The Swan & Rushes (19 Infirmary Square, Leicester LE1 5WR. [map] Tel: 0116 233 4167) A very impressive list of German beers, including lots of hefeweizens and dunkels plus Helles, Pilsner, Bock and Berliner Weisse. They also hold regular German beer festivals. There's also an impressive range of Belgian beers, and the pub specialises in gueuze... the best selected, most authentic range of gueuze/lambics I've ever seen -- fantastic! See also: http://www.kph.org.uk/~djhoughton/Pages/swan.shtml
The Offie, 142 Clarendon Park Road, Leicester, Leicestershire, LE2 3AE. [map] Tel: 0116 2302448. A splendid range of German beers as well as a host of Belgians, Czechs, French and British beers. I haven't been there but it looks well worth a visit
Metro Wines, Unit 2, 1286 Melton Road, Syston, LeicesterÊ LE7 2HD. [map] Off licence reputed to stock a range of German beers.
The Bottle Store, 77 Queens Road, Leicester LE2 1TT. [map] Off licence. The sister shop of www.beernetwork.net (see website for range of beers). Independent Beer Retailer of the Year 2000 at the Guild of British Beer Writers Awards.
The Swan in the Rushes (21 The Rushes, Loughborough, Leicestershire LE11 5BE. Tel: 01509 217014) [map] is listed in The Good Pub Guide to Britain as having interesting German beers, but I can't provide verification. Please let me know if you've been there.
If you know of anywhere that I've missed (and there must be many), please email me.
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