Month: September 2024

Beer Travel Vignettes: Päffgen, Cologne’s Neighbourhood Kölsch Pub

Beer Travel Vignettes: Päffgen, Cologne’s Neighbourhood Kölsch Pub

  When Päffgen opened its doors in 1883, it was just one of over a hundred small breweries in Cologne. Wars and consolidation exacted their toll on the other small breweries, but Päffgen soldiered on. Today, it one of the last small Hausbrauereien (“inhouse breweries”)