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Beer spots all over the world
I know it may sound strange ( or maybe not at all :) but I’m looking for the places where you can drink beer. It doesn’t have to be a bar, it can be whatever, parks, beaches, flats and other strange places. Would be good if such location could be specific for the country of shooting. I’m starting this strange project soon and I need tips becouse I haven’t been in many of these countries. One important thing is that I will have to shoot it in May-June. Thank you for inspiration!!!
List of countries:
Austria
Belgium
Canada
Czech Republic
Denmark
France
Germany
Honduras
Netherlands
Iceland
Ireland
Israel
Spain
UK
USA
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Rafal Milach
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Mon Apr 07 18:42:01 UTC 2008
(ed. May 6 2008)
Warsaw,
Poland
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Space. But watch out for the stupid wet burps.
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You can go to one place in DC and get some 1000 beers from all over the world…no kidding! Why leave your stool? Check it out when you are next in Washington, it’s the Brickskeller.
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Any smarty ever try all 1kb?
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Rafal,
I’m not sure how long you are planning to work on this, but both Germany and the south of the Netherlands have HUGE beer halls during carnaval (11/11 it officialy starts and ends at 28/2 2009), where people just stand, sit, hang, crawl and drink…beer.
lots of fun and succes!
Rosa
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Well, as for Germany there some occasions that come to my mind e.g. on Ascension day, Father´s Day in Germany, people (mostly men, some fathers) use to roam around on tractors, bikes etc. and all pull a good load of beer on a trailer. Or they drift downriver on a raft, with lots of beer “under deck”. Another occasion are the small Dorffests, village parties, when all the village just sits together with a beer and has a good time. Much more authentic imho than any of the big beerfests (e.g. Oktoberfest).
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Sounds like a fun project Rafal. Be sure to look me up when you come to the UK and I’ll model for you drinking a ‘yard of ale’ in my local pub… http://www.tollemacheharrington.com. Shame you don’t have Australia on the list-former Australian Prime Minister Bob Hawke was at one time the world record holder, for fastest skulling of a yard of beer. These days I prefer red wine-but don’t ask me to drink a yard glass of that!
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I used to work at Anchor Brewing Company in San Francisco. (Maker of Anchor Steam)
Little known fact… you can go there and get a free tour, and try all the different kinds of brew for free!!!! Yes I said free. And I dont mean some shitty 2 oz sipper cups either…
The staff is awesome, down to earth, real SF locals and are a blast to toss some back with. All of em are artists of some sort or other.
Also, (this just gets better and better) the owner, Fritz Maytag, appreciates photography, and hired a badass (damn, cant remember his name right now) to shoot the place years ago, and so one of the hallways is like a photo museum, with amazing giant black and white prints….
www.anchorbrewing.com
Enjoy!!
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who was it..buckarro bonzai? who said….”where ever you are there you are”
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I am and forever will be impartial to Goose Island in Chicago.
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How can you possibly do a project on beer and not come to Australia?
Its just not right…..
(Hehehehehehehehehe!)
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Ireland – good christ, I wouldn’t know where to start!
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Germany – Oktoberfest strangely on in September. Spain – constantly during the summer, beach, street. The guys selling cans on the weekend on the street/beach Ireland – horse racing and music festivals and the back of the bus on saturday night, might be a change from the ubiquitous pub
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Hi Rafal, You may be interested to know that Antonin Kratochvil did a story on beer not too long ago. I can’t find anything on it online right now, but I’m sure if you dig, it’ll turn up.
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You want the real Irish experience, then hit some of the summer festivals in County Clare.
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Rafal – If you come to Australia – steer clear of darwin – we can’t drink beer in public places except on designated days,Hate to see you rock up on the wrong day! You would want to go to the little creatures Brewey in Fremantle ,Western Australia , the place has great beer and great light.
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Yeah but Glenn, don’t Darwinians drink more beer per capita than in any other city in the world?
Good reason not to let people drink in public places except on designated days, otherwise the entire town would be constantly off their heads!
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You need to come to Colorado. This is the “Nappa Vally of micro-breweries”. You practically trip over small and craft breweries here.
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Thank you all for all the massive response! LS is definitely good place for the post like mine :) Pity I cant include Australia in my trip and many other countries as well, but it doesn’t depend on me. I have at least few weeks before I start so I wait for more inspiration. Thanks again for your help.
