Jay481985 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Heat Wave solutions..... In Germany a very popular "summatime" concoction is called a "radler" (slang for bicycle folks). 50% lager and 50% lemon lime soda (Sprite or 7-Up). Don't laugh!!! After it hits about 100 and you pile off the lawnmower, etc. try one. Noticed that Miller now has a version of their Miller Light called "Chill" with lime juice and salt. Same price as regular Miller, but they've done the lime juice for you. Not bad, but IMHO, if one goes the route with lime, just do the Corona route. Caveat on beer "testing": Do NOT drink and drive!!! Designated driver if you have to go somewhere; or even better, go find the beer and go home, get comfortable, and listen to your Klipsch!![H] Miller Chill is not the same price? Atleast not in NJ. We sell a six pack of miller for 4.99. Miller Chill 6.99 This is due to the difference we pay in wholesale prices. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
oldbuckster Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 $149.99...............Boy, that's alot of Jim Beam......damn !!!!!!!!!! That for a six pack ? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Back to the mugs (and interesting German beers....) Another Frankfurt a.M commercial brewery. Very big brewery. The "Henninger Turm" or the tower on their logo was for a long time a historical skyline feature in south Frankfurt. They also ran a delivery service that would deliver a case of 16 x 1/2 liter bottles to one's doorstep, just like the milkman from days of old.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jay481985 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 $149.99...............Boy, that's alot of Jim Beam......damn !!!!!!!!!! That for a six pack ? thats for a 750 mL Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I'll trade two K-53-K's, one H-II grill, one beer mug of your choice, for one!!!.......LOL[] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
colterphoto1 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 I like a nice home-brewed sun tea. [] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Ok, so it's a "holy grail" thing.... The whole copper thing matches the Klipsch emblems... Wow! Wait 'till I try to explain that justification to the WAF[:-*] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 And the "grandaddy" of the big Bavarian breweries (or one of the most famous) The Bavarian "State Brewery" "Staatliche Hofbrauhaus". "By Appointment to the Crown!!" back in the day until WW-I. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 From northern Germany. Their beers were much different from the Bavarian. Almost bitter with the hops. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 And from the Frisian Islands off the west coast of northern Germany.... As I recall very bitter.... You have to take a ferry to get there; had to leave the car behind at that time. Rented a couple of bicycles and we froze our a**es off in September of 1984. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The road trips once a month were great; load up; share the gas costs - fuel for US military was rationed in Germany. We were individually restricted to 400 litres a month (~100 gallons). I had a BMW 2002-TII, fuel injected, factory flares all way round, front air dam, etc., fat 16" Pirelli's on BBS rims, and no speed limit on the Autobahn. Could run about 120 all day long. Here was an interesting one. Label has gold leaf (or had it until someone ran them through the dishwasher a couple years ago....) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Some breweries also had "mini's" that were used for the inevitable "schnapps" that would often follow if the local crowd liked you.... "Schnapps" was a generic term. In some places it was "potato whiskey" or various versions of what we would call "vodka", in other places, a "krauter" (e.g. jagermeister...) BTW.... Jagermeister is/was supposed to be "taken after the evening meal" to allegedly "settle the stomach". There were also some obnoxious local concoctions that were on the close side of medicine. "Asbach-Uralt" (Ancient Asbach) comes to mind... very bitter, very popular with the old WW-II veterans.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 And of course, as a bit of nostalgia for almost any US military member ever stationed in Germany. The star of the Oktoberfest..... I have one of the full litre glass mugs from the O'fest, but it's doing it's duty with pretty colored stones and shells from the family beach trips in it.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The real thing!! The original Pilsner from Pilsen in Czechoslovakia!! Note 12% emblem..... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Another "player" in the Oktoberfest. Each of the major breweries has a tent - a really big tent.... You go in, order a couple of beers (liter/quart size), couple of large "curlie cut" white radishes, a giant soft pretzel and get ready to listen to the "oompah band". After a couple beers (and that's all it takes...), you can now participate in the "chicken" song & dance, generally flirt with the beer girls in the dirndle's (the low cut dress that shows off their mugs in the blouse...), and if brave, engage in the sing-along stuff. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Oktoberfest is funny, it's really at the end of September... The big brewery tents attracted different crowds. Lowenbrau was for the tourists; Spaten for the regulars; Pschorr for the farmers/ agri-bunch; etc. Here's Paulaner Brauerei's high end "Salvator". Done by the Capucin monks originally. Paulaner-Thomasbrau is a very old brewery and their "normal" beer is found just about everywhere in "Muenchen" on tap. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The brewery master's official outfit (in days of old). Note the size of the mug...... Schultheiss is all over, very popular in Berlin. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Another good brewery for the mech & armored division vets memories. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 Another Oktoberfest standard. "Shovel Beer".... The "G" is for Gebrueder (the Brothers), family owned at that time. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Groomlakearea51 Posted August 12, 2007 Share Posted August 12, 2007 The "Shovel Brothers" again.... plain lager type Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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