Only after doing the usual forced march around the train station in Bamberg did we learn that at long last, there's an exit from the tracks opening at Brennerstrasse, making it far easier to access the myriad joys of Cafe Abseits.
Gerhard Schoolman joined us during a delightful outdoor lunch for an instructive chat about the current state of beer in Bamberg, Bavaria and the rest of Germany. Joe selected a beer from the Weyermann malting house's test brewery; the legendary Weyermann facility is a short distance to the north by the rail tracks, and Cafe Abseits is the only establishment outside of it to serve the "test" beer, which was tasty indeed.
I drained a few glasses of regional Helles beers, savoring the smooth expertise, and hoping that they never, ever undergo a Kafkaesque metamorphosis into IPA. Some things just need to be left as they are.
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