrichshain’s Boxhagener Kiez, is the perfect place to broaden your beer horizons. Protokoll has an impressive 24 taps (handmade in Moscow with twigs, […]

BREWERIES
Mat Walthall pours a beer behind the bar at the Taproom in Vagabund Brauerei, a Nano Brewery in Berlin Wedding

Vagabund Brauerei

On a quiet residential street in Wedding, in the small but perfectly formed taproom of Vagabund Brauerei, three Americans sell the beer they brew right there on the premises, to Berlin’s craft beer drinkers. When it opened in July 2013, Vagabund Brauerei was Germany’s first crowdfunded brewery. Disappointed by the lack of variety in the beer […]

BOTTLE SHOPS
Shelves full of beer at Biererei Store Berlin - a craft beer bottle shop in Kreuzberg

Biererei Store

Short but sweet – CRAFT BEER – the neon sign in the arched window of the bottle shop on Kreuzberg’s Oranienstraße is a beacon to the beer lovers of Berlin and draws thirsty customers into Biererei Store. It was during an internship in Brussels, that owner Cihan Caglar, a Political Sciences graduate, first realised that beer […]

BEER OF THE WEEK

AERONAUT by FUERST WIACEK x WYLAM BREWERY purchased at BIEREREI STORE