While I was busy brewing on Sunday, Mary took Tessie out
for a walk. As it happened, that was
during the boil – when the wort begins to give off those wonderful smells mixed
in with the steam evaporating from the kettle.
My brewing enterprise is still small scale enough that I can do it in
the kitchen, and when I do, I turn on the vent fan over the stove.
Mary came back from the walk and told me that the
neighborhood smelled like a brewery.
That was delightful to hear…and of course, it brought back a fond memory
of my USAF time at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin – there had been a small Schultheiss
brewery nearby, and in the morning we frequently would be greeted by the smell of boiling
wort.
Google Earth map of Tempelhof Airport environs, in Berlin, Germany |
After a little bit of sleuthing, I came up with
additional information from the Google about the little brewery…I was surprised
by this first link (note,
it is a link to a preview page of the book “Last Flight from Tempelhof” –
written by an Air Force friend), coming up as result number 3, which mentions the smell of the nearby
brewery.
Here's a photo from Google Earth of the old brewery. |
As I navigated the area on Google Earth, I found a few photos of the old brewery. I remember when I first discovered it when I lived there – on spring mornings I would walk back to Tempelhof from the Mehringdam U-bahn station through the Kruezberg park, and I found the old brewery back there along the cobblestone sidewalk.
Another Google Earth photo, showing the operations and trades shops for the brewery. |
From Google Earth "streetview," here is a photo of the old Schultheiss malt factory. |
Another
link I found outlined a walking tour of the Tempelhof District. That one mentions an old malting factory that
was west of the airfield, and south of the brewery. The presence of this facility was news to me, and I am glad that there was a street view photo of it!
Thus, another connection to brewing is
discovered, I guess!
1 comment:
I love it, Jim. Once you smell a brewery you never forget it. Thanks for the memories!
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