from Weiss to Oktoberfest beers

Well, the WUW was a great success and we move right into the Oktoberfest season now! Hope to see ya out at the tents.

The official, Unofficial end-of-summer Weiss-Up rap-up

First off, a big thanks to all those who came out this summer to kick-off the inaugural Weiss-Up Wed. summer...especially Scott and Al, who kept it going.

As they know, it's not so much about the Weiss sampling as it is the good conversation. Keeping the 'shop-talk' to a minimum was a not-so-hidden priority and so we got to know each other a little better.

Things we learned:
1. Al's mother and Scott's father worked together back-in-the-day.
2. Al is 'with us' today, because his father spilled beer on his mother at the Hofbrauhaus in Munich...great story of them meeting for the 1st time.
3. Reminiscing about the 'old-days', Rush street, Cub games etc.
4. Chatting about fun and good eats at the state fair, corn dogs at Vose's, vinegar on fries and cart races.
5. Chatting about fire-brand chilli
6. Critiquing the Weiss beers, glasses, bar, munchies, slices of lemons vs oranges vs mangos, etc.
7. Sharing info about our families and friends and how we spend our time enjoying life
8. We learned about the origin of the Radler
9. and so much more
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Weiss-Up by the #'s:

15 evenings of visiting Weiss-serving spots
7 establishments visited
13 or so Weiss beers sampled
80 total glasses of Weiss consumed
27 total hours gathered together to share a slice of life over a Weiss

Danke again for the fun summer!
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We plan to continue the gathering at least monthly at various spots... stay tuned.

Last Weiss-Up Wed of the Summer!

Wed. August 29th...

ending where we began...

Berghoff/17 West (4:30 to 6)

hope to see you there...prosit

Wednesday August 22nd

Stocks and Blondes....features--

Schneider Weisse

Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat

Great Lakes Brewing Company -Holy Moses White Ale

Hacker-Pschorr

Wednesday August 8th

Miller's Pub--4:30-ish

Wednesday August 1st

For Wednesday August 1, 2007:

I'm not able to make the loop Weiss-Up today...but others can/should still step out for one or two...(or more, like last week--that was good beer!)

I will possibly be at C-P's Bavarian Lodge after spending the afternoon at the Tollway offices...the earliest I'd be there would be 4:45 or 5 or so...

Wednesday July 25th...

We'll be meeting at Miller's Pub today/Wednesday July 25th from 4:30 till about 6ish

Paulaner Hefe-Weiss on tap...

http://www.millerspub.com/

134 S. WABASH, CHICAGO IL

The 3rd WUW at CPB-Lodge

Danke to Sods and Brian (& Grant--twice) for dropping their work efforts to share a Weiss...

The 1st--6/06/07

A special Danke! to Al and Scott for coming out to the 1st 'Weiss-Up' Wednesday at 17 West...