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German Pub Guides
Forchheim A brief guide to the pubs of the Forchheim.
Bamberg Pub Guide Nine breweries and many more pubs in the beautiful city of Bamberg.
Nürnberg (Nuremberg) A brief guide to the pubs of the Franconian capital.
Stuttgart Pub Guide My guide to pubs in the fair city of Stuttgart.
Berlin Pub Guide This is a list of brewpubs, beer pubs and commercial breweries in Berlin.
East Berlin Pub Guide An article I wrote in 1989 about the pubs on the other side of the Berlin wall.
Düsseldorf Pub Guide A guide to the altbier brewpubs, traditional beer houses and a few other interesting bars in Düsseldorf.
Duisburg Pub Guide A guide to a few brewpubs and beer pubs in Duisburg.
Cologne (Köln) Pub Guide A guide to some of the kölsch houses in the centre of Cologne.
Hamburg Pub Guide A couple of boozers and a brewpub in Hamburg.
Leipzig Pub Guide Leipzig - home to the elusive Leipziger Gose. Here are a couple of pubs and the world's only outlets for Gose.
Eisenach Pub Guide home to Wartburg castle, Wartburg pils and a few quite nice pubs.
Munich Pub Guide beerhalls and beer pubs in the centre of the Munich.
Augsburg Pub Guide Brewery taps and brewpubs in this Bavarian city.
Hannover Pub Guide Beerhalls and beer pubs in the centre of the Hannover.
Ratingen Pub Guide Pubs offering the altbiers of Düsseldorf.
Goslar Pub Guide Pubs in the home town of Gose.
Bayreuth Pub Guide Pubs in Wagner's hometown.
Frankfurt Pub Guide Pubs in the beautiful city of Frankurt am Main.
Dortmund Pub Guide Beerhalls and beer gardens in the centre of the Dortmund. As a bonus, I throw in a short essay on the rise and fall of Dortmund's brewing industry. Even if I say so myself, it's pretty groovy.
Kaiserslautern Pub Guide Pubs, beer gardens and a brewpub in the World Cup city of Kaiserslautern.
Gelsenkirchen Pub Guide Beerhalls and beer gardens in Gelsenkirchen, another city hosting World Cup games in 2006.
Münster Pub Guide Pubs and beer gardens in Münster, home of Pinkus-Müller.
Kiel Pub Guide Beerhalls and beer gardens in the Baltic port of Kiel.
Rostock Pub Guide Pubs, beer gardens and two brewpubs in the former principal port of the DDR.
Bremen Pub Guide Beerhalls and beer gardens in the Baltic city state Bremen.
Erfurt Pub Guide Pubs, beer gardens and five brewpubs in Thüringen's capital, Erfurt.
Freiburg (im Breisgau) Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Freiburg, on the edge of the Black Forest.
Ulm/Neu-Ulm Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Ulm and Neu-Ulm.
Aachen Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Aachen.
Dresden Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Dresden.
Lübeck Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Lübeck. New !
Koblenz Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Koblenz. New !
Karlsruhe Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Karlsruhe. New !
Regensburg Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Regensburg. New !
Würzburg Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Würzburg. New !
Kassel Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Kassel. New !
Saarbrücken Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Saarbrücken. New !
Chemnitz Pub Guide Brewpubs, beerhalls and beer gardens in Karl-Marx-Stadt, sorry, Chemnitz. New !
Osnabrück Pub Guide Beerhalls, brewpubs beer gardens in Osnabrück. New !
German Brewery and Beer Guides
The breweries of Baden-Württemberg The breweries of Baden-Württemberg and their beers.
The breweries of Bamberg The breweries in and around Bamberg and the beers they brew.
The breweries of Berlin The breweries in and around Berlin and the beers they brew.
The breweries of the Former DDR A list of the breweries currently operating in what was the DDR. It covers the German states of Brandenburg, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Thüringen, Sachsen and Sachsen-Anhalt. All the breweries and all their beers.
The breweries of Düsseldorf The breweries in and around Düsseldorf.
The breweries of Munich The breweries in and around Munich.
The breweries of Cologne (Köln) The breweries in and around Cologne (Köln).
The breweries of Bamberg in 1818 All 65 breweries that were in Bamberg in 1818.
The breweries of Hessen The breweries in the German state of Hessen.
The breweries of Saarland The breweries in the German state of Saarland. New !
The breweries of Rheinland-Pfalz The breweries in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz. New !
The breweries of Niedersachsen The breweries in the German state of Niedersachsen. New !
The breweries of Bremen The breweries in the German state of Bremen. New !
The breweries of Schleswig-Holstein The breweries in the German state of Schleswig-Holstein. New !
The breweries of Hamburg The breweries in the German state of Hamburg. New !
Other German Beer Pages
On a German Beer Trail Evan Rail travels in search of Germany's local heroes. "I wanted to try those German brews that had maintained a sense of local flavor, beers that were produced in their hometowns and, more or less, nowhere else."
Why the Reinheitsgebot is a load of old bollocks My personal view on the German beer purity law. As you may be able to guess from the title, I'm not one of its greatest fans. I present a series of detailed, reasoned arguments why it works against the interests of the real beer lover. Well, that's what I say - there is, as usual, a fair amount of frothing at the mouth inbetween the odd rational outburst. I attempt to analyse and expose brewing's greatest myth. I don't expect that it will please everyone who reads it.
The Trouble with German Beer Do you think that Germany is the beer-drinker's paradise on earth? Do you believe that the Reinheitsgebot guarantees that only beer of the highest quality is produced in Germany? Do you think that the 1200 or so breweries in the country provide unparalleled diversity? Do you think that the moon is made of blue cheese? Well I certainly don't. I'll explain why.
Old German Beer Styles A quick glance at the Germany's lost (and forgotten) beer tradition. Or, when Germans brewed like Belgians.
German Beer Statistics A few figures concerning the German brewing industry - total annual production,number of breweries - the type of thing to set obsessives like me polishing their shoes with their tongue.
Braunschweiger Mumme An article on Braunschweiger Mumme from the "Oeconomischen Encyclopädie“ of 1773. In German.
Buying German Beer in the USA An extremely useful page for those of you resident in the USA who want to know where to find German beer to buy. This page is part of The British Guide to German Beer, a very informative site.






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