[diemai]

@ ghost

So if this is about a sort of "black humour" amongst servicemen , that are locked together in threatening and hazardous situations over there , I can fully understand , they would take(or even need) this kind of stuff to play over their own concerns and fears .

But it should remain behind the camp's gates in my opinion , amongst the men concerned , it is nothing for the wide public .

If I should have upset you with my post , I apologize , as a mid-aged German , that is quite interested in history , I just tend to think different about anything concerning the military .

greetz , Dieter

[King Bait Co.]

The thing that up sets me in this picture is their using a German beer ( far as I can tell) on a U.S. base. Shouldn't it be a Budwiser. Doesn't German beer cost more now that wasting taxpayers money. (lol)

[ghost]

More than likely I would guess the beer is a English brand from England. Alcohol is readily available but most if not all that we were able to acquire was English. The few Liquor stores that they have in Iraq do not sell any U.S. brands.

[diemai]

You can't waste money on German beer , since it's good stuff !

It is still brewed after a restriction from the 16th century , that it should not contain nothing but hops , malt and water , absolutely no artificial or chemical adds of any kind !

If you drink two sixpacks , you'll feel the difference the next morning , wether it was pure , genuine German beer or some other stuff with rice , corn , various E ??? food additives and God knows what in it .

Don't know about American beer , since I haven't tried it yet , but above mentioned happened to me several times with different European beers .

And as far as I'm concerned , some big American breweries were also founded by German brewers .

Cheers , diemai

[KcDano]

Reinheitsgebot

I believe they have relaxed the law for beers brewed for export.

[philB]

Originally Posted by KcDano

No problem here! It's a done deal. Sorry that I have caused such disruption over an innocuous image.

Dan

This is a forum after all and comment whether contentious or not is what keeps these places alive and kicking

[KcDano]

Phil, so right you are!

[diemai]

@ KcDano

This maybe true , but I can't tell for sure .

At least over here quite a few years ago there was a great public discussion about importing foreign beers not made after that restriction , the "Reinheitsgebot" .

BTW : As far as I'm concerned , it was established around 1550 by a Bavarian earl or count to protect his people from health damage , because already in those days ruthless moneymakers didn't care about the welfare of others to make profit .
And beer was consumed rather more back then as it is today , scientists found out about this from old household files and bills and stuff , but they often used to thin it with water .

So , as far as I'm concerned , these foreign brands were only allowed to sell over here , if they are made accordingly to the tradition .
I guess to protect our own breweries rather than the health of the people !
But never drank some of those beers , that became quite fashionable amongst younger people nowadays , always stayed with our locally brewed brands , which is widely done over here .
There are different tastes of beer in different parts of the country , and we have a few great breweries , but hundreds of smaller ones .

Cheers , diemai

[KcDano]

The local breweries are making a comeback here! The were virtually all gone after that wonderful time in American history known as prohibition had come to pass. The large breweries began a campaign of rapid expansion aided by the advent of refrigerated freight cars and all but crushed the littlle breweries.

I don't think I have met a German beer I didn't like. Some better that others!

[diemai]

Remember a trip by car 27 years ago from Hamburg to the French mediterranian coast , we had a stopover for the night in Freiburg , close to the French and Swiss border .
In a bar there I ordered for a "Weizenbier" , never came accross this stuff back then , a very sparkling , foamy stuff , having a yeasty flavor .

They pour it from bottles into a longer , conical glass in a special way , so that the foam won't spill .

As the lady behind the bar put a lemon slice into the glass , I almost shouted at her , that "why the heck she's putting lemon into my beer" !
She was astonished and little shocked , stammering "but , but ,...... it's supposed to be....!"

By now this southern kind of beer has conquered the entire country , nobody would argue with the bartender anymore about lemonslices in the beer !

Cheers , diemai