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Designated days for drinking in Public are now Anzac day, Territory day , Christmas day , boxing day and any day whose name ends with a Y . Yes Lisa The whole town is off their heads – thats how they sell all the highrise apartments that are shooting up all over the place!
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Hi Rafal
We go for a beer in vienna in may right? in any case if u are interested China has the largest population of beer drinker in the world , well numerically is easy to understand it but chinese loves their Qindgao beer, they have also an “october” festival which is held on the end of August…. in Qindgao, there u will see many people drinking (Worste than munich perhaps) ....
i thought u loved Vodka tough..
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Adelaide – Coopers sparkling ale – the ritual of it all! If the barman doesent roll the bottle ,you get it free!
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Daniele , would love to come to China with this project :) we’ll catch up in Vienna for sure , so see you there,
Glenn, sorry but Australia is not included :)
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hi Rafal we will discuss in vienna, i can tell u more about it, and also help in logistic d
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it’s a bit off your road but there is a roof top night club with good live soukous (rumba) music on victory plaza, kinshasa. it’s just between the charismatic church and the disco, the beer is cold but watch out for the night fighters…
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John pity I cant come to check the night fighters and cold beer :),
Daniele I will certainly visit you in Shanghai but Im afraid not with this project… or maybe who knows, see you in Vienna anyway
any ideas for Honduras or Israel?
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In Denmark Christiania i Copenhagen is a great spot. Any harbour, wievpoint, terrasse, rooftop, park or sunny spot is where you will find the danes with a beer. There has been a blooming in microbreweries all over the contry the last years so lots of good stuff there as well.
In Israel the best place i can think about is in the dessert overlooking the dead sea..
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The best beer I ever tasted was cuban. Go to Havanna and slurp down a few cans of Buccanero. It even puts czech pilsner to shame.
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There’s a nice place here in Cairo in a church, but that’s not on your list. I once saw Dutch student societies play a game where each team has to drink their keg of beer, then take an opposing team’s keg by whatever means available. Very messy.
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i’ve gotta second jonathan’s vote for colorado in the us. it is crawling with craft beers and good places to drink. the beers are strong…check the offerings from great divide or the tenfidy or gordon from oskar blues…the altitude enhances the effect.
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In Vienna you definitely should go to the Schweizerhaus beer garden, which is in the Prater amusement park (where the giant ferris wheel is, known as the ‘Reisenrad’), a Viennese institution, good Czech Budweiser on tap (for a long time during the cold war probably the only place to get this beer outside Czechoslovakia) and lots of pig to eat!
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and, still in Vienna, try the ‘Lukas’ bar, Schönlaterngasse 2 in the center… plenty other good bars in that lovely little street.. and if very late or Lukas is closed go to Bane’s Bar, Köllnerhofgasse 3 still in the center, where you’ll see all kinds of creatures of the Vienna night!
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Yeah, Stardust.
Some photos mostly from there: here=
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thanks for all tips! If anybody knows some nice spot in Mexico as well…
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In Prague go for Kolkovna. They have the best draft Pilsen I have ever had.
In Bremen, Germany, I was quite impressed by the beer they brew in Schüttinger microbrewery.
Daniele is right about Chinese Qingdao. Whenever I wanted to feel like home I went out and had a couple of Qingdaos.
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Hi In belgium you Should go to The Delirium Café http://www.deliriumcafe.be you will find More than 2000 beers .For a less touristique bar you should go to the Chez Moeder Lambic Rue de Savoie 68 1060 – Saint-Gilles
+32(0)25391419 Have fun
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romania has some traditions in beer-drinking too, beer-festivals roam around the country during the whole summer-season… drop a line if you need more info
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Sadly, I can never remember the names of the good bars I visit for some reason. The only one that sticks out in my mind right now from your list is Nanuchka in Tel Aviv. Check this site out, this is where I usually go to for suggestions when I pop into a new city:
http://www.worldsbestbars.com
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Rafal, try in Holland the amateur soccer teams, after training and after matches they are known for their heavy drinking among teammates. also any student association would work, but perhaps not so interesting.
