Hello all,
I am going to to Europe from May 22nd-June 9th and am going to the cites stated in the title and I would love to get some recomendations on what interesting and popular beers to try in these cities. I am also looking for some beers to introduce to my family as they do not drink beer currently.
Any opionions are welcome!
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First recommendation is to use RB Places. It’s served me very well across Europe.
Warsaw:
Kufle i Kapsle -- amazing bar. Cozy, great selection. If they have Pinta Imperator Balticyki in bottle, drink one. or maybe two or three.
Jabeerwocky: Down the street from Kufle i Kapsle. Similar concept, a bit more new and sterile, still very good list. The area that both of these bars is in seems one of the hot restaurant/bar neighborhoods in Warsaw.
Chmielarnia: Strange basement Indian/Thai joint, but great beer selection and really passionate staff.
Same Krafty: Didn’t do it for me. Disinterested staff, OK but uninspired selection.
PiwPaw: Cool if you’re in the area, probably one or two things you’ll want to try, but certainly not better than the first three mentioned.
Generally, drink beer from AleBrowar, Pinta, Kormoran, Pracownia Piwa, Widawa.
Prague:
Was here 5 years ago, but when I was there Zly Casy was incredible and worth navigating the train line outside of the city to get to it. Strahov at the top of the hill on the castle side of the river was an amazing place to look over the city and drink a damn good hefeweizen. Otherwise, drink as much fresh Urquell with locals as you can.
Vienna:
Tough city for beer. 7 Stern was better than 1516 when I was there. Liechtenthaler was a cool spot. Bevog and Gusswerk were tough to find. Go out to the Viennese Woods and drink wine at a heuriger. I went to Weinhof Zimmermann and had an unbelievably good time with amazing food.
Munich: Drink Bavarian beer. Find an authentic biergarten somewhere outside of the city center. |
Munich: i would not bother seeking out specific beers, but instead, seek atmosphere. Go to the beer gardens in the English Garden and go to the Hofbrau house. |
Originally posted by craftycarl21
Vienna:
Tough city for beer. 7 Stern was better than 1516 when I was there. Liechtenthaler was a cool spot. Bevog and Gusswerk were tough to find. Go out to the Viennese Woods and drink wine at a heuriger. I went to Weinhof Zimmermann and had an unbelievably good time with amazing food.
Munich: Drink Bavarian beer. Find an authentic biergarten somewhere outside of the city center.
Obtaining Bevog is much easier nowadays, you can even get them in Supermarkets. Siebenstern, 1516 and Lichtenthaler are the classic places in Vienna. There are a few "new" crafty bars, but they’re not very interesting for you, since the "crafty" places are just not on par with the American ones yet.
Munich: There is the Tap House with lots of taps (again, not on par with American lots-of-taps bars), but you can find some classic Bavarians there.
However, I would suggest you take a little ride outside to Aying to have a nice dinner with Ayinger beer or, if the weather is nice, take a hike to Kloster Andechs. |
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Kraków : must go places
Multi Qulti - tap bar with big selection of Polish and European beers,20 taps,big collection of bottles.
Tap House- Pracownia Piwa’s bar with mainly their beers but they usually have stuff from other polish breweries,
Viva la Pinta- Pinta’s bar with both their and other’s brewieries beers
All three are located in historical center of Krakow ( old market square),and there are close to each other.
In Kazimierz district you can find Strefa Piwa Pub and Omerta, there are decent but not as good as those three I mentioned before.
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Prague:
For traditional Czech beer & food head to:
U Vodoucha, Jagellonska 21, Metro A- Jiriho z Podebrad or
Kulovy Blesk, Sokolska 13, Metro C- I.P.Pavlova
RB places with a wide selection:
Zlý Casy, Cestmírova 5,
Beer Geek Bar, Vinohradska 988/62
Places with nice view and beer:
Klášterní Pivovar Strahov, Strahovské nádvorí 301
T- Anker on top of Kotva shopping center, Namesty Republiky
Center:
U Medvidku- Na Perstyne 7
U Tri Ruzi- Husova 10
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Chmielarnia was my top pick in Warsaw. 15 taps, not so much the quantity but the selection was superb. Just has a nosey on their website - http://www.chmielarnia.waw.pl/ - loads of amazing beer, mostly but not limited to Polish craft. |
Originally posted by creppyiceman
In Kazimierz district you can find Strefa Piwa Pub and Omerta, there are decent but not as good as those three I mentioned before.
2 years ago Omerta was place to go like 110%. I wonder what has changed? |
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In Vienna I can also recommend the new Beaver Brewing Company, an American style brewpub with modern craft beer styles.
Best bottle shop for small Austrian breweries is Beer Store Vienna. BeerLovers is the best bottle shop overall, although their focus is on international stuff, but they also have breweries like Bevog. |
There’s a small posse from Estonia doing a similar route (at least Warsaw and Prague - for the festival) at a similar time. Maybe we can do an in-person trade if you can bring anything interesting from MN, and our paths will be crossing (we’ve not 100% fixed our plans yet). Drop us a beer mail if you’re interested.
But as the others say - look at the place reviews (ignore the blank reviews, pay more attention to what the ones who actually can be arsed to type in a review have to say). The places section is one of RB’s most valuable resources IMHO, |
Originally posted by FatPhil
look at the place reviews (ignore the blank reviews, pay more attention to what the ones who actually can be arsed to type in a review have to say). The places section is one of RB’s most valuable resources IMHO,
not to sidetrack the OP too much, but what’s the deal with the blank place reviews? |
