tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post5779476204209700828..comments2024-03-28T06:20:10.699-07:00Comments on Shut up about Barclay Perkins: 1990 Weimar and Jena guideRon Pattinsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-90894013260903727682015-09-02T23:32:58.046-07:002015-09-02T23:32:58.046-07:00Stephen,
good story. Glad you're enjoying my ...Stephen,<br /><br />good story. Glad you're enjoying my DDR series. Not quite sure where it's going.<br /><br />Where did Jim get the 1907 Mackeson recipe from? That's before Whitbread's involvement.Ron Pattinsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03095189986589865751noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5445569787371915337.post-19755426428789319462015-09-02T15:20:53.534-07:002015-09-02T15:20:53.534-07:00Hi Ron - hope all is well. This post made me smile...Hi Ron - hope all is well. This post made me smile, as I once spent a few nights at the Schwarzer Baer in Jena. I was there for a conference while I was working in Kiel in 2000. I remember it being a very grand old building, with huge stone walls and lots of hunting themed bric a brac. I ate a very fine meal of thick, stodgy dumplings with some venison ragout washed down with schwarzbier. I also learned a great tip from a very cool German guy whom we hung out with at the conference. We were looking for somewhere to carry on drinking after most people had gone home (as you do) and I suggested we find a taxi and ask the driver to take us to the best place in town. The cool German guy said "No, that is not how you do it. You get into a taxi and ask to be taken to the worst place in town. That is always the best place in town". So we all piled into a taxi and ended up in some cellar bar, where the band Embryo were playing. Drunk, they were phenomenal. Anyhow, fine memories of Jena. I've some very fine memories of a long weekend in Erfurt also, so enjoying these DDR memories enormously. Some Foggy Noggin news also - Jim is releasing a milk stout on 9/19 based on a Mackesons recipe from 1907. Hope all is well with you. Cheers, SteveSteve Nhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00842037703888372810noreply@blogger.com