For day 5, I had a friend sampling with me.  This beer is also a Hefe-Weizen … but it is called Vario-Weizen.  When you look at the label, you see a tractor and the name “Fendt.”  This is the German equivalent to “John Deere” and the word Vario is the premium model of tractor … see the website here.

But for the Beer, see this website.  This beer comes from allgäu.  The Brewery in Allgäu dates from the early 14th centry (1315ish), and the current “brauerei” was built in 1807.  Just a bunch of young pups brewing beer!

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We went with a funny little beer this time. Lösch-Zwerg: The Little fireman … the picture should look like a Garden Gnome, but like fireman … see inserted photo.  I also found the pull-tab top on the bottle pretty interesting.

This beer still meets the full Reinheitsgebots … so, only malt, hops, yeast and water are in it … but it still tastes good!  This is a very light Pilsner with “Tettnanger Aromahopfen.”  You can’t find it very far outside of Bavaria either for some reason…

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Ok … third day … third beer.  This one is from the same brewery as the first day’s beer — Sanwald.  It is also a Weizen … however, today’s was a Kristall Weizen (as opposed to the Hefe from the first day).

Notice the clarity of this beer in the third picture.  Something else you will notice in the picture — something the German’s call a “Garden Salad.”  If that was an American Garden salad, it would be Iceberg lettuce and one tomato.  This salad even had some potato salad included too … I love Germany.

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Woooo Hoooo!  Ok, so I haven’t really entered the information about the first beer yet … but I will … promise.  Here’s my second new beer in 2 days … Stuttgarter Hofbrau Pilsner.

Oh, and my brother Derek and I played the “claw machine” and “rescued” 5 stuffed animals from certain doom.  See below for the pics of my second beer…

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Ok, I said on this trip to Germany that I was going to have a new beer every day for the time I am here.  See the included pics providing proof that the first day’s beer was a Hefe Weizen! (from Sanwald).

I will provide a description and rating of the beer tomorrow…

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Ok, every once in a while, you stumble on something rather than looking for it.

While we were in Philly to participate in the Philly Beer week (see previous post), we were sight seeing Sunday before we headed to the house … and, lo and behold, in an alley right behind our hotel (the Double Tree … recommend it if you get the new rooms) was the oldest Pub in Philadelphia — McGillins Old Ale House–it opened it’s doors the year Lincoln was elected.  Well, we couldn’t let the “beer experience” pass us by, so we stopped in for a cold one at 1130 am … just the right thing for a relaxing trip back to DC!

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On Saturday, 7 March, during Philly Beer Week, Devil’s Den in Philly hosted Larry Bell, Bell’s Brewing, and had a fund raiser for “Breast Cancer Awareness.”  My friend Ray and I were fortunate enough to be there when they tapped the Firkin for Bell’s Double Cream Stout!  Here’s the video of the tapping — what a blast!

Firkin Tapping

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