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hi, i'm staying around potsdarmer platz and before i leave, i'd like to taste this. i don't think my hotel "makes" it (i haven't tried to find out) but where can i go that's not too far from here? any casual bar will do?! i just don't want to drink it all and suddenly drunk and can't find my way back! so...it'd be great if someone can recommend somewhere near the S/U-bahn Potsdamer Platz area!! much appreciated!!

Basically any bar will do. But a "good" Berliner Weiße mit Schuß around Potsdamer Platz? Not a chance, as it will most likely be premixed. A good Weiße (did I just write that, I don't even like that stuff) is freshly mixed when ordered.

You could try Prater, Berlin's oldest beergarden: Kastanienallee - directly at the subway stop Eberswalder St., a 20-minute ride with the U2 subway without changing trains.
If you haven't been to Prenzlauer Berg before, go there. Even if they don't serve Berliner Weiße, some of the bars around Kulturbrauerei, Kastanienallee et.al. probably will.

Alternatively try Caprivi, another beergarden, this time in Charlottenburg at river Spree:

http://www.caprivi-berlin.de/lage.htm

Still too far? Try Strandbar Mitte then (see my Berlin pages), but this should come last, as they don't use to serve Kindl but Berliner Pilsener - not suited for Berliner Weiße.

Warm, sunny weather is a must, if you really want to try a Weiße. That said, you won't get drunk anyway. And even if: It's legal, so no worries.

Yes, true. Good weather makes the experience perfect. Nothing beats a Berliner Weiße mit Schuss in a beergarden.

thank you! i just checked prater:
http://www.pratergarten.de/e/trinken_bg.php4

they don't have berliner weisse mit schuss! i'll have to go by the spree place you mentioned and just wing it - i hope they'll just understand that!

:)

What a stressful experience for you!

The last time I was in Berlin I had a Berliner Weiße mit Schuss in a bar on Kudamm and in an open-air place at Schloss shopping mall in Steglitz. But I do not know if they cheated on me by pouring premixed stuff into the bowl... Anyway, it was delicious :-)

try http://linden-hopfinger-braeu.de/+lindenbraeu/index.php?lang=eng