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Day 332: November 28, 2015
Diary entry:
After a quick hotel breakfast in Dortmund today, we moved on to the next stop on our Christmas Market roadtrip.
Our destination for the evening is Hannover, and since it was on the way, and I’d never seen the town before, we added a side-trip pit-stop in Hameln (Hamelin) to our agenda. This is the Hamelin of Pied Piper fame, so one of those cities that you may not even realize actually exists, so when you find yourself with a chance to pay a visit, you jump at it!
We followed the signs and parked at the Stadt-Galerie parking lot, which turns out to be the parking lot for a giant mall in the center of town. However, the Christmas Market is right out the main entrance of the mall, so it was very convenient for our visit. The market is not huge, but had a decent selection of food, drink, and crafts. And even passes by the city museum and the statue to the Pied Piper himself! Follow the little rat symbols on the pavement to take you there.
From Hamelin, we continued on to Hannover, where we enjoyed an evening exploring it’s Christmas Markets, but the normal German and the Finnish varieties, and then wound up the evening at a craft beer bar that we found in town, and then the local brewery (Brauhaus Ernst August).
The Beer:
Name: Sink the Fish
Style: Imperial IPA
Producer: Robens’ Kerker Bräu
Alcohol content: 8.7%
Bottle size: 0.33 l
Purchased from: Craft Bier Bar in Hannover, Germany
Sink the Fish by Robens’ Kerker Bräu. Ok. I’m impressed with this little brewery. This 8.7% IIPA has a very nice bitterness, 90 IBUs. There’s a malty aroma that doesn’t overpower the flavor. Well done!
Commercial Description (bottle label – translated):
A double India Pale Ale with the full power of a Craft Ales. An extra dose of malt and hops provide the high alcohol content with a full-bodied finish in conjunction with a hop hammer of bitterness and aroma. The best Bohemian malts are combined with Amarillo, Simcoe and Warrior hops varieties, including for dry hopping. An IIPA for real hop heads!
