Why Bavarian Beer Laughs at Your Light Lager

Ja mei, here we go again. Somebody slides me a Bud Light at a Texas BBQ, and I look at it like a mechanic handed me a toy wrench from a Kinder Surprise. Ach so, it’s wet, sure—but that doesn’t mean it counts as Bier. So, let’s talk real brewing, meine Freunde. Let’s talk Bavarian. Reinheitsgebot – The Old-School Beer Sheriff In 1516, while America was still thinking about buffalo and campfires, Bavaria wrote down the Reinheitsgebot: the German Beer…

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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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