It’s funny how a beer with “Berliner” in its name is a novelty in Berlin itself. It’s a pretty common kind of craft beer. If counted together with gose(a true beergerk would say that’s not the same, but come on, it’s just that they call savoury flavors like pizza gose and sweet like raspberry berliner) it will be a top contender for the spot behind ipa and imperial stout. Of course craft beer basically doesn’t exist in Germany because “wtf we already have great beer for 1 euro why pay 5 for weird shit”. But at least it’s not as bad as coffee in Italy where they have the same attitude but the coffee is horrible, unlike German bee which is OK.
I've always suspected it's a Gose and the origin stories are a bit suspect. There are a few craft breweries but also some great major breweries. I've always wondered how the Italians lay claim to coffee.
This is so true! I was shocked when I first arrived in Germany at how bad the beer was (coming from the U.S which has fantastic beer). I completely stopped drinking beer here, except on rare occasions and then only a craft beer. The coffee in Italy analogy is right on the mark.
Oh, the expression on your faces after taking that first sip 😄😆
I was so surprised.
It’s funny how a beer with “Berliner” in its name is a novelty in Berlin itself. It’s a pretty common kind of craft beer. If counted together with gose(a true beergerk would say that’s not the same, but come on, it’s just that they call savoury flavors like pizza gose and sweet like raspberry berliner) it will be a top contender for the spot behind ipa and imperial stout. Of course craft beer basically doesn’t exist in Germany because “wtf we already have great beer for 1 euro why pay 5 for weird shit”. But at least it’s not as bad as coffee in Italy where they have the same attitude but the coffee is horrible, unlike German bee which is OK.
I've always suspected it's a Gose and the origin stories are a bit suspect. There are a few craft breweries but also some great major breweries. I've always wondered how the Italians lay claim to coffee.
This is so true! I was shocked when I first arrived in Germany at how bad the beer was (coming from the U.S which has fantastic beer). I completely stopped drinking beer here, except on rare occasions and then only a craft beer. The coffee in Italy analogy is right on the mark.