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Interesting comment from a German friend ...

Posted by Fred Waltman on 2007-06-08 06:38:06

First off, Franconians aren't real Bavarians so its OK :) Germans tend to be very parochial about their beer. more so than just about anybody else I've run across. Düsseldorfers don't drink Kölsch and Kölners don't drink alt. Their local beer is the best in the world and the beer from the next village/town/region is pure crap. I'm exaggerating a bit, but only a bit :) This is also a little bit true in Franconian as well (but not as bad). And there are some upsides to this -- it probably has slowed (but not stopped) the rise of national beers. The average German (just like the average American or average Brit) doesn't know a lot about beer -- not the way we are obsessed with it. One of the most spirited recent discussions on this board was about dispensing. Most people are of the attitude "I don't care how it gets in the glass, give me my beer!" For me, the thing about Bamberg (and Franconia) is the *variety* of beer. Outside of Düsseldorf, just about everywhere you go in Germany they drink pale yellow stuff. Now I have nothing against pale yellow beer -- there are very good ones in Bamberg too -- but for me it gets old fast.

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-08 07:26:39

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by M Artello on 2007-06-08 08:44:02

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-08 11:03:13

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-08 11:43:43

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Nick B. on 2007-06-09 01:19:33

Bamberg & Franken by Nick B. on 2007-06-09 01:25:00

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Nick B. on 2007-06-09 01:31:46

Bamberg & Franken...forgot by Nick B. on 2007-06-09 01:40:24

Bamberg & Franken by Gunnar H on 2007-06-09 02:54:12

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Treinjan on 2007-06-09 03:50:29

Bamberg & Franken...forgot by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-09 16:40:07

Bamberg & Franken by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-09 16:41:47

Bamberg & Franken by Nick B. on 2007-06-10 00:48:05

Bamberg & Franken by Nick B. on 2007-06-10 00:50:25

Bamberg & Franken by Gunnar H on 2007-06-10 04:44:33

Bamberg & Franken by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-10 07:15:51

Bamberg & Franken by Mark Andersen on 2007-06-10 18:43:14

Thanks for the suggestions by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-11 10:56:58

Thanks for the suggestions by Gunnar H on 2007-06-11 13:27:12

Thanks for the suggestions by Nick B. on 2007-06-12 02:18:20

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Guenther Heinzel/pivnizub on 2007-06-12 07:05:01

GPS by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-12 08:33:23

GPS by Fred Waltman on 2007-06-12 11:21:26

Garmin by Nick B. on 2007-06-12 13:55:46

Die Polizei by Nick B. on 2007-06-12 14:10:35

GPS by Gunnar H on 2007-06-13 12:35:03

Die Polizei by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-13 13:56:23

GPS by Nick B. on 2007-06-14 00:40:09

GPS by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-14 08:59:27

GPS by Nick B. on 2007-06-15 00:01:41

(if links above don't work) by Nick B. on 2007-06-15 02:06:10

(if links above don't work) by Fred Waltman on 2007-06-15 06:47:20

(if links above don't work) by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-15 07:16:52

(if links above don't work) by Nick B. on 2007-06-15 08:23:34

(if links above don't work) by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-15 08:52:37

(if links above don't work) by Fred Waltman on 2007-06-15 10:22:51

(if links above don't work) by Uncle Jimbo on 2007-06-15 10:37:41

Interesting comment from a German friend ... by Manfred Hofman on 2007-06-18 07:16:56

Garmin...one bad thing. by Nick B. on 2007-06-21 01:52:45