| Hamburg Pub Guide |
| Bars - Brewpubs - Beer gardens |
| Introduction | |
| This is a small list of a couple of pubs in the central area of Hamburg.
Included are the city's three homebrew pubs. Hamburg is a big city and has hundreds
of pubs. Those listed here are nothing more than a tiny fraction of the total. |
| Hamburg Pub Guide |
| Pub Listings |
| Max & Consorten | |
| Spadenteich 7, 20099 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 245617 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 10:00 - open end | |
| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 2 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A cosily brown pub, where the ceiling tiles have been nicotine-stained
to a very intriguing shade. The bar itself (the piece of furniture, of course) is
a proper old carved job. Above is a wooden model of a dinosaur, but this is in keeping
with all the other odd bits of old crap stuck on the walls and hanging from the ceiling.
The best of these are the monumental light fittings with little wooden barrels holding
the bulbs. The gaps in between all this stuff, seems filled by the rock/indie music belting out of the stereo. But that's only to be expected with the studenty/alternative type crowd who make up most of the customers. Good value food. |
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| Rating: **** | Public transport: |
| Brauhaus Joh. Albrecht | |
| Adolfsbrücke 7, Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 367740 Fax: 040 - 367915 Email: hamburg@brauhaus-joh-albrecht.de http://www.brauhaus-joh-albrecht.de/ham.html |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 11:00 - 01:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 2 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 0 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| Easily-stumbled-across is not a description you could give to this brewpub.
Stuck by a canal in a distinctly officey part of town which has a dearth of places
any type to eat and drink. It's incorporated into the ground floor of a modern office
building: not the most promising site for anyone after a bit of atmosphere. However,
they haven't made too bad a job of the interior, keeping it simple. The furniture
is of the wooden rustic design so beloved of these sorts of places. The hanging sheaves
of barley were a nice touch, without being too folksy. Inside is pretty roomy and
there's space to house a couple of hundred easily, not that there seemed much of a
threat of that many people turning up when I was there. This being a pub brewery, the centre of attention is naturally the brewing area, all polished copper and white tiles, something which, personally, I could stare at for hours. No surprise, really, that it's become standard in places which brew to make it pretty obvious. As industrial machinery goes, it's pretty hard to fault traditional brewing equipment on aesthetic grounds. My opinions about their two beers were quite divergent: the Messing was a good pale, hoppy beer with peppery tones; the Kupfer was more disappointing, tasting like the paler variety with a dash of caramel and was not malty enough for the style. They seemed both, however, to be brewed with the necessary technical skill. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: |
| Baumann's Bierbar | |
| Kirchenallee 54, 20099 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 291930 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sun: 11:00 - 23:00 | |
| Number of draught beers: 5 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 6 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| This place is very handy for a thirsty traveller changing trains in
Hamburg, being directly opposite the main station. It consists of a single long, thin
room stretching away from the street. The décor is in that horrible generic style
of places which can't decide if they're a pub or a restaurant. Mindlessly posh, charmless
and not very inviting for a long session. That said, here they have a decent enough selection of German beer, including the legendary Salvator, the original doppelbock. The food is pretty decent and very decently priced. Couple this with good, friendly service and the end result is not bad at all. Just a pity about the look. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: |
| Brauhaus Hanseat | |
| Zippelhaus 4, 20457 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 322552 Fax: 040 - 323840 Homepage: http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 17:00 - open end Sun and public holidays closed |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A brewpub which claims to be Hamburg's first wheat beer brewery. Strange
that, as I thought wheat beer was one of the original pre-lager styles brewed in the
city. It has a red tile floor and distinctive round tables with circular benches and above a copper light fitting above like a brewing kettle. There are tables with a built in grill, where you can cook your sausages yourself. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: |
| Gröninger Braukeller | |
| Ost - West - Str. 47, 20457 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 331381 Fax: 040 - 323840 http://www.groeninger-hamburg.de |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Fri: 11:00 - open end Sat 17:00 - open end Sun and public holidays closed |
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| Number of draught beers: 1 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. |
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| Gröninger Braukeller is a brewpub in a large cellar. There are red tiled
floors, long pine benches and tables. The copper brewing vessels are on display, too.
