We are in our new apartment now. Our first week was spent just getting used to it, the second week was spent dealing with our first illness brought home by Marissa from daycare. This, our third week, is off to a better start. Unfortunately, our stuff was just put on the boat in the US last weekend, so we have a 6 week wait until it shows up in Germany. That is frustrating, because we only packed stuff to "get by" for 2 or 3 weeks, but now we must "camp" for 6 more weeks. But I digress... this is Wednesday, hump day if you will, and I am ready to report back to my beer drinking buds about the beer here.
Franziskaner, and also the German lager type beers such as Warsteiner, really do taste better here. Franziskaner especially, has a much more pronounced banana sweetness than back in the US, likely because it has not traveled as far in less than ideal conditions. I just bought my first case of beer this morning, obviously it was Franziskaner, and trekked it back to the apartment. Yep, 20 .5 liter bottles. Oh, but do not worry, I did not carry the case the 2.5 blocks back to my apartment. I bought a small dolly for this task, so you guys can take a sigh of relief, I did not carry it all the way home. And I have the proper tool to do it again and again, case after case. Please note the bottle conditioning notation and pouring instructions on the label:
Our first beer trip, I mean vacation, will be to Sint Bernardus trappist brewery, I mean Brugges, Belgium, so I should have some solid beer reporting, I mean lovely pictures, to share with you when we return.
Auf Wiedersehen
