Aviation Beer

At MUC there is Airbrau that has very good beer. I have a 5 liter
bottle with a plop-top that I brought back.

Am I reading that right -- a "5 liter bottle"?

Damn, they aren't messing around, are they?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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At MUC there is Airbrau that has very good beer. I have a 5 liter
bottle with a plop-top that I brought back.

Am I reading that right -- a "5 liter bottle"?

Damn, they aren't messing around, are they?

:-)

They must have bladders as big as churchbells.

I highly recommend a visit to McMinville, Oregon's Golden Valley Brewery.
Excellent brew-pub with great food. They have a generous sample tray of
their products, with descriptions of the beers and ingredients, that I had
the pleasure of drinking my way through. Good Beer.

The FBO (at least a couple of years ago) had an ex-police black&white sedan
as a courtesty vehicle, with obligatory outboard swiveling searchlight.
Park that on the side of the road and watch the brake lights show!

http://www.goldenvalleybrewery.com/

Another great reason to visit McMinville is the Evergreen Aviation Museum,
home of the Spruce Goose as well as a superb collection of other aircraft.
You can walk to it from the airport - or alternately take your ex-police car
over there on the way to the hotel.

http://www.sprucegoose.org/

And a short flight west over the hills takes you to the Tillamook Air Museum
on the Oregon coast, with another great collection of aircraft housed in a
genuine WWII blimp hanger - the largest wooden structure in the world. The
building itself is awe inspiring - I remember they measure the roof area
(all wood) in acres.

http://www.tillamookair.com/

At that point, you're at a perfect launching point for flying the Pacific
coast - a fantastic air adventure in itself.








"Jay Honeck" wrote in message
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Okay, since no one seems to be flying much, we might as well talk
about something truly important...like beer.

Mary just picked up a 6-pack of "Major Tom's Pomegranate Wheat" ale
from the store. Why?

Well, because it has a biplane on the container, of course! (Gotta
love her taste in beer... ;-) It appears to be a Stearman, but the
cockpit has a turtle-deck, so that's not quite right...

But I digress.

As I'm sitting her supping it (and it's quite good, actually, although
I'm not sure that "pomegranate juice" has any business in beer), I
started to think about all the "aviation beers" I've imbibed over the
years.

For some strange reason, brewers -- especially microbrewers -- seem to
be enamored with aviation. Can you name any of your local "aviation
ales"?

Better yet, can you bring any of them to the "Rec.Aviation H.O.P.S.
Party" at our campsite during Oshkosh, for all to enjoy?

:-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

At that point, you're at a perfect launching point for flying the Pacific
coast - a fantastic air adventure in itself.

Ah, you've described my dream flight. Take a couple of weeks off, and
go fly around in Newps' territory for a while. Then fly over to
Oregon, Washington, and down Hwy 1 to San Diego.

I've done it in a motorcyle -- someday I want to do it in Atlas....

Finding aviation beer all the way! I wonder if there are any
"aviation-themed" wines in Napa Valley...?
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"

Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

http://www.spitfireale.co.uk/spitfire_ale.htm

They had fun with the advertising...'No Fokker comes close'
etc until smacked by the Advertising Standards police.
-C-
"Thomas Borchert" wrote in message
...
Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.

--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)

"Thomas Borchert" wrote ..
Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.
--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


Agree. In a Check Sixpack ;-)

"Snowbird" wrote in message
ti.fi...

"Thomas Borchert" wrote ..
Jay,

Spitfire in the UK seems fitting.
--
Thomas Borchert (EDDH)


Agree. In a Check Sixpack ;-)
Statistics

A recent study found that the average American walks about 900 miles a year.
Another study by the American Beer Institute found that the average American
drinks 22 gallons of beer a year.

This means, on average, Americans get approximately 41 miles per gallon.
Not bad!!!

I love statistics!!

Jay Honeck wrote:

For some strange reason, brewers -- especially microbrewers -- seem to
be enamored with aviation. Can you name any of your local "aviation
ales"?


Jet City Ale. It's supposed to be a Seattle microbrew, but it's actually
produced under contract by a brewer in (where else?) Iowa. :-)))

John Galban=====N4BQ (PA28-180)

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Jet City Ale. It's supposed to be a Seattle microbrew, but it's actually
produced under contract by a brewer in (where else?) Iowa. :-)))

No way!

I'll be it's made out in Amana (17 miles from here, by air) at the
Millstream Brewery. They do a lot of that "contract beer" stuff.

The brewery is an easy walk from the bucolic grass strip in Amana...

(No, we're NOT drinking and flying. But Atlas has a wonderful 1400+
pound useful load, and it shan't be wasted! A case of Schild Brau is
always a welcome addition... ;-)
--
Jay Honeck
Iowa City, IA
Pathfinder N56993
www.AlexisParkInn.com
"Your Aviation Destination"