Lübeck Pub Guide
Bars - Brewpubs - Beer gardens - Beer shops

Introduction
This is a short guide to beer pubs in Lübeck.

I've wanted to visit Lübeck for ages. It sounds a beautiful city. That I can have this guide without ever having been within 50 km of the place, is thanks to Bob Fenley. He generously provided me with all the details and the photographs.

Index
Lübeck Pubs



Lübeck Pub Guide
Pub Listings



Map Index


Altstadt-Bierhaus
Braunstraße 19,
23552 Lübeck
Tel: 0451 - 73732		 Altstadt-Bierhaus Lübeck
Opening hours: Sun-Mon 17:00 - 01:00,
Fri-Sat 7:00 - 02:00
Number of draught beers: 5
Number of bottled beers: 2
Regular draught beers:
Food: Wide selection of main meals and snacks
Comfortable restaurant with a good variety of reasonably-priced meals. Island bar with stools around it.

This is what Lars Marius Garshol has to say about the pub:
"Old-fashioned typical German interior, except for island bar. Nothing terribly special about the place."
Rating: *** Public transport:


Brauberger
Alfstrasse 36,
23552 Lübeck.
Tel: 0451 - 71444
http://www.brauberger.com/ 		Brauberger Lübeck
Opening hours: Mon-Fri 17:00 - 24:00,
Sat 11:00 - 01:00,
c losed Sunday.
Number of draught beers: 1
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
  • Zwickelbier €2.80 (0.4)
Food: Snacks €2-8, meals €10-15. Beer € for 0.5l.
Split-level pub, serving home-brewed Zwickelbier from wooden casks hoisted onto the bar using an ingenious block and tackle system.

This is what Lars Marius Garshol has to say about the pub:
"Horrible shit pop music playing all the while. Modern post-industrial brewpub interior."
Rating: *** Public transport:


Im Alten Zolln
Mühlenstraße 93-95,
23552 Lübeck.
Tel: 0451 - 72395
http://www.alter-zolln.de/ 		Im Alten Zolln Lübeck
Opening hours: 12:00 to “late” 363 days a year!
Number of draught beers: 7
Number of bottled beers: 2
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks and a limited selection of meals, €2.20 - €8.80
Im Alten Zolln Lübeck interiorFormer customs post, dating from 1589. Saved from redevelopment in the 1980s. Three separate drinking areas, all with wooden panels and benches. A gem.

This is what Lars Marius Garshol has to say about the pub:
"It really is a gem. They seem to have regular live concerts. Big outdoor seating area on the pavement in summer. Menu is accurate, but it seems that the "after 20:00" beers you can only get on the first floor inside, and not outside or on the ground floor."

Rating: **** Public transport:


Paulaner’s
Breite Straße 1-5,
23552 Lübeck.
Tel: 0451 - 707 9450
http://www.paulaners.de
 
Opening hours: Mon-Sun 11.00 until “late”
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Good selection of Bavarian snacks and meals plus some local dishes, €3.70 - €15.00.
One of many Paulaner outlets outside its native Munich. Warm, cosy atmosphere.
Rating: *** Public transport:


If Kneipe & Bistro
Engelsgrube 41,
23552 Lübeck.
Tel: 0451 704681		 If Kneipe, Luebeck
Opening hours:
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 3
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Traditional pub with friendly clientele.

This is what Lars Marius Garshol has to say about it:
"Interesting place. Very local, with a huge bearded and long-haired bartender+cook (same person) who is friendly and helpful, even if he at first sight looks rather rough. Plays Irish pub music and old rock, quite nice. Dark, small, well-worn, and definitely smoky. A surprisingly nice place, once you get used to it. A lot more UK/Ireland-oriented than the vast majority of German pubs."

Interior pPhototograph courtesy Lars Marius Garshol.
Rating: Public transport:


Tibia Tick
Doktor Julius Leber Straße 76,
23552 Lübeck.
Tel: 0451 75858
Email: tablequiz[at]tibiatick.de
http://www.tibiatick.de/ 		 
Opening hours:
Number of draught beers: 2
Number of bottled beers:
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks, meals.
Tiny pub – claims to be the smallest in Lübeck – but surprisingly large menu!
Rating: Public transport:


Buthmann's
Glockengießerstraße 5,
Lübeck.
Opening hours:
Number of draught beers: 3
Number of bottled beers: 12
Regular draught beers:
Food: Snacks €, meals €. Beer €2.80-3.00 for 0.4l.
Asuggestion of Lars Marius Garshol:
"A bit more refined than If, it looks like an old konditorei turned into a pub, and seems very much like a place for locals, with a stammtisch where the old waitress drinks schnapps and smokes with the regulars. No music, and quiet in the early evening. It's much darker in there than the last photo suggests. The second photo has the menu. They also had Einbecker Mai Ur-bock when I was there (in May). The ökobiers are Neumarkter Lammsbräu. Never was able to establish what the weizens were, since the waitress didn't know they had a menu, and no idea about half of what was on it. In the end one of the regulars found the menus for her, but by then we felt we'd embarrassed her enough, so we didn't ask to see them."
Phototographs courtesy Lars Marius Garshol.
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