Heading to Germany

You mean there were no strapping German lads on that train for her to look at ?

 

No, it's in the Spezial atyle.

 

Your first mistake You go look at the Wurstkuch'l and maybe, if you're brave you get a Bratwurstkipfer'l to go but you never ever sit down there. Although, judging by your picture you caught the place on a particularly empty day so at least you got to eat overpriced without 2 Japanese sitting on your lap.

Jacob's flagship beer is actually their Weizen. The rest of their portofolio is "just" Bavarian standard which means head, shoulders and torso above what Lesser Germany has to offer but I digress

Did you go inside and saw the proverbial "Green Table" ? That is where Cheryl and I got married

Regensburg was an Imperial Free City until 1806 (and was so for over 500 years...) and when, as part of the Napoleonic re-arranging of Germany the "Bavarian Takeover" happened, they installed a garrison. Only, being Bavarians and all, they didn't install military, they installed a Hofbräuhaus. I've been in there maybe twice in my life. Their bathrooms are easily accessible and much cleaner than the public ones at the Alte Rathaus.

What, no Spital Pale Ale ?

Well, you were there on a week day when people under 65 are supposed to work or study. Go there at night or on a weekend and you'll get a very different picture.

That is signature material, hehehe.

Well, "ire" is too strong a term. Next time you should bring more time though so you can scout the jewels of the immediate surrounding of Regensburg.

 

Serious question, what is the difference between Export and Spezial? Is it a point-of-origin or nomenclature thing, or is there more to it?

 

Nope. Unfortunately I can't find a pic online and I'm not going to post a wedding picture here

 

What're you afraid of…?

 

Stahlsturm doesn't want to lose his superpowers by spreading them too wide online.

 

Mmm. Maybe it's just a style in my head. I did add it as a German style on Wikipedia and no-one deleted it, so it must be real.

Edelstsoff. That's what I think of when I hear Spezial.

 

Which is funny to me because the bottle says Edelstoff Exportbier if I remember correctly.

 

LOL!

 

Stahl is like Keith Richards, he can't be killed by conventional weapons... or the internet.

 

A funny story. A guy I worked with met ‘somebody’ at the British Air Club in London, He talked to this ‘somebody’ for quite some time (20 minutes?) At the end of the conversation he shook his hand and said my name is Jim. The ‘somebody’ said: my friends call me Keith. Jim was speaking to Keith Richards for a long time and he didn’t know it (at the time).

I wonder if Stahl has a story like that!?!

Prost!

 

IMHO I also believe that Helles=Export=Spezial=Edelstoff. Just depends on who you're drinking with.

 

I don’t think Spezial is something different from Export either. They have always seemed interchangeable to me, with some breweries even labelling their beers "Spezial-Export".

 

Spezial can just about mean anything. For most cases, you are right, it is a term for an Export, especially in southern Germany. Sometimes it might also refer to a Festbier/Märzen style.
I wouldn't say that Export=Helles though. A typical Bavarian brewery might have a regular Helles as their standard beer and they might also have a slightly stronger, slightly more golden and slightly sweeter Helles (a.k.a an Export) which they might call a Spezial to distinguish it from their regular Helles.

 

Spezial: a Brauereigaststätte mit Mälzerei & Fremdenzimmer in Bamberg

 

To add to this, I've also seen Export Dunkels (Andechs makes one), As far as I knew it was just a strength designation, used interchangeably with Spezial.