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Lufthansa Makes Dreams Come True By Putting Biergarten in Munich Airport
Munich Airport's Airbräu biergarten
As if the service on Lufthansa wasn't enough, there's now a huge new reason to fly the German airline in business class through their Munich airport hub—they're getting a full-fledged biergarten!
Just announced today at the tourism conference in Berlin, the news of the Business Class biergarten comes straight from the top Lufthansa brass, as a huge welcome to the spring season. It'll open on March 23, and will be located in the Schengen departures area at Gate Area G in Terminal 2 as part of the 11,000 square foot Lufthansa business class lounge there.
So what's on tap? Find out, after the jump!
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Raise A Glass To San Francisco Beer Week
San Francisco is known for their food scene, but with San Francisco Beer Week 2010 they’re throwing their hats in the ring for contention as a serious beer town as well.
Events kick off on February 5 and run through February 14—yes, it’s a little more than a week. The San Francisco Brewers Guild starts things off right with their Opening Gala. The Yerba Buena Center for the Arts will be filled with enthusiastic beer fans as they sample over 30 craft brews and barrel-aged beverages. Tickets for the opening night start at just $45, but jump up to $55 if you order them after January 31.
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Is This The Most Gruesomely Named Pub In All Of London?
So let's say that you're doing the tourist thing in London and you've just walked up the slight hill behind the Tower of London and Tower Bridge, and you're perhaps thirsty for a pint. So you turn the corner onto Great Tower Street and stumble upon what looks to be the perfect pub, except it's got quite the gruesome name: The Hung Drawn And Quartered.
Now we thought we knew some pretty funny pub names {The Bung Hole, The Nobody Inn), but this one sticks out as something else. It's got us wondering: Are there other London pubs withe similarly morbid names?
Can you beat the "Hung Drawn And Quartered?" Let us know what you've spotted!
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Where Is Next Weekend's World Beer Festival?
We’re only about a week away from the World Beer Festival in Columbia, South Carolina. All About Beer Magazine has been putting on festivals like this for several years, and even though most hop-heads don’t travel across the globe to attend, the organizers do a great job of having plenty of libations from around the world. We’ve attended their offerings in North Carolina before and definitely think it’s worth your time.
There’s going to be at least 250 different beers for everyone to sample, and they’ll be coming from craft brewers, microbreweries, and even breweries that have enough cash to advertise during the Super Bowl. We’re happy that Anheuser-Busch is attending the festival, but we’re going to have to pass on the Bud Light Golden Wheat—thanks anyway.
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Belly Up To Portland's Beer Brunch And Festival To Toast Holiday Brews
The holiday season is full of extra calories thanks to delicious cookies, chocolates, and candy canes. We’re also big fans of getting some extra nourishment from holiday beverages—eggnog anyone? If drinking gets you in the Christmas spirit, then Portland needs to be on your to-do list for this weekend. The city is getting ready for its Holiday Ale Festival today through December 6 in Pioneer Courthouse Square—don’t worry about getting chilly, its inside heated tents. It’s a good deal too, just $20 will get you ten tasting tickets and a souvenir mug.
There’s going to be over 45 different holiday brews from all over the globe, but there will be plenty of local beers from Oregon as well. Each day there will be a limited selection of specialty beers, so make sure you check out which day might be best for your porter palette. We want to attend this Thursday to take on the Ho Ho Homo Erectus from Walking Man Brewing. It’s an Imperial IPA that’s been aged in Jamaican rum barrels—there’s only a quarter barrel of this one, so get there early to try it out.
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Five Good Bars At Five Major Airports For Holiday Travel
There’s a lot of busy airports around the country today, but hopefully you’ve already made your way through the terminal and are reading this thanks to free in-flight WiFi. If that’s not the case, here’s a few places to relax within some of the nation’s busiest airports.
· LaGuardia Airport - New York City:
The airports in New York are always stressful; after all, they are full of New Yorkers trying to get out of town. If the weather or air traffic has you stuck for a few, take a moment to relax at the Fox Sports Bar and Restaurant in the Delta Terminal. It’s not going to make the list of airport bests, but there’s plenty of beer on tap and you’ll be able to watch football despite being miles away from your home. If anything can cure a Thanksgiving disaster it’s a few beers and some football.
More stress reducing establishments after the break
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Slankets, Sliders and Southwest Ale at NYC's Bryant Park
Almost six months ago, Southwest Airlines gave New Yorkers an outright gift: the Southwest Porch, a relaxing, open-air venue in the middle of the city at Bryant Park. During the day, workers from offices in Midtown would sit in the adirondack chairs and on the cushioned lounges to eat their packed lunches, and at night, they can return for a drink and snacks when the bar opens.
