Latest reviews from Hagen
| 74 /100 Schnitzelhaus by Hopfen & Salz (Restaurant) RATHAUSSTRAßE 1 “Medium-sized restaurant which is located in an almost historic cellar of former town hall. I have already been there as a child but can't really remember the look of it. I also never visited 'Hopfen & Salz' in Dortmund. The Hagen location is a welcome alternative to the rather boring gastronomic offerings around, especially since it's focusing on beer. Well, they do have 26 taps, most of them are macro or close to it, the most exciting ones are a NEIPA from De Molen, an IPA by Brooklyn and a Pale Ale by BRLO. Fortunately, they offer a tasting tray of five 0.1 l glasses, beers can be chosen by the customer, the most expensive ones are excluded though. During my visit, the glasses for the trays weren't available though, but that's due to having opened just recently. This is much more than offered in any other place in Hagen. Food is decent, rather hearty and classic, but also with a few twists like beer jus or beer coating. Prices are just okay, staff still needs some time to get used to the beer menu I guess. A promising venue for sure, but still with room for improvement. I wonder if Hagen is ready for 26 taps, I hope so, but time will tell.“ |
| 60 /100 Weinhandel Häckel (Grocery Store) ENNEPER STRAßE 83 “Weinhandel Häckel is a small store which mainly sells wine but also whisky and other spirits. Recently, it began stocking beer from local breweries. Right now, the assortment covers breweries like Ostermann, Hanno, Waldstadt, Norschibräu and Vormann, about 20 different bottles are available. Prices might be a little on the high side, but still reasonable. I can't say too much about the service as the shop owner wasn't available during my visit, just a temporary helper not really familiar with the cash register and the prices. By the way, there is a small parking lot right in front of the store. Nice place, definitely worth a visit if you're looking for beers from the area, since most of them can't be found in the regular bottle shops, especially not all of them at the same one.“ |
| 52 /100 Trinkgut Hohenlimburg (Beer Store) AM PAULSHOF 32-38 “Very large, typical Getränkemarkt with lots of crates. More or less the same selection as the trinkgut in Boele, mostly macro stuff but also with a few smaller breweries from the region and some less common beers from the South and seasonals. Good prices, lots of parking space.“ |
| 42 /100 Trinkgut Dicke (Beer Store) POSTSTRAßE 13 “Just one of Your average german drinks-markets. The same Trinkgut selection as everywhere. Not worth a detour.“ |
| 72 /100 BRAUGASSE 5 “Small traditional brewery in the village of Dahl ( which is located very far from the Hagen city centre); the beers are sold directly in the brewery by the the talkative and friendly owner Christian Vormann or his chatty wife; besides the whole range of the brewery’s own beers You can get there some bottles of the - on the premises - contract-brewed stuff of Ale Mania (a.k.a. Fritz Ale) and Sebastian Sour (The Monarchy and others). Worth a visit!“ |
| 72 /100 BRAUGASSE 5 “This is the brewery I drank my first beer from as I grew up within walking distance. I still remember visiting it as a child when my parents bought their beer there. Thanks to the ratebeer community which made me discover that they also sell craft beer, I was really excited to visit it now again.
Located in the heart of Dahl, it can easily be reached by car, bus or train. The car can be parked in the yard. As soon as you enter the brewery, the owner will welcome you and answer all your questions patiently. Although it is possible that you have to wait a while before getting his attention, he is very friendly and not only competent but also open-minded.
The selection ranges from their classical German beers to some very interesting craft beers. The prices are okay considering the high quality of the brews.
I really enjoy my visits there and I will surely come back again more often. If you are around or don’t live away too far it is absolutely worth a visit.“ |
| 52 /100 Trinkgut Dicke (Beer Store) POSTSTRAßE 13 “Although it is quite a big store, they do not have a great selection of German or Bavarian beer. I would rather call it average. Only a few Belgian ones. At least they have Chimay and Grimbergen. Prices are good.“ |
| 78 /100 BRAUGASSE 5 “Little brewery in Dahl without brewpub or something similar, but therefore with a "Hofverkauf" and a cool guy getting me all the different bottles I wanted .... I got 17 new ones, and some of them highly intersting ( Gose, Sour Porter, Smoked Gose..). He (the man selling) was highly competent and quite nice and I even met him once at the Festival der Bierkulturen 2014 in Cologne. The prices were very reasonable ( for the best beer something around 3,10 Euro) and I felt very welcomed and good. But - as a beerlover- I would have loved to have a look at the backyard to have choosen the beer by myself - I would have bought some more special Goses for trades etc. And at the end we even got to know the owner lady (with her sweet and loud dog) who just arrived - very nice, very talkative, very curious and very open-mindes. Cool girl. I would come back anytime again!“ |
| 64 /100 Trinkgut Dicke (Beer Store) POSTSTRAßE 13 “All Trinkguts in Northrhine-Westfalia are good, as they carry a lot of good and sometimes rare beer. They usually carry all Düsseldorf brewpub alts: Uerige, Schumacher, Füchschen and Schlüssel.
But the one in Hagen also has Vormann beers and they are the only shop, where you can get Schwelmer Ur-Pils and Dunkelweizen, which are produced in the open-air museum on Hagen. So go to Trinkgut and you can save the entrance fee to the museum.“ |
