Tag: Altbier

Altbier All Day in Düsseldorf

Altbier All Day in Düsseldorf

  Introducing Düsseldorf   Düsseldorf is only about forty-five minutes from Cologne by train — so close, yet in beer miles so far away. Düsseldorf and Cologne are unique: ale strongholds amid a sea of German lager. Yet these two “keepers of the ale faith” 

Brauerei Schumacher, Where Düsseldorfer Altbier Began

Brauerei Schumacher, Where Düsseldorfer Altbier Began

  1838 in the Old Town: Düsseldorfer Altbier Düsseldorf is the informal capital of German fashion and home to some of Germany’s most cutting-edge contemporary architecture. Forward-looking as the Düsseldorfers are, the very name of their beloved beer points in the direction of times past: 

Milling against the Grain: Grimm Brothers Goes All-Germanic

Milling against the Grain: Grimm Brothers Goes All-Germanic

On a continent awash with American renditions of India Pale Ale, it’s a rare and pleasant surprise to come across a North American brewery that does not have an IPA of some sort on its menu. Grimm Brothers Brewhouse, just a stone’s throw away from