Back in the land of the living.

[DEL]

A lot going on since I was last here a week ago, I'll catch up with PM's tomorrow.
Spent a very happy week eating and drinking in and around Kloster Andechs.
Sampled all their beer including some served directly from the wooden barrels, all were excellent and a couple were world class. Favourite for me was Dopplebock Dunkle and Bergbock Hell.
It was a tough gig but somebody had to do it
http://www.andechs.de/en/the-monastery-brewery.html

 

[Nap]

Hi Del,

Welcome back....are you able to stand okay without the aid of a barrel of the amber nectar !!

Looks a great place to visit

Glad you had a good time ....hic!!

Nap

 

[alamac]

Nothing better than a beer off the wood ,Del
Cheers
Al

 

[brian]

Now i know how i couldn't contact you.
Brian

 

[billyturnip]

If I went there Derek I would have absolutely no interest in returning to the land of the living.

 

[theBaron]

O wenn i bloss einen Nachmittag auf dem Heiligen Berg verbringen derfat!

Best double bock in the world! And I have a keg from the cloister, too. I "acquired" it on Holy Saturday, 1985. We rode down form Munich with S-Bahn, hiked up the hill and spent the day in the hall, 8 hours. I drank 4 liters of that wonderful, wonderful beer. And when the monks kicked us out to close the place, on the way out the courtyard, I noticed the door to the kitchen open. There were kegs sitting there, to be run through a steam cleaner. I reached in, grabbed one, and off we went. Twice I dropped it from the hiking path into the stream, but I managed to scramble down and retrieve it, pushing it back up the slope to the path and into the waiting hands of my buddies. They were as drunk as I was, and twice let it fall back on my head. But I got it back to Herrsching and into the S-Bahn. In my Kniebundhosen and heavy sweater, I had passengers asking me if I "beim Bund" and it was a prank while I was mustering out. I got the keg back to Munich, and I rolled it back to my apartment in the Agnesstrasse. Eventually, I packed it up and shipped it home, and I still have it today. I've been saving it for the centerpiece of my bar, when I finally finish remodeling the basement.

I often wonder if I should write to the Herr Vater Abt and confess...

 

[Huw63]

So the secret is out Del. You really are father Jack

 

[DEL]

O wenn i bloss einen Nachmittag auf dem Heiligen Berg verbringen derfat!

I have a keg from the cloister, too. I "acquired" it on Holy Saturday, 1985. I reached in, grabbed one, and off we went. Twice I dropped it from the hiking path into the stream, but I managed to scramble down and retrieve it, pushing it back up the slope to the path and into the waiting hands of my buddies. They were as drunk as I was, and twice let it fall back on my head.
I often wonder if I should write to the Herr Vater Abt and confess...

Good to see the spirit of the 30 Years War prevailed ............ confess nothing

 

[DEL]

So the secret is out Del. You really are father Jack

Everybody needs a role model

 

[Ulrich]

One week in Andechs? And you are now able to write and read PM´s? Good man Hope to meet you and the "rest" next year in Ingolstadt in a "Biergarten" Not the same as Andechs but ....

 

[DEL]

Hope to meet you and the "rest" next year in Ingolstadt in a "Biergarten"

Working hard on some new pieces Won't be straying too far from the Viktualienmarkt at lunchtime and Das Mo in the evening

 

[Huw63]

Working hard on some new pieces Won't be straying too far from the Viktualienmarkt at lunchtime and Das Mo in the evening

And I'm planning on coming along too which should drag the level into the mire...

 

[DEL]

And I'm planning on coming along too which should drag the level into the mire...

 

[Ulrich]

And I'm planning on coming along too which should drag the level into the mire...

I think that will be no problem