Vadim Kamkalov is the founder and owner of Protokoll Taproom, an international (and Russian) craft beer bar in Friedrichshain. We talked to the craft beer enthusiast about Russian craft beer, his journey to Berlin and why Vladimir Nabokov’s late father left him with an extraordinary feeling about being Russian in Berlin. Where did you grow up? I was born and raised in Daugavpils at the Western border of the USSR. Back then, it was one of the industrial and military…
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We are still overwhelmed and blown away by the community love at our Berlinograd Shashlik at Vater Bar Berlin last Sunday. A huge thank you goes out to our sponsors Russian Standard, Craftzentrum Berlin…
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Russian-German Artem Hein is the founder and co-owner of Vater Bar in Berlin-Neukölln. Together with business partner Andreas Simon, he has recently taken over the Weserstraße bar Kuschlowski that they have transformed into a…
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Berlinograd and Vater Bar in Berlin are joining forces once again and proudly present Berlinograd Shashlik II at Vater Bar Neukölln on Sunday, August 19th from 1:00 pm to 7:00 pm. Delicious Russian Shashlik will be…
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A very big thank-you to everybody who made it along to the Berlinograd Shashlik yesterday. It was an amazing day that really couldn’t have been better. We’re very grateful to CraftZentrum Berlin for serving…
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We had a lovely time at Beach Brewer BBQ at CraftZentrum Berlin yesterday. We learned all about the different draft beers in a guided beer tasting tour, visited the beautiful old industrial complex of…
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Meet the lovely Russian couple Ivan and Maria. Ivan was born in Ivanovo and grew up in Riga. At a young age he moved to Krasnodar where he lived with his family until the…
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Last weekend I was delighted to accept an invitation to СraftZentrum Berlin, a contract brewing and bottling center which is about to open at Havelwerke Berlin. Havelwerke is a beautiful old industrial complex close…