I've never had a nice beer in Schanze - I prefer to spend all my late Saturday nights wailing away with my friends in this dark dive off of the Reeperbahn, hoping that Peter the barkeep will act like an adult for once and not indulge us when inevitably we ask for a round of Mexikaners along with another platter of Astras. No one decides to go to Seilehütte - one just finds their way there. If you're unlucky and come on a night when my friends are there, you might not get a seat - it's not really a bar where people remain standing up, nor are there more than 15 or so seats. This makes for a somewhat intimate atmosphere, though certainly it's not a pretty sort of intimate. No, a night at Seilehütte has a kind of raw intimacy, as if someone came into your heart, scraped off all the hardened plaque and black matter and smashed it all together. It's morose and you'll die alone, but at least you and your friends will all go down after beers together.
Additionally, Seilehütte I believe is currently closed but may return shortly. So I guess you'll have to wait on exploring that sadness. read more