The Last Supper: Bier!

Haaaaaalllllllloooooo!!!

How is everyone doing? This will be the last blog for German Food & Culture. So, naturally I saved the best for last: German Beer. The Germans have perfected the tasty drink and Germany is constantly associated with great beer. The Germans even have a 16 day festival dedicated to drinking beer and socializing. This famous festival is known as Oktoberfest.

Oktoberfest is a 16 day festival held from late September to the first week of October. It is a celebration of beer and the coming of Fall. It is held in Bavaria in the major city of Munich.  Historically, it started as a festival to celebrate the marriage of Prince Ludwig and Princess Therese. Oktoberfest has very strict rules regarding the Beer. The beer MUST be brewed within the city limits of Munich. The beer must be brewed to certain and very specific expectations.
These are the breweries that can produce Oktoberfest Beer:

-Hacker-Pschorr-Bräu
-Augustiner-Bräu
-Löwenbräu 
-Paulaner-Bräu
-Spatenbräu
-Staatliches Hofbräu-München

However, these breweries and delicious beer can only be found in Munich. But you can still get delicious imported beer here in Seattle! Located in Pike Place right next to the original Starbucks, is a wonderful Bavarian market. This market is appropriately called "Bavarian Meat Delicatessen". There are great Hefeweizen's, Weissbeir, Pilsner, Dunkles, and Altbier!

So check it out!!

The world is obsessed with German beer, especially the United States. I mean, being able to drink at 16 in Germany?!! What?!?! That's awesome!! So in many parts of the world, one can find a nice German beer and one sip will make you feel like you're on top of the mountain tops overlooking Munich, or maybe laughing and talking with some strangers you just met at Oktoberfest.

Overall, there is one thing that is constantly true about beer:

Beer makes the world go 'round!

Time for Leavenworth!

Guten Tag!!

It is Autumn and the evenings tend to get chilly quickly. It is the season for eating tantalizing Bavarian food and listening to happy German Christmas music!! Spending Winter in Germany would be an amazing experience, but not everyone can afford for it. However, if you can experience an incredible get-away or want to feel as you have gone to Germany, you can do that in Washington state. Do you want to enjoy a little Germany adventure here in Washington? I am going to introduce you a day trip to the town called Leavenworth, two hours car ride from Seattle, also known as “German Village”.

Leavenworth, is a fascinating Bavarian village in Washington. If you want to take a break from the blue, cold, and wet weather of Seattle, take a beautiful two hours drive towards east through the mountains to Leavenworth. This German Village located between mountains has nicer weather than Seattle. In this town, you do not even feel you are in the U.S. 

There are a lot of pastry and bakeries along with many German restaurants and beer gardens. There is the one authentic German bakery called Bavarian Bakery. This bakery is run by German owner who is also known as a great baker. There is always a big line of people who want to try real German bread.  During Christmas time, their Christmas tree is decorated with their original pretzels. This bakery is also doing delivery service, therefore, many people in Seattle area can enjoy real German taste.

Bis Dann!

Randy