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DreamWeaver
08-31-2004, 09:26 PM
All this talk of Dream Trips & Realbeer Conventions has got me RealBeer thirsty! I just wanted to remind folks (like you needed a reminder) that Oktoberfest Time is just around the corner and if planning a trip, ya may wanna start planning and reserving hotels and such. Cincinnati Oktoberfest (http://www.oktoberfest-zinzinnati.com/) has quite a variety of events starting 9/18/04 and I think runs till 10/2/04. (See link) And then there is Minster Ohio Oktoberfest (http://www.minsteroh.com/oktschedule.htm) that starts on 10/1/04 and goes 3 days. I live 15 miles west of Minster, home of Wooden Shoe Beer/Star Brewing Co. now in the history archives of RealBeer.com. Minster is on a much smaller scale but a good time anyways. I plan on hitting them both since Cincy is only 2 hrs south of Minster. Do a Goggle (or other) search and you will prolly find a Oktoberfest near you.

I just bottled my Okto Homebrew. :cool:
Fast_Eddy
08-31-2004, 10:31 PM
I'm doing the Fredericksburg TX oktoberfest this year.

http://www.oktoberfestfredericksburgtexas.com/


My Okto is still lagering :(
DreamWeaver
09-01-2004, 12:33 AM
Both of my sons live in the D/FW area and we are trying to convince each other which state to go to. Addison has a big To-Do with Oktoberfest too and many other places in TX but I can't go that far right now. Fredericksburg is a big'un too! I'll be there in Beer Spirit! :)
HarkJohnny
09-01-2004, 04:02 PM
come on down to cincy... oktoberfest in a city with a REAL german heritage! let's party!
Payson
09-01-2004, 04:15 PM
Helen GA has quite an affair.
chazwicke
09-01-2004, 04:19 PM
Originally posted by HarkJohnny
come on down to cincy... oktoberfest in a city with a REAL german heritage! let's party!

Looks like Miller is a sponsor. Wonder what beers are being served?
steveh
09-01-2004, 04:30 PM
Originally posted by HarkJohnny
oktoberfest in a city with a REAL german heritage!

Ja? Und Milwaukee (http://www.bavarianinnmilw.com/events/EventsOktoberfest2003.htm) ist Leberpastete? ;)

S.
Fast_Eddy
09-01-2004, 05:14 PM
Originally posted by steveh
Ja? Und Milwaukee (http://www.bavarianinnmilw.com/events/EventsOktoberfest2003.htm) ist Leberpastete? ;)

S.

Und Fredericksburg (http://www.oktoberfestfredericksburgtexas.com/) ist Kartoffeltorte?
danno
09-01-2004, 08:28 PM
Originally posted by steveh
Ja? Und Milwaukee (http://www.bavarianinnmilw.com/events/EventsOktoberfest2003.htm) ist Leberpastete? ;)
S. Originally posted by Fast_Eddy
Und Fredericksburg ist Kartoffeltorte?

So I ran these through the Google translator and got this...

Steveh: "So that s00z sounds pretty hot, huh?"

Fast_Eddy: "Yeah, being moderators makes us the resident stud muffins, right? She CAN'T resist us now..."
b3s
09-01-2004, 08:42 PM
http://www.oktoberfestdenver.com/

looks like 2 weekends of beer...and that would be different from other weekends how?
DreamWeaver
09-01-2004, 09:11 PM
Originally posted by danno
[B]So I ran these through the Google translator and got this...

What did ya get?
Steveh said "What, and Milwaukee is liver pie? (chopped liver I presume.) But I did'nt get Fast_ Eddy's... Kartoffeltorte... maybe Karteffelbrot? Isn't that a hotdog type thingy? I only got cussed at in German (Dutch) when I was a kid but never knew what was being said, just that I was in ... well, Dutch. :D
steveh
09-02-2004, 06:58 AM
Originally posted by DreamWeaver

But I did'nt get Fast_ Eddy's... Kartoffeltorte... maybe Karteffelbrot? Isn't that a hotdog type thingy?

Potato pancake!

Ihnen dummer narr! :D Figured if you'd been cussed at, you could get that one!

S.
steveh
09-02-2004, 07:00 AM
Originally posted by Fast_Eddy
Und Fredericksburg (http://www.oktoberfestfredericksburgtexas.com/) ist Kartoffeltorte?

Actually, Texas is a hotbed of old German immigrants! I only learned that from reading the great George Fix.

