tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post6223704905672787837..comments2024-03-23T04:23:48.076+00:00Comments on Tandleman's Beer Blog: Win Some - Lose SomeUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-23618781294114646432020-01-09T11:09:39.422+00:002020-01-09T11:09:39.422+00:00Having lived in Germany for nearly 4 years now I c...Having lived in Germany for nearly 4 years now I couldn't agree more with your point about Germans (in genera)l not being inclined to admitting that they are wrong. Especially compared to Brits, which makes it more obvious to us and 'us' more susceptible to 'losing' these encounters. Of course they practically fall over themselves to point out your own transgressions, a national past-time if ever there was one. <br /><br />My approach (and it helps if you can speak colloquial German) is to be polite but firm. Make it clear that eg. the beer should be topped up, but don't make a fuss or draw too much attention to it and certainly don't suggest any deliberate intention. As soon as you open up discussion they sense your doubt and dig themselves in. As an earlier commenter said, it helps if you can see what they are doing. <br /><br />I find the general tapping of beer/maintaining of lines/glasses to be far inferior to our neighbours in the Czech Republic, even in Bamberg where I am lucky enough tom live. The other week I was sat in a pub (at the bar) in Ulm and they had a barrel of Augustiner Helles on from wooden gravity barrel. The guy poured 2/3s from the barrel and topped it up with keg. I cried inside. <br /><br />I politely but firmly told him I had asked for holzfass and I expected to receive holzfass. It didn't happen again.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-87477132917413528512020-01-03T09:58:44.050+00:002020-01-03T09:58:44.050+00:00Nobody likes waste is all I'd say. Likely gets...Nobody likes waste is all I'd say. Likely gets used while fresh but in quiet periods......Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-3216233779401264172020-01-01T14:43:50.797+00:002020-01-01T14:43:50.797+00:00With table service the norm in Germany, you often ...With table service the norm in Germany, you often don't see your beer being poured anyway. Obviously it was a bit different in your case TM, as you could see what was going on, but it does make me wonder how much "topping up" goes unnoticed. <br /><br />As for short measures!!!Paul Baileyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09678639237696546268noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-89957803562269041812020-01-01T13:53:32.435+00:002020-01-01T13:53:32.435+00:00He wasn't belligerent. Just quietly bloody min...He wasn't belligerent. Just quietly bloody minded. Very amiable really.Tandlemanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06804499573827044693noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8629758183547510158.post-84501444235025079442020-01-01T12:11:07.556+00:002020-01-01T12:11:07.556+00:00You find poor hospitality and belligerent staff ev...You find poor hospitality and belligerent staff everywhere. I've long though Germany was generally one of the easiest places to raise a complaint. France sucks. But anywhere where the custom is mainly tourist has fewer reason to give a crap about repeat business and that goes for everywhere. Well done for trying tho. Next time give it the beer writer "Don't you know who I am" schtick, eh?Cooking Lagerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02830924433230427226noreply@blogger.com