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Say Hay to HeuGin – a Berlin Spirit with an Alpine Soul

HeuGin is a 46% London Dry Gin made by Berlin distillery, von Bergen Spirits. von Bergen Spirits are – to be precise – Werner & Sebastian, two Berlin-based gin lovers whose quest for the perfect gin took them 1,600m above sea level. To Austria’s Carinthian Alps, Werner’s homeland. It’s at this altitude, high up on … Read more Say Hay to HeuGin – a Berlin Spirit with an Alpine Soul

The Taste Bar Proves Drinking Responsibly Is Anything But Boring

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The Taste Bar’s non-alcoholic spirits let you party like it’s 1999 and enjoy a hangover-free New Year. A new breed of drink is making headway Berlin – and it’s anything but alcoholic. From radlers to non-alcoholic beers, hefeweizens and now spirits and wines, the movement towards non-alcoholic drinks is going in a very specific direction … Read more The Taste Bar Proves Drinking Responsibly Is Anything But Boring

Ludwig’s FŸNF Proves Good Decisions Also End in Hangovers

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Drink beer. Help save the world. With Ludwig’s FŸNF, it’s that simple. Choosing which beer to drink… it’s a militant world. From the prols who drink Hasseröder and Lübzer, the ‘I’ll drink something Czech’ wankers, those who’ll only drink a beer brewed within a 10-mile radius of their own shithole town in Bayern, the people … Read more Ludwig’s FŸNF Proves Good Decisions Also End in Hangovers

Friedrichshain Kult-Kneipe Bier-Bar Faces Closure – Let’s Save It

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Bier-Bar – home of Der Klaus – is struggling to survive this lockdown. It’s on us to ensure it doesn’t close. If you’ve ever been to Kopernikusstraße’s Bier-Bar, you’ll know exactly why it needs saving. It means you’ve experienced the warmth, security and inner-peace that exists at the centre of one of owner Klaus’s open-hearted … Read more Friedrichshain Kult-Kneipe Bier-Bar Faces Closure – Let’s Save It

Jesöff: The Punk Beer Standing Up to Sterni

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Jesöff challenges Sternburg for the title of Berlin’s punk beer. And it has the credentials to do so. Name an Export-style beer that’s 5.2% alcohol, costs around 80cents and goes by the tagline: Das Bier mit dem Roten Stern. No, it’s not Sternburg – it’s Jesöff, a new, bargain-basement beer brand that its founders hope … Read more Jesöff: The Punk Beer Standing Up to Sterni

Badfish Angry Hour Beckons Berlin’s Barflies

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Respite from the world with a 2€ beer and a bar-long conversation. Sometimes you want to go where everybody knows your name. At Badfish Friedrichshain, they don’t just know my name – I’ve got a tab programmed into the till. Angry Hour /ˈaŋɡri ˈaʊə/ Noun The time between 17-19Uhr where beers are 2€. The perfect … Read more Badfish Angry Hour Beckons Berlin’s Barflies

Pawn Dot Com – A Cocktail Empire in the Making

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Sharlie Cheen is building a cocktail empire along Torstrasse. Pawn Dot Com. Hardly the classiest bar name in town (it’s actually a wordplay on its location – the former Königliches Leihamt, the emperor’s old personal pawnshop), it’s a new cocktail bar with classy aspirations. It’s part of Dustin Render’s invasion of Torstrasse. An unintentional invasion … Read more Pawn Dot Com – A Cocktail Empire in the Making

200 Worldly Wines to Try at P-Berg’s La Cave

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La Cave is a wine bar in Prenzlauer Berg that focusses on small wine producers from around the world. A passion project of Michael Rowe, it’s a million miles away (although only a few streets away) from his other venture: Badfish. Badfish, for those who don’t know, is a raucous, always-buzzing Irish pub that’s probably … Read more 200 Worldly Wines to Try at P-Berg’s La Cave

A Gin and Art Fantasyland in an Abandoned U-Bahn Station

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From the 18th-21st October, artists are taking over a disused U-Bahn tunnel. The CANVAS BAR project will see artists take over a U3 station and tunnel under Potsdamer Platz to create a unique, subterranean art space and party. Over the five days of CANVAS BAR, you can watch the artworks being created, as all artists … Read more A Gin and Art Fantasyland in an Abandoned U-Bahn Station

Skadi Frozen Cocktails for Ice-Cold Public Drunkenness

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If Berlin is a playground for adults, then we should all be licking alcoholic popsicles. Skadi is a group of young Berliners with an idea so simple, you wonder why it’s not in Späti freezers all over Berlin: frozen cocktails. Throw those Ben and Jerry’s, Bum Bums and Noggers to melt in the street – … Read more Skadi Frozen Cocktails for Ice-Cold Public Drunkenness

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