Finkenkrug

January 27, 2007
Very pleasant visit. Found this place thru ratebeer.com and decided to drop by. Was very quiet at 18-19 on saturday, but started packing up pretty fast. No music, just a TV showing football. Staff at the moment was very nice and also spoke english. They also seem to sell beer to go. Haven’t found a similar beer oriented pub in Ruhrgebiet.

December 18, 2006
What a great place for the Ruhrgebiet! Not too far from the Hauptbahnhof, about a 15 minutes walk in the opposite direction of the city center. 20 taps and 200 bottles available. Most beers are from Beers of the World in Essen, but there are some gems available. I had the Schloss Eggenberg Urbock 23 and the quite delicious Schneider Aventinus Eisbock, served for only € 3,50. Smoky, but friendly service. A must if you visit ugly Duisburg.

January 30, 2004 [ Updated July 15, 2006 ]
A bit loud and smoky, depending on the time. Patio in good weather. Nice tap selection and bottles, too. Recommend the spaghetti mit kase uberbacken. Where I had my first Rochefort, in 1993. Not much has changed by 2004, except for the prices.