Since I can, I’m continuing this trend.  Today I had the last of my Zwiefalter Kloster brews: the Kloster Weizen (Hefetrueb).  This is the most popular Zwiefalter beer (I think) brewed following the old Kloster tradition–an unfiltered wheat; very flavorful and quite pleasant.  This is definitely a nice one for 101! LOL

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Today I was going to visit the Schorschbraeu brewery and sample one of his BIG Beers for my 100th.  Unfortunately the weather didn’t cooperate sooooooo …. I went to the Porsche Museum again! LOL (this time I brought my Camera)

However, in their restaurant they did have some nice beer: König Ludwig Weißbier Hell

– so, it is a Wheat Beer for the 100th!  Surprise.  This one comes from the Kaltenberg Brewery in Bavaria.  (I’ll be having a few more of their beers)  Overall a pleasant beer with which to top 100!  Additionally, to make it even more special, I had a few friends celebrate with me AND I had my favorite pasta dish (Penne Gorgonzola) … yes, at the Porsche Museum.  Oh, we drank enough to make sure we had a good sampling.

All in all, a great way to go over 100 different beers in 100 days!

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Today was pretty laid back, but there’s always something going on — in my mind at least! LOL!  I stay pretty busy during my off-work time because of my 8,000,000 hobbies — so each day usually has it’s share of surprises/excitement.

Today I sampled another Zwiefalter beer: Schwarzer Keiler.   It is a seasonal (October thru March) dark beer … it had a nice flavor; the body was nice and robust to support the color/flavor/style.   Overall, very “drinkable” beer.

Oh, and “Schwarzer Keiler” means “Black Boar” so there’s a nice picture on the label of a wild hog … he he.

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Yes, I went back to the “Kloster” for this evening’s brew: Ettaler Benediktiner Weizen.

Not a bad weizen…as a side note–my friend and I tried to “visit” this brewery (while we were visiting the Abbey).  They weren’t having any of that — I would say that, of all the breweries we’ve “crashed”/visited, these were the least pleasant.  I don’t know, maybe it was a bad day — but, it won’t keep me from drinking their beers (LOL!)

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It always seems like a whirlwind on Monday for me–today was no different.  Started with a busy day at work … then went to a solemn memorial service for a soldier and played my bagpipes.  A time to reflect on life and death–and to continue to live by my mottoes: “Live Life 2 the Brim” and “Each Day is Meaningful.”

Every day I wake up and try to match these mottoes … no matter how big or small any of the activities I’m participating in that day, they are meaningful and I try to enjoy them to the fullest!

Today was no different and I wrapped it up with one of my favorite styles of German beers — a Hefe Weizen.  This one was from Hacker-Pschorr and it definitely hit the spot.

What a great way to close out a busy and meaningful day.

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Today we returned to Stuttgart from the Mosel … via Trier with a quick stop through Annweiler.

What can I say about Trier … search for the reference to it on a previous post.  I did go see the Roman Ampitheater and St Paulin’s Cathedral this time.  Wow.  Well worth a trip and another reason this is my favorite city in Germany.

From Trier we drove down through the Rhineland Palatinate Forest (Pfaelzerwald) to Annweiler and had a cake/coffee under the castle of Trifels.

Oh, I went ahead and had my beer for the day here too.  It was the Karlsberg feingold.  I’ve had a Karlsberg before, but it was the Ur-Pils.  This was a very nice beer–and a pleasant location to enjoy it!

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Today I traveled up to the Mosel Valley in Germany and stopped in a little village called Piesport.  This village is well-known for their wines–there is evidence that they’ve been making wine here for 2000 years — not 500 yards from our hotel was a Roman-Celtic wine cellar from the 3rd to 5th Century.

We went to a wonderful wine-tasting at the Spaeter-Veit Vineyard.  If you happen to be in Germany, on the Mosel, in Piesport — I highly recommend you stop at this place and sample their excellent wines.

Even in winter, the Mosel is a magical place…and even though I was feeling good from the wine-tasting, I still followed through with my mission and drank a beer. LOL!  What was it you ask?  A Kulmbacher Moenchshof “Original” Pilsner … sorry, no good description for this one … it’s probably pretty good, but I did drink it after about 2 liters of wine … sooooo …. because I’m dedicated to this task … here are the pictures!

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Eichbaum (Oak Tree) brewery makes a very nice beer with their Rotes Raeuberbier.  Of course, they too have been brewing for over 300 years … so the experience helps.  However, I can’t for the life of me tell you why they named it “Red Robber.”  I assume this guy is supposed to be a Robin Hood — but I could be wrong.

Either way, this is a very nice amber-colored beer with a creamy head and excellent flavor.

Yes, recommended …

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There’s a pretty neat little Mexican restaurant near where I work — and they make pretty mean Mexican food … which is slightly humorous because the owner/cook is from South Africa.  But, hey, you can’t fault determination and quality … everything at this place is good.  He makes a pretty mean Margarita … yes!

However, this day their CO2 tanks were out of “gas” so they only had bottled beer.  What did I decide to have you ask?  Oh, just a Dos Equis … but the dark one.  You can’t go wrong with the dark one–but of course, there are a lot of others you could go better with! LOL
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