Yesterday: Isny im Allgäu and Bad Waldsee
The original plan was to ride buses to the Bierkrug-Museum in Bad Schussenried and to Königsegger WalderBräu in Königseggwald. Instead, Choo talked me into renting a car and adding more culture to our trip. Bad Schussenried made the cut. Königseggwald didn't, being replaced by the HopfenMuseum in Tettnang.
I had visited Bad Schussenried in December 2006, but I didn't feel then like I really experienced the place. We did much better this time.
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Schussenrieder Erlebnisbrauerei & Bierkrug-Museum, Bad Schussenried
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A Choo-sized wooden beer-drinking vessel
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Bierkruge for card-players
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"The Three-Legged Brewmaster"; note the extra boot
Lunch and a beer followed the museum tour.
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Schussenrieder Schwarze Weiße
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Schussenrieder Kristall Weizen
More culture was to be found at the HopfenMuseum in Siggenweiler, near Tettnang.
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HopfenMuseum Tettnang, Siggenweiler
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Whopping great bags o'hops
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Hops as high as an elephant's eye
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Choo helps with the hop harvest
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A Tettnanger Hopfensau
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"A beer glass is not just a beer glass! Match up the beer glasses with their appropriate beer styles."
The HopfenMuseum had a section dedicated to the history of Women and Beer.
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Homebrewers may be interested to see just how many hop flowers it takes to make hop pellets.
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The two glasses contain the same weight of hops.
The HopfenMuseum is just a few minutes away from Dietmannsweiler, home of Brauereigasthof Schöre. I had wanted to visit Schöre many times before, but it was never possible due to their opening at 4:00pm on weekdays. Today, we had the opportunity.
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Brauereigasthof Schöre, Dietmannsweiler
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The Schöre grounds include cattle barns and hop fields.
We had a spot of dinner and sampled the various beers.
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Schörepils naturtrüb
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Schöre Weisse
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Schörebräu hell naturtrüb
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Schörebräu Dunkel
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Schöre's owner George Bentele did us the honor of inviting us to sit at his Stammtisch.
In the meantime, Paris had called me from her office in Biberach, reminding me that I was supposed to bring some bottled beers for her colleague. Schöre didn't have any, but I knew that Brauerei-Gasthof Krone in Tettnang did, so we made a quick stop there.
We drove back to Biberach, filled up the tank, dropped off the car, and walked back to the hotel.
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$30.59 for 4.359 gallons = $7.02 per gallon
Tomorrow: Rißtissen and Hörvelsingen