Read more about the article Scania in Texas: When a Swedish Cab-Over Shows Up at the BBQ Pit

Scania in Texas: When a Swedish Cab-Over Shows Up at the BBQ Pit

Ja Himmel, only in Texas do you expect a lifted F-350 with chrome stacks pulling a smoker bigger than your aunt’s trailer home. But every now and then, something rolls onto the blacktop that makes even the most seasoned truck stop cowboy spit out his sweet tea. That’s what happened when Bruce Wilson rolled up with his imported Scania cab-over – straight outta Sweden like pickled herring at a tailgate. Texans stared, scratched their caps, and muttered: “What in the…

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Read more about the article Friday Feierabend Texas-Style: Rodeo, BBQ & a Side of Karen

Friday Feierabend Texas-Style: Rodeo, BBQ & a Side of Karen

Ach du liebe Zeit, if one more Texan tells me “TGIF,” I’ll remind them we Bavarians invented Feierabend before America was even a twinkle. Ja, Friday afternoon hits different here in Texas… no church bells like in the Alps, just the rattle of diesel trucks leaving the jobsite and that sweet smell of mesquite smoke drifting over the neighborhood. Feierabend in Texas – Not Just Beer O’Clock Back in Bayern, when work’s done, we head to the Biergarten, order a…

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Read more about the article Taylor vs. Tate: Pop Queens at Different Tables

Taylor vs. Tate: Pop Queens at Different Tables

Ach du lieber Himmel, if I hear one more cowboy in this Texan bar confuse Taylor Swift with Tate McRae, I’m gonna spill my Weißbier right over the brisket. They’re not the same, mein Freund! One is the stadium-filling queen of confetti cannons, the other’s the TikTok-dancing newcomer with a smirk sharp enough to slice your jalapeño. Taylor Swift – The Football Stadium Goddess Taylor? She’s like the Lone Star beer of pop – been around forever, everyone’s got a…

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Read more about the article Brewkraut vs. Starbucks: 5 Coffee Drinks That Got More Fame Than a BBQ Pitmaster

Brewkraut vs. Starbucks: 5 Coffee Drinks That Got More Fame Than a BBQ Pitmaster

Oachkatzlschwoaf, I’ll tell you straight – I walked into a Starbucks the first time in Texas expecting a normal cup of coffee, schwarzer Kaffee, fertig. Instead, the menu looked like a chemistry exam and a dessert catalog had a baby. Back in Bayern, we drink beer with names like Helles or Dunkles – nice, clear, direct. None of this triple-venti-half-sweet-nonfat nonsense. Aber gut, let’s dive into these five iconic coffee concoctions that made Starbucks into the Hollywood of beverages. 1.…

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Read more about the article Fun in Texas – A Bavarian-Texan Survival Guide

Fun in Texas – A Bavarian-Texan Survival Guide

Himmel Herrgott, you call this a weekend? In Bavaria, we drink Bier and climb a mountain. In Texas, folks somehow manage to fry the sun, ride bulls, and call it "fun". Na gut, let’s dive in and see what a poor Bavarian brewmaster like me has learned about having Spaß here in the Lone Star State. BBQ Pits & Bier Steins – The Holy Combo If you ain’t eating BBQ in Texas, are you even alive? Brisket, ribs, sausage –…

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