> Dan,
>
> Sorry to disagree, but I have had E.K.U 28. It's not sold everywhere,
> granted, but it does exist. If I remember correctly it is an
> "Eisbock." The story (legend?) goes that many years ago (i.e.
> hundreds) two workers at a brewery were told to put the kegs of bier
> inside the brewery to protect it from the cold winter weather. Well,
> they put most of them away, but left two outside and quit for the day.
> When they returned to work the next day the kegs had frozen, except
> for some residue of the bier and the alcohol that settled to the
> center of the kegs. The braumeister was so angry with the two
> employees for ruining the bier that he made them drink what was still
> liquid. So it was very strong, they had a good day, and "Eisbock" was
> born.
>
P.S. Tastes in schnapps appears to me to be regional. I've never seen
cinnimon schnapps, but I don't doubt that it exists. What I see most
often is schnapps based on fruit such as plums, pears, apples and the
like. In southern Bavaria you can often see "Barwurtz" (with two dots
over the a ), which is some nasty stuff made from some kind of roots.
But, after two you don't care because you don't even know your own name
anymore.
> "Jay"
> John S. van Syckel
> 1971 MGB (BRG, no PO)
> MG Car Club Deutschland, e.V.
>
> Scott:
> I've never even heard of it, so I would say NO! They do drink some
> weird stuff, though. If you are ever there and go to a bar and hear a
> sound like a bunch of people beating the bar with
> ball peen hammers, that's a grand ritual of drinking little bottles of
> ice cold cinnamon schnapps! They get a real kick out of getting
> Americans drunk!
> Dan
>
> ----------
> From: Scott Gardner
> Sent: Thursday, January 15, 1998 4:28 PM
> To: danray@bluegrass.net
> Cc: mgs@autox.team.net
> Subject: RE: Going on a Beer Thread (off topic)
>
> I'm with Ross -- I've never met a German beer I didn't like!
> I do prefer Hefe or Dunkel Weizen though!
> 4 years in Mannheim...but Eichbaum isn't that great.
>
> Dan
> Dan, maybe you can answer this... Do ANY Germans actually drink
> E.K.U 28? It's 14% alcohol, and to me it tastes like drinking
> cologne!
> Scott
>
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