And just remembered that in the Eastern part of the country, youngesters (from 10-11 onwards) have these sheds in the fields called ‘Bier Keten’ (beer sheds) where they hang out, and drink beer… good luck
cheers,
Marc
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For Germany
- any Biergarten (beergarden)
- bars
- Volksfeste (villagefestials)
- streetfestivals
- openair festivals
- under the bridge (the homeless)
- discotects
- parties
- for testing in the breeweries (also in Kopenhagen/Denmark)
- rafting down the river Isar (from Wolfratshausen to Munich)
best Ruediger
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Tommy, I plan to come to San Antonio, at the beginning of June, are you there at the time? Good idea Marc, I will check it out I can imagine all these guys from Hans van der Meer’s pictures going for beer :) Reudiger, is rafting a common spot for beer? I plan to visit Munich as well, it can be interesting, Thank you everybody for good tips
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Hi Rafa
for Indonesia, you can visit Bali a paradise island, in every corner people enjoy the beer
cheers
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Hey Rafal, I have trouble knowing where I will be from day to day so it’s hard to say for June but definitely let me know when you are coming and I will be more than happy to show you around!
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As far as the best Pilsner in Prague goes, Kolkovna isn’t bad, but there are better. A few that come to mind are U Tygra, U Pinkasu, U Jelinku, U Hrocha and Bredovsky Dvur…Let me know when you’ll be here and we’ll go for for a couple…
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Rafal, if you visit Munich you have to go to the “Hofbräuhaus”. It´s a very old beerhaal where nowadays all the american and japanese tourist go. They do rafting because of the former tradition, were they used the river to transport down the lumber. Nowadays they do this more or less for the tourist. They allways have a lttle jazzband and a barrel of beer on the raft. And while you are in mUnich you should visit the kiosk at the “Reichenbachbrücke” (a bridge over the river Isar) Its a small kiosk and it lifes tremedously good just by selling beer to the homeless of MUnich. THe homeless spend all their socialmoney they get at that kiosk. The owners of that kiosk close down for winter and overwinter with the money they earnd from the homeless from october to march in the south of europe.
Ruediger
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Hang out on an English street corner…...meet the “chavs” for a drink.
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19 Apr 2008 06:04
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Hi Rafael !
If y come by Brussels, I can show you some spots (as Benoît said : the Moeder Lambik) but also La Bécasse, Le Corbeau or BeerMania… and so much more :p
After that you can also visit the trappist beers made by monks, as Orval…
Don’t hesitate to contact if you come by :p
cheers !
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I had to cancel my project just about it started. Decision was not easy but many things changed since the concept was born. Thank you all for help , inspiration and good will. I will keep your remarks in mind.
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Café La Mort Subite (Sudden Death) in Brussels
John
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Ah yes, Belgium is definitely the place to toss down a few. About five years ago I spent a US Thanksgiving Holiday in Brussels (took train up from Paris) where I met a buddy and…whew…some awesome brew spots there! Can’t remember any names, though. I can’t remember much else either….
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We are doing this project now , me and Bart Pogoda ( http://www.lightstalkers.org/bartpogoda ) , so hints will still be appreciated here. We would love to visit your favourite local watering hole, but PLEASE NOTE , we have to stick to our fixed itinerary , no matter how much we would like to shoot in some remote bar in Australian outback or Ethiopian brothel. The route is in a link below, it is not complete, after Amsterdam we continue into Belgium and Germany.
http://www.lightstalkers.org/waypoints/show/nygus
Thanks!
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drop a line before you come to belgium, maybe more lightsalkers here will meet for a beer or two :)
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Bourbon Street of course, and you can legally drink here in Louisiana in the street here, unlike most places in the US!
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Mexico is a big, beer drinking country. Most common in the north, where beer culture is strongest, is the carne asada. You´ll see groups of compadres on Saturday afternoon or sundays in a shady spot at the side of the road, talking and swilling their favorite brand: Tecate, Carta Blanca, Modelo, Victoria, and so forth, even, yuk, Budweiser and Bud light.
Most indigenous groups drink a mildly alcoholic beverage, though it can be made to ferment more, made from corn, tesgüino.
Salud!
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yes, if you come to brussels/belgium, let us know and we’ll have a beer (at least) with Ligthstalkers pals !
cheers !
Olivier
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