6/22/2005: Beer pitch
 

http://cellar.org/2005/beerfield.jpg

Nother xob/WaPo, and also, another balloon shot. This time the balloons aren't meant to be ridden, just admired. The field is growing barley and this is in Vach, Bavaria, Germany. They are promoting German beer during the FIFA Confederations Cup. I know this ad is working on me.

From the size of the actual guy in the center of the pic, this soccer pitch is actual size.

The wierd thing about beer in Germany is that unless they have the right glass for the brand at the bar they won't sell you that brand. They just won't serve it up in a glass designed for a different brand. All I want is a goddam BEER and they're being pernickety about the vessel they serve it in. I don't think they quite understood when I switched my order just to be able to get a drink ! :crazy:

That's bizarre, Limey. :mg:
Do they have proper glasses for the different brews(light, dark, etc) from the same brewer?

Not sure it is working on me or not ... a bunch of balloons in a field . hummm..... I am used to my beer advertising having women in bikinis and loud music ... and something about twins ...

When I was in Koln (where is the umlaut?) my host, who knew better but was proving a point, ordered a Munich beer at a restaurant. The waitress gave us a withering look and said: You're in Koln, we don't serve Munich beers.

Then he turned to us and said "See?"

vaguely on the topic, anyone else come across Kronenberg Blanc yet? Nearby pub recently got it, i'm hopelessly addicted despite the insane price for a pint.

beer-rules
 

gentlemen - and ladies (if involved in that beer-discussion)

as an Austrian I think I need to explain a bit of German beer culture.

concerning the glasses and types of beer: they won´t serve you a wheat-beer in a pils glass - they wont put a pils into a mug for "lager". There are even very different techniques of pooring the beer into the right glass.
That is necessary and minimum beer-culture!

Like you do not eat soup with a knive, you cannot eat a burrito on a silver plate, and you (hopefully) do not drink nice red wine from a can.
Wouldn´t you doubt a waiters clear mind if he served you a real good filet-steak into a burger-box with some plastic cuttlery. I am sure you would.

Technically the food itself does not change - but...

See - very easy, isn´t it. The wainter can not serve the beer in the wrong glass.

@footfootfoot
Concerning Cologne and Munich:
As you certainly remember Koelsch from Cologne is served in small glasses (0,2 liters) and the waiter will replace any empty glass with a full one, except you ask for the bill or put your hand on the glass. http://www.beerglass.nu/sion.koelsch.htm

In Munich you drink either wheat-beer or type-of-lager each from different glasses: wheat-beer in 0,3 or 0,5 liters http://www.beerglass.nu/maisels.htm / lager http://www.feichtner-hof.de/biergarten.html in 0,3 / 0,5/ 1 liter mugs
Sitting in a beer garden in Munich people drink from 1 liter mugs mostly :mg:

Glasses for Pils look like that: http://www.beerglass.nu/veltins.html and are 0,3 liter.

btw: 0,3 liters is the normal size of a coke-can around the world.

I hope I could give you a brief insight into beer-culture.

have a nice day!
rupert

I can eat a burrito on a silver plate. It's easier than you'd think.

And a filet in a burger box with plastic cuttlery is also known as Outback's Curb-side Takeaway. Very popular actually...

Is there a reason for the rules other than ritual?

Dear rupip:

Thank you for a very informative post, an excellent first post. Welcome to the cellar. We all look forward to more dispatches from Salzburg.

If you can stand the racket, that is. :)

Sweet! I love the idea of different glasses for different brews! It's like a tea ceremony! I love stuff like this. It's what makes the world go 'round! :earth:

(I also love the smilie.)

ooooooooohhhhhhhhhhh, beer. Good German beer at that!
I'll have one of each, and by the way call me a cab........

ok. You're a cab.



I tried to resist. :blush:

Really.

A Real Coke Can is 355ml, no more, no less. In Yurrp, they have 355ml, 333ml, and 300ml. And 300ml cans are just plain wrong. However, a .5l or 1l mug of good beer can partially make up for it.