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A VISIT LONG OVERDUE The stars finally aligned with bus schedules, opening times, weather, and my schedule for a trip out to the illustrious Brauerei Zehender, brewers of the highly regarded Mönchsambacher Lagerbier. I arrived an hour early, so I turned the outing into a short beer hike, because why not? Up into the wooded …
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Written by Franz Hofer for A Tempest in a Tankard The sun was already low in the autumn sky as I finished up my beer at the legendary Waldwirtschaft (WaWi) and headed north toward the equally legendary Gutshof Menterschwaige. I’d been to the WaWi several times over the years, but hadn’t yet made it to …
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One tastes like drinking isopropyl alcohol straight from a bottle mixed with black muck. The other a fight in your mouth between fruit and hops where the excessively bitter hops are beating the fruit to death. If your local pub has Stone Enjoy by 7.4.24 more than likely you won’t enjoy. The pineapple and the …
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Written by Franz Hofer for A Tempest in a Tankard Nestled amid leafy-green hills cradling the Neckar River, Tübingen is a mere thirty kilometers from Stuttgart but centuries closer to the Black Forest. Timber and stucco houses line the market squares where folks gather in cafes to while away the afternoon. Escher-esque lanes and stairs …
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