It's located in what, in the Middle Ages, was the city's brewing quarter. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: |
| Prinz & König | |
| Poststraße 53, 20354 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 354798 Fax : 040 - 345960 http://www.prinzundkoenig.de/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 11:00 - 04:00, Sun: 17:00 - 04:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 6 | |
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| Food: Snacks €5-10, meals €7-14, beer €3.30 for 0.5 l. | |
| Modern basement pub, with pine booths and a pine bar. There's also a
more formal dining area with paintings on the wall. |
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| Rating: ** | Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt. |
| Finnegans Wake | |
| Börsenbrücke 4, 20457 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 374 3433 Fax: 040 - 375 01478 http://www.finnegans.com |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Sat: 11:00 - open end Sun: 12:00 - open end |
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| Number of draught beers: 7 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks €4-6, meals €6-8, beer €3.50 for 0.4 l. | |
| A typical fake Irish pub in the city centre. I know what you're
thinking - what am I doing listing a place like this after all I've said
about fake Irish pubs. Well I did have
a very good reason. Sadly, they no longer sell Beamish, my personal favourite
of the commercial Irish stouts and a beer not easily found. But I'm a loyal
(or lazy - I'm not quite sure which, I know it's an adjective starting with
the letter "L") sort of bloke, so Finnegan's Wake is staying in
the guide for now. It's a long narrow pub with the bar occupying most of one wall. The exterior isn't unattractive in an old shop sort of way. |
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| Rating: * | Public transport: |
| Klimperkiste | |
| Esplanade 18, 20354 Hamburg. Tel. 040 346350 Email: klimperkiste@klimperkiste.com http://www.die-klimperkiste.de/ |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 11:00 - 04:00 Fri: 11:00 - 06:00 Sat: 15:00 - 06:00 Sun: 15:00 - 04:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 7 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 4 | |
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| Food: Snacks €3-6, beer €2.20 for 0.3 l. | |
| A long narrow pub divided into several sections and with a cave-like
feel. It has a couple of tables on the pavement outside. It hosts live music once
a week. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: U-Bahn Stephansplatz |
| Fritz Bauch | |
| Bartelsstraße 6, 20357 Hamburg. Tel. 040 4300194 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 12:00 - 02:00 Fri-Sat: 12:00 - 04:00 Sun: 11:00 - 02:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 5 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 12 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A pub in a 19th century building. Fairly large with an interior that
is a mixture of traditional wooden tables and benches and trendy decoration. Their
are several tables outside on the pavement. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: U-Bahn Sternschanze |
| Pepper | |
| Stresemannstraße 135, 22769 Hamburg. Tel. 040 - 4329 0434 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Thur: 16:00 - 01:00 Fri: 16:00 - 02:00 Sat - Sun: 12:00 - 02:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 6 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 5 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A fairly traditional old pub/restaurant with wooden furniture and wooden
floors. It has a reasonable size beer garden at the rear. |
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| Rating:** | Public transport: |
| Hardy's | |
| Goebenstraße 11, 20253 Hamburg. Tel. 040 494600 |
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| Opening hours: Mon-Fri: 06:30 - 02:00 Sat: 15.00 - 02:00 Sun: 12:00 - 02:00 |
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| Number of draught beers: 7 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 6 | |
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| Food: Snacks, meals. | |
| A corner pub, slightly below street level, in a 19th century tennement.
The interior is fairly traditional with lots of wood. There are a few tables on the
pavement in front. There is a dartboard. Note the very civilised opening hours. The closing time is a minimum. |
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| Rating: *** | Public transport: |
| Hofbräu an der Alster | |
| Esplanade 6, 20354 Hamburg. Tel: 040 - 3499 3838 Fax: 040 3499 3841 Email: info@hamburg-hofbraeuhaus.de http://www.hamburg-hofbraeuhaus.de |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 10:00 - 01:00, Sat 10:00 - |
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| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 4 | |
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| Food: Snacks €2.50-8, meals €8-15. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l. | |
| A northern outpost of the Munich Hofbräu brewery. A warning from Hamburg resident Elizabeth Graham: "And saw your guide that includes the Hamburg branch of the Hofbrauhaus. There were no comments, but indulge me and let me tell you how truly awful the staff is. |
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| Kölsch- und Altbierhaus | |
| Valentinskamp 89, 20354 Hamburg. Tel: 040 - 352 387 Fax: 040 - 351 287 Email: Koelsch-City@Hansenet.de http://www.koelsch-city.de |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Thur 11:30 - 01:00, Fri 11:30 - open end, Sat 16:30 - open end, public holidays 18:00 - 01:00, Sunday closed. |
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| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
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| Food: Snacks €4-8, meals €8-14. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l. | |
| From the outside, this is a farly bland-looking bar in a modern
building. Inside it´s unconvincingly rustic - all fake beams and halters. Very unusually for this part of germany it offers Kölsch and Alt dispensed by gravity. It´s possible to purchase a whole 10 litre cask to be tapped at your table. |
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| Rating: | Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt |
| Anno 1905 | |
| Holstenplatz 17, 22765 Hamburg. Tel: 040 - 439 25 35 Fax: Email: http://www.anno1905.de |
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| Opening hours: Sun - Mon 17:00 - , Sat 12:00 - 14:30 and 17:00 - , Monday closed. |
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| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
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| Food: Snacks €3-8, meals €7-12. | |
| As the name implies, this corner pub has been around for 100
years. It´s located directly opposite the Holsten brewery. In the 1980´s all the out-of-character alterations of the 1960´s were removed and the interior restored to its original state. |
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| Restaurant Franziskaner | |
| Große Theaterstr. 9 Ecke Colonnaden, 20354 Hamburg. Tel: 040 - 345 756 Fax: 040 - 345 076 Email: info@restaurant-franziskaner.de http://www.restaurant-franziskaner.de |
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| Opening hours: Mon - Sun 11:30 - 24:00, closed on public holidays |
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| Number of draught beers: 4 | |
| Number of bottled beers: 3 | |
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| Food: Snacks €3-13, meals €8-15. Beer €3.30 for 0.5l. | |
| Despite being branded as Franziskaner, this Spaten house sells
mostly Löwenbräu beers. It has all the typical features of a Bavarian pub:
waitresses in dirndls, weisswurst, litre measures. |
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| Rating: | Public transport: U-Bahn Gänsemarkt |
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