*WHEW* no Beer Drought In Germany

THAT was close :bounce:

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BERLIN (Reuters) - German brewers are reassuring thirsty consumers there is no imminent danger of beer running out despite rumors that surging demand in the summer heat has exceeded the supply.

"Brewers are working around the clock. Overtime is common, people are working weekends, and breweries are on triple shifts," said Erich Dederichs, managing director of the German Beer Brewers' Association.

Bremen-based Becks announced delivery delays earlier this week and several newspapers have run front-page stories forecasting a drought of the nation's favorite drink. However, Dederichs said Germans should not worry.

"Perhaps a person's preferred brand will be sold out, but no one has to fear that beer as a whole will run out in Germany," Dederichs said.

http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=573&ncid=573&e=7&u=/nm/20030808/od_nm/odd_germany_beer_dc

Can you imagine the riots? :P

I know that is a cheap shot but I bet Belgium is breathing easier right now.

if it was only to avert a beer shortage in our country???!!!

NO that wouldn't have been okay either.

I thought you were Matcom's friend???!!!


(just kidding hun!)

Ugly people getting laid.

...I think there are lots of DUers who might want to take refuge if 2004 goes badly. ;-)

Malt Liquor on the other hand is a whole other story.

:bounce::evilgrin::bounce:

Just kidding.

ON EDIT-I misspelled evil

:D

:bounce:

Said to a friend of mine who was lost in Richmond.

OE=Olde English Malt Liquor

No stops, straight to Hell! :evilgrin:

"cause I could use some help.............no I'm not going there

my black gene is all out of whack any way.

I actually like Barry Manilow, too :D

and wash those fucking drawers!!!!!

plus the river is really high right now. I would look funny with a Personal Flotation Device on beating my drawers on the rocks.

Was meinst Du denn?? Na ja, nur ein Witz. DU Scheiße!
:spank: :loveya: :spank:

with the hot, dry temps. Should be a banner year for the Mosel, Ruhr, Saar, Alscace wine crops.

Brian

That's what I've herad.

I'm hopefully going to be off to the Great British Beer festival tomorrow (providing the train to London does not melt) and I have been assured that there is no beer shortage there either!

We should be ashamed to call the stuff we make here beer, compared to what they brew in Germany. And German beer doesn't traveol well, you simply have to go over there and sample it first hand.

F**king close to water!

There is a wave of local brewreys reviving trad styles of brewing. The days of utility grade watered down pilsner are long gone!

The bottles are running low; the deposit system is hard pressed to return them in time.

We had the hottest day ever today, so no improvement soon.

And the Breweries tried to raise the price; their excuse: barley got more expensive. Someone calculated however, that the barley price makes up less than a percent of the beer production costs. So the issue has been defered.

Hefe-weisse is das bestest in den heissest Wetter!!!

Berliner Weisse is.


I won't say no to a Weizen tough.




And it is hotter than ever here (I'm waiting for the temperature to drop, so that I can sleep (on Edit: an anime special night on a major network isn't helping either)).

Gott will es regnet in Deutschland!!!!