Oktoberfest Isn't Cancelled on Lufthansa

Weissbier? C'mon.

On my first trip to Germany (and the Oktoberfest) we flew Lufthansa -- I think they had Warsteiner and Beck's.

 

That is very cool!

 

I really don't know about the airlines, but Duvel on those closed cabin train compartments was a charm. Through France and Germany I thought as a 20 year old that I was in heaven. Decades ago!

 

I think it’s still Warsteiner if I recall from my last trip a couple years ago.

 

It is. It's been exclusively Warsteiner for a while...which is honestly fine by me. I like the stuff, even if it's probably the least dry/hoppy pils in the whole country. The last couple Lufthansa flights I've been on have had cans dated from a week prior.

 

I really like Lufthansa. Swiss Air is really nice too.

I had to travel frequently for work a couple years ago in a short period of time. I went to Germany, but had connections so I traveled on all different international flights.

Then the following week I had to go to St. Louis via Southwest. That was a miserable flight compared to the others. No amenities, free drinks, it's crammed, and you're lucky if you get a tiny bag of pretzels.

Didn't help that my first flight was business class on Lufthansa (basically first class). The Lufthansa lounge with free buffet food and drinks is a nice touch before your flight. As are the fully reclining seats into a bed on the plane.

 

@AlcahueteJ -- you keep perpetuating your own stereotype!

Must.not.comment.on.business.class.
Must.not.comment.on.Lufthansa.lounge.

 

I must say, free unlimited draft beer at the Lufthansa lounge at Boston Logan is a nice plus - I always try to fly out through there when I go to Austria.

 

Let alone you were in Germany for how long and didn't have a beer? I don't think you were trying hard enough.

 

I was a kid too -- no matter what anyone thinks.

Believe me -- if I got to go to Germany at 16 (no matter who was with me) I'd have been in BIG trouble.

Not to mention I was 16 during the Cold War, so who knows what I could have gotten into?

 

If it helps I flew coach on Southwest to St. Louis and was at the back of the plane crammed in between two people, one of which was sick.

 

That pretty much describes every flight I've ever taken.

But I can add the 12 year-old who decided to scream "WE'RE All GONNA DIE!!" When landing in Orlando.

 

Imagine if she'd seen the grandmother I watched dole out .25 litersful of Dunkel at the Munich HB to her 5 and 8 year-old grandkids.

Stigmatizing beer is what makes it "taboo" and leads to abuse.

 

(To paraphrase a well-known quote):
Oktoberfest Isn't Cancelled on Lufthansa - it's just not feeling very well.