As a devotee of cask ale, I’m accustomed to standing and chatting with friends, pint in hand. Octoberfest yesterday featured liter mugs, a very different experience.
Liters of beer in a heavy glass mug get tiring after a while. No wonder those guys drink at long tables, they need a place to rest the mug!
One other thing… A half inch of beer at the bottom of the mug looks like just a little bit; tipping the mug up to finish it off means there is a lot of beer heading for one’s face.
I’m too old to be re-trained… I’m back to pints, thank you.
October 10th, 2008 at 9:40 am
Hey Jan, drinking the ‘Maas’ needs practice, for a beginner(har har) I suggest a UK 2 pint Pewter tankard, I have one I bought in Elgin, Scotland in 1983, it is great for my favourite Fullers blend, a bottle of ESB AND a bottle of Pride, in that order….. it doesn’t take long to get the arm in practice old boy……., plus I have a few 1 litre vessels at home in constant use, some with tin lids, some without, one is actually from Salzburg, a commemerative one with lid……
hey a half inch of beer is only a half inch, it’s when you’ve got 6 inches of beer and you think there’s only one you need to worry,
cheers,
Marcus from Luxembourg