But that’s perhaps exactly what makes this new beer house so perfectly Berlin: it’s rejection of norms, embrace of repurposing, and willingness to innovate - even with something as eyebrow-raising as shipping containers. The brewery fully opened in January on a formerly empty plot right at the edge of the popular Gleisdreiecke Park. Then in 2012 they opened an artist space with the group Platoon in Berlin using containers, catching the eye of local BRLO craft beer company, who then approached Graft about the idea for the brewery. While the beer garden opened last summer, the fully functioning brewery and restaurant launched officially about six months later. While the concept of a temporary brewery might sound quite novel, creating such ephemeral installations is a beloved Berlin pastime.

Source: The Local April 21, 2017 14:15 UTC