Bockbierzeit !!!!

[Stahlsturm]

Yesterday the 5th season started. :D

[steveh]

Originally posted by Stahlsturm
Yesterday the 5th season started. :D

And a happy St. Joseph's Day to you too! List some of the Starkbier names from Regensburg if you can - do they all follow the -ator tradition?

S.

[Stahlsturm]

Prösselbräu is the only brewery here to still follow this tradition. Their brew is called "Palmator". There are more breweries here to brew Bock but Kneitinger for instance has their's in Winter. No clue why but it warms nicely :D

[Ilwaco Ed]

What is 'Bockbierzeit'?
What is the 5th season?
What are the other 4 seasons?
Is this a good reason to drink beer on St. Joseph's Day, the patron saint of all of us carpenters?
Does a carpenter need a good reason to drink beer?
And while I'm asking questions, what is the proper pronounciation of 'koelsch'? I plan on brewing some, but would feel better about it if I could pronounce it right.
Ed

[I'mRocketMan]

The o with the umlaut (or 'oe' as translated) sounds like if you purse your lips for the letter 'o' and pronounce long 'e' thru it.
IIRC, that is...

Cheers! Rocket

(Launch Pad currently has a tasty example called Klingon Kolsch (6.2% abv) ontap.)

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by steveh
And a happy St. Joseph's Day to you too! List some of the Starkbier names from Regensburg if you can - do they all follow the -ator tradition?

S.

I still remember the Sufficator even though Sturm could not find it any more. On to May day!

[steveh]

Originally posted by Ilwaco Ed
What is 'Bockbierzeit'?

Bockbierzeit is more commonly known as Starkbierzeit translating to Strong Beer Time.

What is the 5th season?

Sturm is altering the calendar in the Bavarian tradition for the betterment of good beer.

What are the other 4 seasons?

Same as usualy, just not as exciting as Starkbierzeit.

Is this a good reason to drink beer on St. Joseph's Day, the patron saint of all of us carpenters?

It just so happens that Starkbierzeit always begins on the weekend around St. Joseph's Day. The more religiously saavy may be able to tell us why this early Spring date may have been chosen.

Does a carpenter need a good reason to drink beer?

You tell us!

And while I'm asking questions, what is the proper pronounciation of 'koelsch'? I plan on brewing some, but would feel better about it if I could pronounce it right.

While RocketMan has given a good instruction in the traditional German accent, I've always gotten away with a pronunciation of cole-shh.

S.

[steveh]

And where has the good Herr Sturm been? He hasn't posted in 10 days! Maybe too much Starkbierzeit? :D

S.

[chazwicke]

That would do it. :D

[Chaz]

of course, they started it after I left Germany!!!:mad:

[steveh]

Originally posted by Chaz
of course, they started it after I left Germany!!!:mad:

Huh? Starkbierzeit has been a tradition in Bavaria for centuries (http://www.goworldtravel.com/ex/aspx/articleGuid.%7B8d736180-e770-4634-80a6-96d915358205%7D/xe/article.htm), as has Starkbier.

Now you have even more reason to go back!

S.

[Chaz]

Originally posted by Chaz
of course, they started it after I left Germany!!!:mad:


I guess those guys in Rhein-Eifel area did not promote it enough..I went back for Oktoberfest, so now I have to mark my calander and get on back!!! I love Garmish, so twist my arm..

[chazwicke]

Is the dollar recovering any?

[Chaz]

The Euro killed us!!! todays converson rate is $1.00 = E 0.774470
:mad:

[chazwicke]

I am contemplating taking my son this summer but He also wants a new car. He Graduates High School in June.
He wants a Jetta I think. So I may get him the car and wait a while to go to Germany with him. Depends on the exchange rate.

[Stahlsturm]

Originally posted by chazwicke
I am contemplating taking my son this summer but He also wants a new car. He Graduates High School in June.
He wants a Jetta I think. So I may get him the car and wait a while to go to Germany with him. Depends on the exchange rate.

I knew you'd bail out :P

[Stahlsturm]

Originally posted by steveh
And where has the good Herr Sturm been? He hasn't posted in 10 days! Maybe too much Starkbierzeit?

S.

Herr Sturm has been to Austria with Frau Sturm where we visited a few of the local brewing establishments. We both needed a few days away from the 'puter :D

[steveh]

Originally posted by Stahlsturm
We both needed a few days away from the 'puter

Eh, I'm not buyin' it. I still say it was the Starkbier. ;)

Anything to report from Osterreich?

S.

[Stahlsturm]

Originally posted by steveh
Eh, I'm not buyin' it. I still say it was the Starkbier. ;) Well, there was SOME beer involved of course, hehehe.

Originally posted by steveh
Anything to report from Osterreich? Yep, indeed there is but it'll have to wait a few more days until I can type up a few lines.

[chazwicke]

Originally posted by Stahlsturm
I knew you'd bail out :P

Not necessarily. I also want to go to GBBF. I can get free business class airline tickets.

[Stahlsturm]

GBBF ?

[chazwicke]

Great British Beer Festival