Vacation 2016 - Day 4 - 7/17/2016
The day began with a fantastic breakfast, from eggs to
salmon to fruit to sausage.
Reneee - our ebullient Program Director - had joked you will
gain a minimum of 5 (pound? kilos?) on this trip, but with the walking it may
be a wash.
We started out with a trip to the Black Forest region.
There
was a cuckoo-clock making demonstration, glassblower, local beer:
Fürstenberg
| Pil |
Lager, Pilsner, German Pils | 4.8%
| [6.8]
Fürstenberg
| Hefeweizen |
Ale, Wheat, Hefeweizen | 4.8%
| [8.0]
{*score on an open ended scale of 1-10, resolution 0.1}
Then back to the ship for lunch, we opted for the informal
buffet, and even had an EU version of the classic "chilly dog." Had a
Benediktiner | Weissbier
| Ale, Wheat, Alpine Weise |
5.4% | [8.0]
Also chatted with a family from Minnesota, Grisham and
Grace, with their son Joel, who is also a beer fan.
Colmar France was amazing. Besides being the one-time
residence of Bartholdi (yes that Bartholdi) it's a beautiful collection of
shops and buildings, some very old.
First found that the Schwendi restaurant
brews their own:
Schwendi | Schwendi-Bier | Ale, Blonde
| 5.0%(?) | [7.5]
At Brasserie Tanneurs, had a very low ABV:
Juplier / Piedbouf
| Blanche |
Lager, Pale | 1.1
| [7.0]
A gent at Tanneurs directed me towards some other bars that
might have some better / local beer. Unfortunately did not find any other
Colmar-brewed beers, but at James'on Pub (yes, that's correct) tried a lovely
Fischer D'Alsace
| Amber / Ambree |
Ale, Amber | 5.0%?
| [7.0]
At Les Incorruptibles, they served two of the same beer, I
assume it was happy hour based on the price?
Chouffe | Ardens Blonde |
Ale, Belgian Blonde | 8.0%
| [7.5]
Back at the ship, finished off dinner with
Fürstenberg
| Weizen Hefe Dunkel |
Ale, Wheat, Dunkelweizen | 5.4%
| [8.0]
chatting with Stan and Carol from Long Beach, CA, and Rita
and daughter Daniella from San Francisco.
Interesting footnote - the wheelhouse on the ship retracts
to all but ensure that at high-water times, the ship will make it through low
bridges.
Tomorrow will be docked in Kehl Germany with a tour of
Strasbourg France and some Alsatian wine tasting!
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