"MAKING SUMMER BEER-DRINKING SAFE.
A novel health edict has recently been issued in Germany. The Bavarian Ministry of Public Health has announced that open beer tankards (steins) are not hygienic for use during the summer in open air, dust-swept beer-gardens, and that they should be exchanged for containers with solid tin-covers. This appeal, which has been made to stimulate the long-established tin-manufacturing industry in Bavaria, is meeting with a ready response."
Brewers' Journal 1934, page 340.
I assumed the lids were there to stop wasps of shit falling off trees getting into your beer. Seems I was wrong.
I often find out about such little things coming from the NSDAP (the Nazis).
ReplyDeleteThose little reflectors on bicycle pedals are compulsory in German traffic law. Turns out this was introduced because a company owned by the SS produced those pedals (a novelty back then) and so their funding could be improved.
Tin lid Pro/Con:
- It gets in your way
+ It can't be blown off by a gust(whereas a beer mat can)
+ it can be used as a catapult to launch small items (e.g. at oblivious waiters )
+ If you polish the inside, you get a handy makeup mirror
They also help prevent beer from getting lightstruck in the sun.
ReplyDelete+ Helps retain those delicate aromatics
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