Bound for Beer

  This post is part of a 13 part series, if you want to start from the beginning, click here .  Saturday in Zoigl County  Part 1: Falkenberg and Hiking the Goldsteig Zoigl Trip - Part 9 of 13  I was really sick at this point. The night before I suggested that maybe I should skip the hike but Rich encouraged me to do it, so I was in. And I’m glad he did. Gear for the hike. I was ready for any weather condition. More tissues would have been useful. We were up early for breakfast at the hotel. Ferdl would be picking us up at 9:30am to drive us to Falkenberg. Ferdl is German, so 9:30am really means 9:15am. Rich, Billy, and I are all prompt people so it wasn’t a problem. There used to be a bus between Windischeschenbach and Falkenberg but it was discontinued, so Rich arranged for Ferdl to give us a ride to Falkenberg. Unfortunately Ferdl would not be able to join us for any portion of the day as he was busy with a martial arts event. It really was a missed opportuni...

 We're in the midst of Philly Beer Week, which started on Friday, 03 June, and runs to Sunday, 12 June.  This year, Philly Beer Week is a completely volunteer driven grass roots operation. So please match your expectations accordingly, and you will definitely be more than happy with the numerous events.  Hammer of Glory Relay After a 2 year hiatus due to COVID, William Reed (Standard Tap, Johnny Brendas, The International Bar) and I decided to bring the Hammer of Glory Relay back. Neither William nor I were on the Philly Beer Week board when we came up with the idea of the hammer (they roped us in later).  We were just humble publicans minding our own businesses. We thought Philly Beer Week needed something stupit to prevent it becoming all serious like it was Philly Wine Week or something.  Our idea, probably mostly William's idea, was to do an Olympic Torch type thing. Somehow we came up with a giant hammer. William knew Wayne, who had an iron forge, and the i...