Day Trip to Cologne

Plans changed and we have to take an earlier train, so no time to edit or even arrange the pictures in order. So enjoy our trip to Cologne without commentary.

Sticke Day, Part 2

I was too busy eating, drinking and talking to take many pictures of our evening Sticke session, but here is what I have.

zum Uerige

The back table: Erik, Bob, Drew and Ian (and Django's arm)

Table level view of stickebier

Andreas, Mannfred, Karin, Gunner, Travis, Sam and Paul

Ian about to attack his Schweinehaxe

Hilmar, our waiter and the gang,

Tim, Luis and Larry

A quick tour of Uerige

For now, just the pictures for you to enjoy. I'll annotate when I have time. Right now it will cut into my beer drinking.

Sticke Day, Part 1

A number of us met for our traditional 9:30am Sticke day last taste of the regular Alt at the Carsch Haus department store mini-Uerige.

Tomm, Luis, Jim and Tom enjoying a last (of the day) regular Uerige alt.

Today, Sticke!

I love this big old copper door.

The first sticke.

We toast ourselves for being here today.

The gang drinking sticke

The obligitory Luis drinking beer photo.

Then John Byzek, an American brewer who works at Uerige (started on the January Sticke day) can by and offered us a tour. That was about the only thing that could stop us drinking. So we toured.

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Arrived in Düsseldorf...

...after many problems with the train. Deutche Bahn has gone way downhill from the days where you could set your watch by them. But we arrived. And I was glad to see the usual sign telling us we didn't get our dates wrong.

"Tomorrow, Sticke" -- the only advance notice of the special beer.

The gang has their first Uerige of the trip, the first every for many.

The gang toasting Mary Fraser (Ian's wife) for being the first (and only) person to call us while we stood at the webcam.

Tomm, Tom and Drew having a Killipitsch night cap

Bamberg Day 3

This was Larry's only real awake day in Bamberg, So we went back to Klosterbräu and Schlenkerla so he could taste the beers there. Had lunch at the Kachelofen with a St Georgen Kellerbier. Then we meet for dinner with some local friends at Spezial. All in all, a good day.

Klosterbräu Braunbier and Schwärzla

Jim and Larry enjoying a braunbier

Tom and Jim at having lunch at the Kachelofen

Sam and Larry waiting for their food.

Lisolette, Sam and Larry at Spezial

Larry, Travis, Tom and Paul at Spezial

Tom, Paul and Ruth (and Gunner's hands) at Spezial

The whole gang.

I'll leave you with some tourist, non-beer photos of Bamberg...