If you’re a beer lover and a coffee connoisseur, why not combine the two at Uppers & Downers Berlin, the festival bringing cutting-edge European beer brewers and coffee roasters together for some wild and wacky hybrids. Normally we’d recommend not mixing your uppers and downers, but if you get the mix right, great things can happen. The festival has stands offering a multitude of brews to taste, including the likes of the “Snoutjuice” coffee stout (11% abv!) from Sweden’s Brewski and the malty imperial coffee stout from Slovenian masters Pivovarna Pelicon. And for those wanting to keep the two brews strictly separate, there’s always nitro coffees and quirky ales from event hosts Motel Beer & Coffee. Food can be had from Lars Exit and entry includes a bottomless tasting glass, so expect to be energized and soothed in equal measure. (Text: Benji Haughton / Photos: Cliff Lucas, Good Beer Hunting)
Motel Beer & Coffee, Waldstr.11a, 13403 Berlin–Reinickendorf; map
Uppers & Downers Berlin, 02.11.2019 14–19h. Buy tickets here.
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