Wednesday 2nd of September 2009 10:38:32 AM

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Visited the Bayerischer Bahnhof so I could try their Gose from the source. The place is quite large, rather modern-looking with hardwood everywhere and tables built around their brew kettles. (I doubt they're used given their proximity to the tables but they had electricity wired to them and monitoring machines hooked up, so who knows?) It was pretty crowded when we arrived on a Sunday around 1pm.

I tried two beers, their Gose and their seasonal Bockbier. The Gose was what I expected (having previously tried it on tap at the Map Room in Chicago), well worth the trip alone though not as good as Ohne Bedenken on the north side of town. I drank mine straight, though I noticed many drinking theirs as cocktails mixed with various syrups. Their Bockbier was quite a pleasant surprise... Nice and malty with a nice balance of sweetness and just enough bitterness. They also offer an unfiltered Pils, Hefeweizen and Schwarzbier. An excellent selection for a German brewery.

Their food was very good, though not incredible. I had a Stadtwurst salad (I soon found out that Stadtwurst is similar to bologna, not bratwurst) which was good. My wife had leeks with potato pancakes. I didn't have the leeks, but I stole one of her pancakes which was delicious. The food was definitely worth the price, though it seemed clear that you came here for the beer, not the food.

The atmosphere was family-friendly, which was good because we were traveling with our 15-month-old. The service was so-so, but typical for Germany (in other words, slow and somewhat inattentive). Overall, while I liked my visit to Ohne Bedenken better, Bayerischer Bahnhof was well worth the trip just south of the Old City and a must-stop for any beer lover visiting Leipzig.