"Hiphop B.E.E.R.S!"
Attendees: Ben and Cam
Price: €3 500ml tap beer. Free entry
Location: Skalitzer Str 134 near Kotbusser Tor, Kreuzberg
Distance: 4 min walk
Ambience: Super relaxed and cruisey Tuesday night crowd, even though it is jam packed. Popular local hangout that is not known by tourists. Hiphop/beatfreak culture of music appreciating Berliners and expats.
Character: Wall length windows overlooking busy intersection and train line. Bar is situated in the second floor of a derelict building above a kebab shop. Unassumingly gritty, but not grungy.
Decor: Sparse apart from a few choice lamps and chandeliers. The disco ball above the dance floor takes pride as the centrepiece of decorations. Near the entrance is a 'gaming area' with "knockers" (fusball) and a pinball machine.
Comfort: The whole venue is lined with couches, stools and tables providing a lot of comfortable seating options providing you can commandeer one. Great use of limited space—there are a lot of seats compared to the size of the venue, yet still leaves ample area for the d-floor. Stools at bar are a great vantage point for scoping out the room and DJs.
Patrons: Motley crew of hiphop nerds, beat geeks and uncool, cool people. People do not care what they're dressed like, nor about anyone else, just there to listen to good music and have a good time. Wearing a cap, flat cap, or hoodie will make you feel at home amongst peers.
Staff: The coolest people in here. Tattoos, big guns, big boobs.
Selection: Standard beer and liquor selection, but having a tap beer is a massive positive. Bottled beers are classily served in fancy glasses.
Outdoor Area: N/A
Specials: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month Beat Evolution presents Beat Geeks, a Hiphop Producer night hosted by Suff Daddy and LeBob. Different types of gigs on most nights, catering to all music tastes.
L.S.R: Disco ball, soft lighting and banging beats make a fantastic combination.
'A Tribe Called Quest' eloquently summarises, "I like my beats hard like two-day-old shit."
Amenities: Compact, with no wriggle room to speak of, but relatively high cleanliness considering the number of users.
Top Suggestion: Suggest it to your mates! Nothing we can think of to improve this place.
Field Notes: No bullshit, have a good time on your own terms. Even though you can see the bar pumping away on the second floor, the entrance is very obscure, our first time here we had to stake out the entrance and wait to follow people in. Once you're in there, you feel part of a fun, music-loving culture that congregates fortnightly to enjoy banging tunes.
Memorable Quotes: "Did you know bar hubbub sounds the same in every language?" BH
"Except in Asia, it's about an octave higher." CLG
"Black is a shit biro colour, end of discussion." BH
Arbitrary Score: 91
Special mention has to be made to the fact that Monarch pumped us enough to get into the Berghain for a truly unforgettable night/morning.
Attendees: Ben and Cam
Price: €3 500ml tap beer. Free entry
Location: Skalitzer Str 134 near Kotbusser Tor, Kreuzberg
Distance: 4 min walk
Ambience: Super relaxed and cruisey Tuesday night crowd, even though it is jam packed. Popular local hangout that is not known by tourists. Hiphop/beatfreak culture of music appreciating Berliners and expats.
Character: Wall length windows overlooking busy intersection and train line. Bar is situated in the second floor of a derelict building above a kebab shop. Unassumingly gritty, but not grungy.
Decor: Sparse apart from a few choice lamps and chandeliers. The disco ball above the dance floor takes pride as the centrepiece of decorations. Near the entrance is a 'gaming area' with "knockers" (fusball) and a pinball machine.
Comfort: The whole venue is lined with couches, stools and tables providing a lot of comfortable seating options providing you can commandeer one. Great use of limited space—there are a lot of seats compared to the size of the venue, yet still leaves ample area for the d-floor. Stools at bar are a great vantage point for scoping out the room and DJs.
Patrons: Motley crew of hiphop nerds, beat geeks and uncool, cool people. People do not care what they're dressed like, nor about anyone else, just there to listen to good music and have a good time. Wearing a cap, flat cap, or hoodie will make you feel at home amongst peers.
Staff: The coolest people in here. Tattoos, big guns, big boobs.
Selection: Standard beer and liquor selection, but having a tap beer is a massive positive. Bottled beers are classily served in fancy glasses.
Outdoor Area: N/A
Specials: Every 1st and 3rd Tuesday of the month Beat Evolution presents Beat Geeks, a Hiphop Producer night hosted by Suff Daddy and LeBob. Different types of gigs on most nights, catering to all music tastes.
L.S.R: Disco ball, soft lighting and banging beats make a fantastic combination.
'A Tribe Called Quest' eloquently summarises, "I like my beats hard like two-day-old shit."
Amenities: Compact, with no wriggle room to speak of, but relatively high cleanliness considering the number of users.
Top Suggestion: Suggest it to your mates! Nothing we can think of to improve this place.
Field Notes: No bullshit, have a good time on your own terms. Even though you can see the bar pumping away on the second floor, the entrance is very obscure, our first time here we had to stake out the entrance and wait to follow people in. Once you're in there, you feel part of a fun, music-loving culture that congregates fortnightly to enjoy banging tunes.
Memorable Quotes: "Did you know bar hubbub sounds the same in every language?" BH
"Except in Asia, it's about an octave higher." CLG
"Black is a shit biro colour, end of discussion." BH
Arbitrary Score: 91
Special mention has to be made to the fact that Monarch pumped us enough to get into the Berghain for a truly unforgettable night/morning.
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