Berlin- food, and other stuff {HERE}
Running with Mikkeller Runnubg Club in Berlin and Copenhagen {HERE}
Friday was the start of the Copenhagen Beer Celebration. We had such a fun time last year, that we decided to return. It is 2 days of 2 sessions each day comprised of the best breweries in the world. It's heaven if you're into craft beer. The brewers are also at the event which is cool- because you get to chat with them about their craft.
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After 2 sessions and many many amazing beers, we took a walk to Nyhavn to watch the sunset. It is one of my favorite places on earth.
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The next morning (Saturday) we walked over to the CBC event space after breakfast.
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We took selfies in front of the Mikkeller Run Club banners and bought some new MRC gear.
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And L squished James from Brewdog.
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And we met Octavio who is hosting The Art Beer Fest Caminha in Portugal in July.
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We also had Mikkeller SpontanQuadrupleBlueberry which was one of my favorite beers out of the nearly 100 that I had during the week. It was so concentrated that we joked we could have gotten tattooed with it.
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We ate more hot dogs. All of the hotdogs and the condiments were made by John, from Hot Dog Deli.
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And we took a picture with this legend. All of the condiments were made with beer. Dark Lord beet chutney was my favorite.
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On our way out of the last session, we ran into Drew, of 18th street Brewery. It's always nice to see a familiar face on the other side of the world.
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Post 2nd sesh of CBC, we went to the original Mikkeller bar.
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And then we went back to Koelschip for more sour beer.
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We saw our Norwegian friends again and spent many hours sharing bottles of amazing lambics. We also tried a 16 YEAR OLD lambic which was surprisingly still carbonated. It was sour and tasted as if you were in a dank, cool cave in the best possible way. Now, past midnight we asked some folks on where to eat dinner- and they said all the pizza places were closed but you could settle for some Kebap.
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So we walked around and saw Kebabistan! Holy crap was I excited to eat here. It was on my list of places because I had read about it online-it's a simple, amazingly delicious place where all the top chefs in the city go after their shifts. It did not disappoint.
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The next morning we went to Øl and Brod for breakfast brunch. I cannot stop thinking about the food there.
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We also went to Mikkeller and Friends for some more beer- it was our last day in Copenhagen before heading back to Berlin.
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Post Mikkeller and friends, we went to Brus- a brand new bar that had just opened earlier in the week. I had a mixed drink with grapefruit which was so good and we also just happened to run into our friends from Norway as well as Octavio again. Serendipity.
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We finished our last full day out at Warpigs with some amazing beer and BBQ.
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And as we walked back to the hotel we passed by Mikkeller headquarters.
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It was an amazing trip and I hope we can return in 2017 for the 6th annivarsary of CBC. Copenhagen is one of my favorite places ever- the people, food and scenery are so incredible.
I would love to know what all of those condiments were for the hot dogs! I think all of this was excellent endurance training for your IM. I probably would have had to take breaks between each event (i.e. naps) but you guys "chugged" along no problem! :)
ReplyDeleteI am intrigued by the Mikkeller SpontanQuadrupleBlueberry. "It was so concentrated that we joked we could have gotten tattooed with it" sounds both amazing and terrifying at the same time!!! =)
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