Tag: Altbier

Beer Travel Vignettes: Füchschen, the “Little Fox” of Düsseldorf

Beer Travel Vignettes: Füchschen, the “Little Fox” of Düsseldorf

  Pubs line the center of Düsseldorf, packed tight like sardines. It’s not for nothing that the streets around the Rathaus (city hall) have earned the nickname “the longest bar in Europe.” Unless mass-market Pils is your thing, you can safely ignore most of these 

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