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It's not the hot spot it once was, but summer nights on the riverside terrace are magical in
this Prussian bread factory turned stylish nosh and party spot. Sit at a long table or lounge
on a platform bed while tucking into seasonal fusion fare. The equally dazzling interior
morphs into a dance club after 11pm on Friday and Saturday.
LOCAL KNOWLEDGE
A TASTE OF BERLIN
In recent years a flurry of indie boutique-beverage purveyors has cropped up in Berlin.
Look for them at kiosks, cool bars and pubs and even supermarkets. Here are our fa-
vourites:
Berlin
r Branddstiifter Berliner Vincent Honrodt is the man behind the Brandstifter
Korn, a premium schnapps that gets extraordinary smoothness from a seven-stage
filtering process. It also makes a mean gin.
Fouuntain o
rliner B
uth OK, this one is not really 'made' in Berlin but it comes courtesy of
the ever-innovative
Michelberger Hotel
crew who teamed up with a coconut farm in
Thailand to bring us this 100% fresh coconut water in jazzily retro cans. Health nuts
drink it pure, the rest with a shot of vodka, rum or gin.
Oriigiinal B
in of Y
f Youth
idre OBC is made from 100% German apples by two Berliners, Urs
Breitenstein and Thomas Godel. There are three varieties: the dry OBC Strong, the
sweet OBC Classic and the fruity OBC Rose.
Ouur//Berlin
al Berlin C
rlin Cidr
rlin Made with Berlin water and German wheat, this smooth vodka is distilled
in small batches at Flutgraben 2 on the Kreuzberg-Treptow border and sold in stylish
bottles right there and in select shops.
Riixddorffer F
r Fasssbrauuse The name translates as 'keg brew' but the Fassbrause is actually
a beer-coloured nonalcoholic drink made from fruit, spice and malt extract. It's pro-
duced by the Berliner Kindl Brauerei.
Wostook This Kreuzberg-made lemonade flavoured with eucalyptus and ginseng was
inspired by a Soviet drink called Baikal.
