Best places to drink beer in Copenhagen

Well some of them anyway. Anyone missing? Leave a comment!

Café Svejk
Czech inspired place by Frederiksberg Have.
Smallegade 31, 2000 Frederiksberg

Ølbaren
Really small place without all the additions like food and music. Real nice place for beer geeks.
Elmegade 2, 2200 Copenhagen N

Charlie's
A dark and real English pub.
Pilestræde 33, 1112 Copenhagen K

Zum Biergarten
Primarily German beer. Best visited when you can sit outside.
Axeltorv 12, 1609 Copenhagen V

Nørrebro Bryghus
Cozy place that includes good food with their own beers.
Ryesgade 3, 2200 Copenhagen N

Ørsted
Real bar with lit sourroundings despite the fact that it is in a basement.
Nørre Farimagsgade 13, 1364 Copenhagen K.

Plan B
Very trendy and beer friendly place. Cappotinoes are replaced by Belgian beer.
Frederiksborggade 48, 1360 Copenhagen K.

Cafe Viking
Real old-school danish pub with above avarage beer both on tap and in bottle.
Ægirsgade 36, 2200 Copenhagen N.

Den Tatoverede Enke
The number one place for people addicted to Belgian beer and food.
Gothersgade 8 C, 1123 Kbh. K.

Brewpub
Really nice place that serves good food and their own beer.
Vestergade 29, 1456 Copenhagen K

Comment on Ølfabrikken

Anders Kissmeyer from Nørrebrø Bryghus makes a note of the Ølfabrikken case in his latest newsletter. It seems he shares my views on what really happened (page 3):

Even among us veterans, the ones that have been here more than six months - we can feel the consideration for one's colleagues is under pressure in the micro brewery industry. 'When the crib is empty' one is tempted to say, and the first dirty ticks have seen the light of day. For example the execution of a college, and then trying to convince the media that it really was an unselfish attempt to save the brewery.

He goes on and distances himself from the above mentioned black sheep, as he call it. Nice to see my views backed up.

Boycut of Nørrebro Bryghus has been ruled illegal

The boycut of Nørrebro Bryghus has been ruled illegal. Arbejdretten (court of work) has ruled against 3F, who accepts the decision. 3F still feels that they have good chance of winning their cause in court.

In short 3F wants the emplyees of Nørrebro Bryghus to join their union rather than the one they are in now, to give them a better mutual agreement.

Support the employees of Nørrebro Bryghus

The union 3F is still in conflict with Nørrebro Bryghus. They want to force Nørrebro Bryghus to sign a collective bargaining deal with 3F. The stupid part is that the employees already have an agreement with Kristelig Fagbevægelse that they are quite satisfied with.

Today in the paper the employees wrote:

Dear 3F: please let us do our job

So now Kristelig Fagbevægelse are requesting that 3F:

• respect other unions and their right to make collective bargaining
• use their energy to get collective bargaining in workplaces that have none (appox 75% of the catering business)
• to stop harressing workers, that already have collective bargaining with Kristelig Fagbevægelse
  

I deeply respect the unions and what they have done for the overall working environment. But with this so-called conflict 3F is inly showing off muscle and is not representing the employees at all. In fact it looks like they are fighting only on their own behalf and no one else. Shame on you.

Support the employees at Nørrebro Bryghus with your signature here: http://www.krifa.underskrifter.dk/

Nørrebro Bryghus under pressure

One of the big unions in Denmark is putting pressure on the microbrewery Nørrebro Bryghus. The brewery have not agreed with the union wish for collective bargaining for their employees. The agreement has been negotiated for more than a year.

The result of the conflict will be that Nørrebro Bryghus will have difficulty in distributing their beer to the supermarkets, and there will be no one to put the beer on the shelves. Another annoyance is that no taxi's will no longer pick up guests or employees, and the brewery can no longer advertise in main stream media.

The owner, Anders Kissmeyer is ready to negotiate. He knows that if the entire union comes together it will severely hurt the brewery. As far as I know even the employees do not want the onion to do their collective bargaining in the first place.

I just hope that the beer will keep flowing.

Microbreweries step up the competition

Acording to the Danish Beer Entusiasts malinglist list ’Ale-mail’ the war amoungst the danish microbrewerries has begun.

One story is about Nørrebro Bryghus being copyied by Veterbro Bryghus. Their brand and image is at stake when a product with less quality use similar visual image.

Anders Kissmeyer from Nørrebro Bryghus clarifies the situation:

”Your harsh reaction on Veterbro Bryghus and their parasitic use of our brand and image has to be seen as an initiative to protect our brand and image, and thus our business. But I will like to break the silence of the taboo about of whether all new small breweries add to the Danish beer culture. Clearly I believe that they do not all add to the Danish beer culture, and I foresee a intensification of the harshness of future dialogue. Not only from myself and Nørrebro Bryghus, but from the entire community of good craft brewers, that work hard and add value the beer scene, against those who are purely motivated by money and not good beer.”

The competition amongst Danish microbreweries must also step up due to the fact that more and more microbreweries emerge all over the country. Soon there will not bee room for them all, and some must die.

Let Darwin decide.