tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post4832396923756378740..comments2024-03-27T20:07:51.303-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: Franconia day fourRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-48586724957383212112013-08-04T13:35:37.313-07:002013-08-04T13:35:37.313-07:00It certainly was interesting, sort of like a Bock ...It certainly was interesting, sort of like a Bock version of Schwarze Anna. I think it was my favourite of the half-dozen Annafestbiers I tried, but then I do tend to prefer dark beers anyway. Bryan the BeerVikinghttp://beerviking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-25162899931988320882013-08-04T00:12:13.784-07:002013-08-04T00:12:13.784-07:00Bryan. The sign was still there.
Ron. Bloody kid...Bryan. The sign was still there. <br /><br />Ron. Bloody kids. You try to bring them up right and they repay you by drinking halves. Michael Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15922553828584443101noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-1676600670192569142013-08-03T14:13:14.748-07:002013-08-03T14:13:14.748-07:00Ah, you're really making me jealous! I must go...Ah, you're really making me jealous! I must go beer drinking in Franconia one of these days. There's not much better than drinking good beer in good pubs in good weather and not having to worry about work!Chrisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-40626503561899536172013-08-03T04:45:38.514-07:002013-08-03T04:45:38.514-07:00Every so often I read a British idiomatic expressi...Every so often I read a British idiomatic expression here I've never heard. This time it's cop, in the sense of help, "it wasn't much cop". And as in past numerous cases, there is a rough American equivalent although this is rarely understood here. Long-time slang (U.S.) speaks of "copping a plea [bargain]", or "copping a ride to work", etc. You can see the connection although the term gets turned around: one is helped by a favourable result, a plea bargained down from risk of a losing on a more serious charge, or being assisted by having a ride instead of walking.<br /><br />In the past, words such as being on the lash (a kind of bender or spree) connect to the American noun lush or the verb, to lush (the latter now obsolete but it's in the works of Jack Kerouac, for example). One of the best examples was the exclamation "bum" to sound exasperation and its (evident) relation to "that's a bummer, man". <br /><br />What seems quintessentially American turns out almost always to have an old British origin.<br /><br />Next you will be telling us that a friend hipped you to a new Keller in the region - that usage is in Shakespeare. Then your readers will be hip to it and finally that's a hip place, man.<br /><br />Chav is a tougher one (no pun intended). You once told me it may be from Gypsy talk, but I still have a feeling a variant of it resides in some corner of America.<br /><br />...<br /><br />I wish most of the beers weren't served in those stoneware things: half the pleasure is to see the colour and the rise and fall of the foam, observe the carbonation, etc. It's a completely different experience to drink that way, IMO.<br /><br />Also, wanted to say I was impressed with those sausages in the image the other day. First, the portion (do people finish that?). Second, they were obviously well-cooked and must have come to the table piping hot. Pip pip!<br /><br />Gary<br /><br />Gary Gillmannoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-68315917893479963492013-08-03T03:15:59.414-07:002013-08-03T03:15:59.414-07:00" * Andrew drank Apfelschorle after round num..." * Andrew drank Apfelschorle after round number one."<br /><br />What!?! I took both my daughters to Annafest at age 17 and they drank at least 3 liters each. Didn't you raise that kid properly?!Mark Andersenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00151857584483533199noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-38959331068427882112013-08-03T02:04:55.435-07:002013-08-03T02:04:55.435-07:00Bryan, not that I remember.
That Brauwastl sound...Bryan, not that I remember. <br /><br />That Brauwastl sounds interesting. Didn't realise there was a beer like that.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-12464185227798781182013-08-03T01:13:12.992-07:002013-08-03T01:13:12.992-07:00The Grief was one of the best, I thought - like yo...The Grief was one of the best, I thought - like you, we started there, though on Sunday afternoon. Wasn't so impressed by Hebendanz, a bit too sweet as I recall. We finished up in Kupfer, drinking Brauwastl - a Schwarz festbier from a trio of hobby-brewers, commercially brewed for them by Neder. <br /><br />Did the Hebendanz bogs still have the sign up, listing a varying scale of usage fees depending on one's "declared length"? Bryan the BeerVikinghttp://beerviking.netnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-60829819920039810592013-08-03T00:21:47.032-07:002013-08-03T00:21:47.032-07:00Poplar?
Great write ups again, so much so I had t...Poplar?<br /><br />Great write ups again, so much so I had to book a trip to Munich.<br /><br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com