My friends went yesterday afternoon too, they said the weather was awful. So different to last year where we had to hide from the sun rather than the rain!
They are Celta Vigo fans, so off the the game against Union Berlin today. Although they are Scottish, their daughter lives in Vigo and have adopted the local football team as their Spanish side.
Just wondering whether this would be worth a visit this year. Are there plenty of places to rest our aged legs, or is it more of a standup event? Is there likely to be a beer list/map available?
It is not a reliable one though, as it happens that some brewery is missing. The beer lists is also quite inaccurate. 80% of it is correct, so you can have an idea of what you’re gonna find.
It’s not Eurhop, but as I said to the guy of Schneeeule on Facebook
I haven’t seen in Berlin yet a Bierfestival where I can drink at the same time Rittmayer, Wagner. Weheirer, Ravenkraft, Weltenburger, Zwönitzer, Founders, Maryensztadt, The Sisters, where I can have a U straight from the wooden barrel, where I can try several beers from Brandeburg without spending 4 hours on the regiobahn (Finsterwalder, Altlandsberger, Babben, Rheinsberger). All of them for 2 euro (more or less) and without paying any entrance fee.
Then people praise Brewdog for the Vielfalt…
If we think what the offer is here in Berlin (always the same hipster festival with a different name, but always with the same breweries), the IBB was a very good festival for trying different beers from different regions
Even though always a bit too noisy, too dusty and overcrowded, it is a pity… Even if You did not like the selection, You could admire the unique architecture of the Stalinallee…
This one, the Bierbörse is actually worse. At least here in Mainz. 90% macro stuff and only a few locals to round it up. And a really unenjoyable public with way to many hen night groups and people getting wasted. Nothing about beer culutre.
I have only been on sunny afternoon’s and they have been mostly quiet, but I can imagine what it turns into when it’s dark and large groups turn up.
I agree that most of the stalls are from the larger producers, often from Bavaria or abroad, but there are always a few local or ‘craft’ brewers at all the Bierbörse I have been too. Not been to the one in Mainz though.
