Hugo’s Vinkælder

September 21, 2008
This place really do have the potential to have a great atmosphere. Located in a centuries old cellar the room really have a lot of positive energies about it. But it does lack the enthusiastic beer loving crowd to really take off. Unfortunately this has much to do with its location i Køge, where there isn’t that many people who are genuinely interested in and knowledgeable about beer (or wine and food for that matter). They carry a lot of bottled beers and have most major styles covered, although they’re weak on lambic and other sours. The beers on tap are mostly from the local brewery Braunstein + the other two locals Stevns Bryghus and Eastcoast. Apart from these, which you are unlikely to find many other places, you won’t find rarities here, but there’s every opportunity to find a number of good beers to choose from.

April 4, 2008
The best bar in the town where I work, so I´ll be going here sometimes after work I gues. Good selection og tap beers and lots of bottle beers, US, Belgium, Danish micro and lots of other great and less great beers. The service is good, they know alot about beers and the place is quit cosy.

March 14, 2008
What a surprise to step down to this cosy old place. No wine around but an outstanding good selection of beers from the thinnest Tiger to the most famous Belgian brews, rare Danish micro brews and some 18 taps of fresh beer. Nice. The lower foundation of the cellar is from the 13th century, a large layer above that is from the 15th century. The open fire place in the middle warms you up from the rainy weather outside. Very friendly owner of the place @ the bar who knows a lot about beer. Their own house brew, Hugo’s Tripel, is a good one to start out with.

March 7, 2008 [ Updated May 4, 2008 ]
Originally a wine bar Hugo’s has now gone completely beery. They keep an excellent beer menu with focus on Belgian, US micros (even Americans would envy the selection here) and Danish micros. They support local breweries, stage release parties etc. And now they even have their own house beer. Staff is friendly and they know their beer. The setting is extremely cosy as the bar is situated in a very old brick basement. Local high school kids meet up with hardcore beer geeks here. Highly recommended.

December 8, 2005
A local cellar bar located in a passageway. The first striking thing is the front door - a low rounded door - reminded me of a Hobbit door in Lord of the Rings, then down an old stone staircase to a low stonewalled, wood cealing quite dark room, with a fire burning in the open fireplace. Really cozy. The service was friendly and OK knowledgeable about their beer. The selection was at the moment 9 draft beers and 80 bottled, but plans for next years should see the selection grow to 140 bottled. The selection is wide from mainstream macro over Danish microbrews, to a good selection of international beer including 8 Trappists. I went by for a world premiere beer, and probably will return for more local hard to get beers.