All set for tomorrow's flight to the UK to spend Christmas with my family. It's been a very beer-oriented few days. On Thursday evening we checked out Hops and Barley in Wuhlichstrasse, Friedrichshain, a micro brewery with an inviting tiled-walled bar area, complete with mash tuns. The Weissbier is a lovely deep colour and certainly doesn't disappoint on flavour. On Friday we headed over to Spandau to check out the Christmas market there. If, like me, you are stuck in the eighties, the name Spandau probably makes you think of the band Spandau Ballet or the place where the infamous Rudolf Hess was incarcerated until his suicide in 1987. It was suitably atmospheric - we got there just as it was getting dark - but the ambience in the area around the Rathaus was somewhat sullied by the unrelenting gaudiness of the market. On the way back we called in at the Eschenbrau Brauerei in Wedding, another micro brewery. It was tricky to find - the surrounding area looks a bit like a Battersea housing estate and the actual 'keller' is down an alleyway and underneath one of the blocks. It was well worth it though, for a few of their 'Panke Golds'. They also distil their own whisky.
Things have been a bit more low-key today, although I am now looking forward to visiting the awesome Coopers Tavern in Burton tomorrow night, with fingers crossed that they have Sarah Hughes or Jaipur on tap
The 'tasteful'...
and not-so-tasteful sides of Spandau Christmas Market
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