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mojaveman · 10-21-2009, 22:57

When I was a GI in Germany over 25 years ago I was fortunate enough to have gone to Munich a few times. There used to be an AFRC Hotel there that was cheap but actually pretty nice. I seem to remember that it only cost about $15.00 per night. Does anyone know if it is still there? What about the name of the place? Anyway, I used to enjoy going to either the Lowenbraukeller or the Hofbrauhaus. If you went to the Lowenbraukeller on a Friday or Saturday night they had Bavarian folk dancing, singing, yodeling, etc. That in addition to drinking a few liters of beer and talking with friends made for a nice evening. Of course that was many years ago but now there are plenty of other restaurants and Gasthauses to go to in Bavaria's capital.

Mitch · 10-22-2009, 00:40

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Originally Posted by mark the Engineer Officer

I'm headed to Munich this weekend...not my first time but whenever I go I usually do the same old things: Hoffbrau, Augustiner, etc. Do any of you have any suggestions on beers to try/places to eat/things to do that is a one of a kind exerpience?

Munich - all Beer is good - so what is needed is to just enhance the experience - get some of the ooumpah oompah music and Make sure you get some of those big mugs of beer - the bigger the better.

Here are some examples of big Mugs.

Two big Glasses of beer.jpg, Three big Glasses of beer.jpg

Here is just lots of Mugs.

Beer Performer.jpg

mojaveman · 10-22-2009, 09:29

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Originally Posted by Mitch

Munich - all Beer is good - so what is needed is to just enhance the experience - get some of the ooumpah oompah music and Make sure you get some of those big mugs of beer - the bigger the better.

Here are some examples of big Mugs.

Attachment 13372, Attachment 13373

Here is just lots of Mugs.

Attachment 13371

Nice pictures Mitch.

They're enough to make any man thirsty.

Oh, the beer looks good too.

ZonieDiver · 10-22-2009, 14:28

Damn, I am IN LOVE with picture #3 - Beer Performer! My kind of woman...

alfromcolorado · 10-22-2009, 20:43

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Originally Posted by mojaveman

There used to be an AFRC Hotel there that was cheap but actually pretty nice. I seem to remember that it only cost about $15.00 per night. Does anyone know if it is still there?

AFRC is a completely different animal now. The hotel in Munich closed a long time ago. Chiemsee is closed; I don't know if it was torn down. The Gen Walker in Berchtesgaden was turned back in the 90s and razed.

Garmisch isn't much different. The Patton, Von Steuben are closed and just sitting unused (as of last summer). The Abrams is AFRC offices and employee housing. Sheridan is closed and part of the Marshall Center. There is ONE hotel in all of Germany now, the Edelweiss near Sheridan Kaserne.

The old sport complex near the Bahnhof has been sitting unused for many years.

alfromcolorado · 10-22-2009, 20:47

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Originally Posted by Mitch

I did - in fact this beer is supposed to be the granddaddy of all German Beers.

Pilsner Urquell

Actually a Czech beer but it is the original Pilsner beer - it was brewed by Germans for Germans and is regarded as the "source" for all beers using the name Pils, or Pilsner.

I don't like it because it is just a bit too harsh, bitter for me, though I have never had it on tap (even in Germany). It is available in every Gasthaus in Germany.

Read more about it: http://www.prazdroj.cz/en/about-beer...oduction-chart

It is excellent on tap. I drank it vom Fass lots of places in Germany, even in Cold War days.

alfromcolorado · 10-22-2009, 20:50

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Originally Posted by Mitch

Wow - something new - never ran accross a "smokey" Beer - in Germany, or anywhere else. Is this beer brewed by just one brewer or is common in all the towns arround and by all the local brewers?

I didn't know Bamberg was the home of Rauchbier, but I do know that there are several brewers that make it. Maisels was my first, and last, Rauchbier.

Didn't like it... And I am pretty flexible when it comes to beer. Well, at least in Germany.

But then, I am getting pretty flexible in the US too, as long as they sell a micro or two and not just Miller Light (flavored water).

Mitch · 10-22-2009, 22:33

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Originally Posted by alfromcolorado

But then, I am getting pretty flexible in the US too, as long as they sell a micro or two and not just Miller Light (flavored water).

What amazes me is that people in this country actually go in to good bars and restaurants and order a Bud Light

After a tour of Germany - I came back unable to do two things (unless forced) - eat white bread and drink 90% of American Beers.

These, days, I drink Shiner Bock.

In fact - I think I'm going to grab one now.

**Razor** · 10-23-2009, 14:09

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Originally Posted by alfromcolorado

Rauchbier...didn't like it...

Genau. Had a very good buddy stationed in Bamberg; visited him and tried both Rauchbier and Knoblauch Schnapps on the same night. Never again, and we had a short 'discussion' on the propriety of setting up one's buddy for such inhumanity from that point on.

alfromcolorado · 10-23-2009, 14:22

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Originally Posted by Mitch

What amazes me is that people in this country actually go in to good bars and restaurants and order a Bud Light

After a tour of Germany - I came back unable to do two things (unless forced) - eat white bread and drink 90% of American Beers.

These, days, I drink Shiner Bock.

In fact - I think I'm going to grab one now.

I am one up on you. I can't drink drip or perked coffee either.

Shiner is pretty good.

alfromcolorado · 10-23-2009, 14:24

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Originally Posted by Razor

Genau. Had a very good buddy stationed in Bamberg; visited him and tried both Rauchbier and Knoblauch Schnapps on the same night. Never again, and we had a short 'discussion' on the propriety of setting up one's buddy for such inhumanity from that point on.

Knoblauch Schnapps? Sounds nasty. But a lot of those schnapps were pretty bad. Had Enzian?

MVP · 10-23-2009, 17:22

Some of you might remember Rick, TM SGT 021 circa 1986. Anyway, he used to say "there's a pork chop in every glass" in reference to bier. Point being, no need to eat when you could drink. Rauch bier truely takes you there, seems like you get a big bite of ham with each swallow...

MVP

**Razor** · 10-24-2009, 22:12

Al,

It was absolutely terrible. Can't say I remember ever having Enzian, and from the context, I'm probably a happier man for missing it. The rakyah (or however its spelled) in Macedonia left a lot to be desired...had to wash it down with an ouzo chaser, if that's any indication.

Mitch · 10-25-2009, 00:40

I just swigged (or tried to) the worst beer, at least for me, that I have ever had the misfortune to taste. Went to a birthday party tonight. I did not bring any beer so it is my own damn fault - I got what I deserved. But the host had your typical Buds and Bud Lights - but he also had something new, that I had never seen. He insisted that I try it - (by the way, this guy has apparently never been out of Dallas). So I took one - in a green can - that should have been warning enough - it was a "Bud Light Lime" - gagggh. It was indescribably awful. I managed to choke down about half of it with the intention to catch my breath and swig the rest down, but just couldn't do it, when no one was looking I dumped the rest in the sink.

That left me with a Bud or a Bud Light - so I had a Diet Coke.

**The Reaper** · 10-25-2009, 09:20

If you want a bad beer, try a Michelob Ultra with pomegranate and raspberry flavor.

TR