S.
Stahlsturm
09-02-2004, 07:33 AM
Originally posted by steveh
Ihnen dummer narr! :D

Thatīd be "Du dummer Narr" methinks ;-)
steveh
09-02-2004, 07:42 AM
Originally posted by Stahlsturm
Thatīd be "Du dummer Narr" methinks ;-)

I don't know him that well! :D

S.
Stahlsturm
09-02-2004, 07:48 AM
Originally posted by steveh
I don't know him that well! :D

When you curse at someone you usually use "Du" and not the more formal "Sie". Getting personal is the idea behind swearing after all, hehehe.
steveh
09-02-2004, 08:16 AM
I'll remember that! ;)

S.
Stahlsturm
09-02-2004, 08:30 AM
:D
Fast_Eddy
09-02-2004, 09:36 AM
Originally posted by steveh
Actually, Texas is a hotbed of old German immigrants! I only learned that from reading the great George Fix.

S.

South Central Texas is loaded with old German and Czech towns.
chazwicke
09-02-2004, 10:03 AM
Shiner and Spoetzl sure sound German to me.
Fast_Eddy
09-02-2004, 10:19 AM
This surprised me


Excerpt from Handbook of Texas Online (http://www.tsha.utexas.edu/handbook/online/articles/view/GG/png2.html)

Germans. The largest ethnic group in Texas derived directly from Europe was persons of German birth or descent. As early as 1850, they constituted more than 5 percent of the total Texas population, a proportion that remained constant through the remainder of the nineteenth century. Intermarriage has blurred ethnic lines, but the 1990 United States census revealed that 1,175,888 Texans claimed pure and 1,775,838 partial German ancestry, for a total of 2,951,726, or 17― percent of the total population.
steveh
09-02-2004, 01:55 PM
Originally posted by chazwicke
Shiner and Spoetzl sure sound German to me.

Shiner? Doesn't translate from German.

S.
chazwicke
09-02-2004, 04:42 PM
Scheiner? :D
steveh
09-03-2004, 06:48 AM
Originally posted by chazwicke
Scheiner?

Considering Schein can translate to bogus, pseudo, quasi, or even sham -- maybe! :D

However, Scheinen can translate to just how it sounds in English, gleam, so the folks at Shiner would probably like that a little better. ;-)

S.
fretlessman71
09-04-2004, 03:33 AM
Is that a pseudo gleam in your eye, or are you just happy to see me? :D
b3s
09-10-2004, 11:36 PM
well, even tho fret stood me up :p (yeah, i know, rehearsing for a paying gig takes precedence), i went down to larimer square in denver and watched the tapping of the first keg of oktoberfest. pictures are at http://homepage.mac.com/bsturgen/PhotoAlbum47.html

WRT the big coors light signs...as the saying goes, pay no attention to the man behind the curtain! it's not MY fault that they have them as a sponsor!

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oh, the picture where the keg was actually tapped? the ONLY possible picture for that...that was the third attempt, there were others...that was the ONLY time where she hit the tap and the faucet DID NOT fall off!

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CRAP! having probs getting all of the pictures on my website...i'll post another link once i get my hosting problems resolved.

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Blkandrust
09-12-2004, 12:22 AM
I'm going to attend the 30th annual Okto at the Eagles Nest,Out here in West Virginny.My Oktoberfest is lagering as we speak!!!
b3s
09-13-2004, 09:14 PM
OK, realized the problem was the filename sizes (argh)...so my pictures are on the following pages:

http://homepage.mac.com/bsturgen/PhotoAlbum48.html
http://homepage.mac.com/bsturgen/PhotoAlbum49.html

for some reason the picture of my stein doesn't show up. it's a standard one litre dimpled oktoberfest stein with the paulaner logo on it. they were serving paulaner oktoberfest mrzen and hefe-weizen...i didn't have any wheat beer :p
skahtboi
09-13-2004, 10:10 PM
Originally posted by chazwicke
Shiner and Spoetzl sure sound German to me.

The Spoetzl's are actually a Czech family.
skahtboi
09-13-2004, 10:16 PM
Originally posted by Fast_Eddy
I'm doing the Fredericksburg TX oktoberfest this year.

http://www.oktoberfestfredericksburgtexas.com/


My Okto is still lagering :(

Sigh....

I'll be missing the Fredricksburg OF this year. I have a niece, by marriage, who is getting married that weekend. I have been informed by my wife that it is in my best interest to forgo a trip to the southern climes and stay and attend the wedding. Go figure....