All you see are the locust trees that shade the picnic tables or the pizza oven that fires up a mean margherita that’s piping hot and doused liberally in olive oil and basil leaves. You wouldn’t even know you’re located in the trendy neighborhood of Kreuzberg once you enter. Princessengarden is a fairy tale scene come to life steps away from a metro station in Berlin. And with all this in mind, I present the rankings of one little lady, in one of the greatest beer countries in the world. These rules helped to weed out restaurants which just happened to have amazing gardens. Food and drink must be served separately, with your beer being provided as soon as its ordered while food is provided later. In order to be considered a beer garden there must be no table service, no host and sit-yourself communal seating. Other spots blurred the lines between beer garden and restaurant, so it became imperative to create some ground rules. Some places that were floating towards the top were located elsewhere in Bavaria and because I’ve only been to a few Bavarian towns it would be downright rude to rank all of Bavaria’s breweries if I’d only been to a fraction of them. When I set out to catalogue my favorite spots, whittling the list down to five was harder than expected. Heck, we’ve been to spots that are located in someone’s backyard, and they’re still magical. All that’s needed is some space that’s hit by the sun for a few hours a day, a few picnic tables and beer. It’s kind of like pizza - The components are so simple that when put together, it becomes extremely hard to mess up. There are restaurants whose food lacks all soul. There are dive bars that are sticky and completely devoid of charm. One thing I truly believe is that there are no “bad” beer gardens. My husband Carl and I spent three weeks in Germany focusing that time in Berlin and Bavaria, spending many afternoons and evenings sipping a masßwhile reading or playing a hand of cards. When it comes to enjoying beer, there’s nothing quite like going to a German beer garden on a sunny day. And right up there at the top is Germany. When it comes to countries with the richest beer brewing history, there’s Belgium. Regardless of the restaurant or bar you’re in, each time you look at the beer list you’ll catch a few German submissions. It’s turned out the Helles, Märzen, Pilsner, Hefeweizen, Gose, Dunkeles, Rauchbier, Berliner Weisse, Altbier, Kellerbier and so on and so forth. Germany, however, has been doing this for centuries. Sure, plenty of adjunct lagers from macrobreweries like Budweiser, Coors and Miller - the survivors of prohibition - but the US is a baby when it comes to good beer. Sierra Nevada considers itself to be the first craft brewery in the country and it was founded less than 40 years ago. Within twenty minutes walking distance from my house I can get to six independent breweries.īut, when it comes to a history with beer, the States have almost none. The country dwarfs all others when it comes to the sheer number of craft breweries its borders contain.
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