tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post6654597223720001704..comments2023-11-02T07:13:53.064-07:00Comments on Beervana: DusseldorfJeff Alworthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-21773645262283215442012-10-25T08:31:57.445-07:002012-10-25T08:31:57.445-07:00Mike...it's "Uerige", not "Ürig...Mike...it's "Uerige", not "Ürige". If we're going to get particular.Erlangernickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09564871714656285737noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-18813359252001854402012-10-22T10:01:11.866-07:002012-10-22T10:01:11.866-07:00@Jeff thanks for the awesome European posts. Love ...@Jeff thanks for the awesome European posts. Love it. Opens my eyes to the rest of the beer world....Thanks!<br /><br />@Mike....dude relax and have a beer. Seriously? Come on pal we are talking beer here.3Fingerbrewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255127627916675708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-65031469194132899402012-10-22T09:58:38.862-07:002012-10-22T09:58:38.862-07:00@Mike...relax and have another beer...wow way too ...@Mike...relax and have another beer...wow way too serious...we are talking about beer here.<br />@Jeff always lurking on your blog and thoroughly enjoy these posts from Europe...opens my eyes to the rest of the beer world. Thanks and keep it the good...er...drinking.3Fingerbrewinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13255127627916675708noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-31405341782038705492012-10-19T20:55:11.225-07:002012-10-19T20:55:11.225-07:00"Do you have any evidence to back this up or ..."Do you have any evidence to back this up or was it the jet-lag talking?"<br /><br />Funny enough because Irish pubs are pretty popular wherever they are around the world, regardless of authenticity---from the places in Boston with no TV's, proper Guinness pours, virtually everyone standing (a drinking and socializing style I miss, and pretty rare here unless a place is totally Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-28823639865406092102012-10-17T03:20:37.966-07:002012-10-17T03:20:37.966-07:00OK, I like humor as well, but isn't there a ti...OK, I like humor as well, but isn't there a time and place for it? I don't find it appropriate in the way you used it, but OK.<br /><br />Ũrige, btw, is indeed a great pub and one I visit 2-3 times per year. I wonder how often you'd see a group of old women (12-16 of them) sitting around a table chatting and drinking beer (as I've seen there) in the US?<br /><br />For your Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-58390410741780319732012-10-16T08:15:11.081-07:002012-10-16T08:15:11.081-07:00Do you have any evidence to back this up or was it...<i> Do you have any evidence to back this up or was it the jet-lag talking?</i> <br /><br />It's a different kind of statement, Mike--a joke. Hyperbole as comedy, my stock-in-trade. But I think those figures are wrong anyway; I'm pretty sure you're including breweries no longer making alt in Düsseldorf. I think there are only four or five left, a fact I'll check down the road. Jeff Alworthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02930119177544342495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-27457907835033416332012-10-16T06:48:36.025-07:002012-10-16T06:48:36.025-07:00"Irish pubs outnumber alt breweries by a not ..."Irish <b>pubs</b> outnumber alt <b>breweries</b> by a not insignificant margin"<br /><br />Well, Google finds about five Irish pubs in Düsseldorf, and the city's own tourist site finds about the same. Meanwhile, Wikipedia lists nine breweries in the city. So, even assuming Google and the city only list half, I fail to see any truth in your statement.<br /><br />Do you have any Mikenoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21271644.post-17437254545151412912012-10-14T11:09:35.188-07:002012-10-14T11:09:35.188-07:00Let me know if you spot any handpulls over there.Let me know if you spot any handpulls over there.Brewers Union Local 180https://www.blogger.com/profile/05786517873195170945noreply@blogger.com