The Porch is a pleasant surprise for its lack of pretension and excess of good food choices (being from Top Chef Tom Colicchio' s 'wichcraft chain). We expected it to close down for the winter when the leaves began to fall, but instead the Porch has re-inaugurated itself via a winter menu and introduction of fire pits and slankets, the slankets in celebration of Southwest's recent SkyMall cover.
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Only A Few More Weekends Until Seattle's Beer And Chocolate Festival
Technically it’s still fall, but we got one of those overpriced red cup beverages at Starbucks yesterday, so we say it’s time to talk about the winter. The Winter Beer Festival is coming to Seattle in just a few weeks on December 4 and 5. The beer may be cold, but after a few samples, you’ll be feeling nice and toasty.
Things will take place at Hale’s Palladium within Hale’s Ales Brewery, and the tasting is open on Friday evening from 5 to 10pm and on Saturday afternoon from 1 to 10pm. Tickets are $25—save $2 for getting them in advance—and they’ll get you a tasting glass along with six 5.5 ounce samples. That’s a lot more than the usual beer festival offering, so be sure to pace yourself and savor the flavors.
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Get Your Craft Beer From An Airplane Hangar In California
Beeeeer. While it's the drinking hour already here on the east coast, over in Los Angeles and Long Beach, they've still got a few more hours before it's socially acceptable to pop the top on a cold bottle of Hangar 24 Craft Beer. We were originally turned on to the unique Hangar 24 Brewery in Redlands, CA by the Lomography website, after someone used their fancy, artsy camera to capture the place's brewing magic and its hangar location.
Hanger 24 is relatively new to the microbrewery scene, having only opened in 2008, but the dream began in the skies:
Hangar 24 Craft Brewery began with a true passion for good beer, the absolute love of flying and the pure enjoyment of being around great friends. Founder and Master Brewer Ben Cook and his buddies used to meet at hangar 24 after an afternoon of flying to trade stories, talk aviation, play music and share a few cold ones that Ben just finished brewing at home.
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Beer Ban On Select Qantas Flights Is Un-Australian
Aussies are definitely not impervious to the charms of a cold can of Fosters; after all, they do have record-breaking pub crawls and boats made of beer cans. But if you're flying on a domestic Qantas flight Down Under, there are a few less beers going round these days.
Citing unruly behavior, mostly from drunken mine workers heading home after a couple of weeks working in the desert, Qantas has banned full strength beer and spirits on all flights within Western Australia. This follows existing bans on sales of spirits on intrastate flights in other parts of Australia.
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Guzzle The Nation's Best Brews At San Diego Beer Week
When you think of the U.S.'s best beer cities, places like New York, Portland and Philly always pop into mind. But according to Men's Journal, if you want to guzzle the nation's best brew, you have to head to San Diego. There's no better time to sample some of the city's suds than San Diego Beer Week from November 6 to 15.
San Diego County boasts 33 breweries, and the first-time Beer Week will showcase the local craft beers in more than 100 events, including beer tastings, beer dinners and home-brewing demonstrations. And it isn't just bars that will take part. Restaurants want to tap into Beer Week's potential. "We are encouraging breweries to push the envelope and create events with places not typically associated with craft beer. We know we’ll have support from beer enthusiasts, but we want to reach people who might not know about San Diego’s craft beer scene,” says Colby Chandler, president of the San Diego Brewers Guild, the event's sponsor.
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A Pumpkin Beer Festival In Seattle To Start The Halloween Season
Pumpkin season is upon us. Most places are now filled with orange displays, the convenience store is pushing their pumpkin cappuccino things, and of course there’s plenty of candy. We’re all about celebrating Halloween even if it is still an entire month until the big day, especially if it involves some special holiday beverages. One brewery in Seattle knows that there’s only one way to truly get the season underway, and that is with a pumpkin beer festival.
The Elysian Brewing Company is putting the final preparations in place for The Great Pumpkin Beer Festival. Things will be taking place this weekend, October 10 and 11, at the brewery’s Capitol Hill location. There will be plenty of pumpkin beers to help lager lovers get their fix and celebrate the season. The brewery will be honoring nine of their own beers, including The Great Pumpkin Imperial Pumpkin Ale, Hansel and Gretel Ginger Pumpkin Pilsner, and Night Owl. There will be concoctions from other breweries as well including Southern Tier, Rock Bottom, and Dogfish Head.
