Hacker-Pschorr Hell

The time came to finally say goodbye to Munich and the Oktoberfest and head for greener pastures in Stuttgart - just in time to catch the opening of the Canstatter Volksfest. Before we headed on our way we decided to pick up some roadies/travellers for the two hour train ride. The station newsagents had an offer on Hacker-Pschoor Helles, which was too much of a temptation to resist and I bought a few bottles. Again this beer failed to live up to the awesome fest beers we had been quaffing over the last few days, but still was very respectable by any standards. I guess when in an environment that is packed with really good beers, you start to take things for granted! Anyhow the train ride didn't last long and we even made friends with a few German Squaddies on the way. Oh, also worth mentioning, the bottles were cool swing tops!

Hacker-Pschorr Oktoberfest

The rain finally subsided and we ran into some friendly locals in the beer garden for the Hacker-Pschorr tent. The security guards at this tent were like little commandos with berets on. I don't think they realized just how camp they looked,. but that didn't matter as they were letting people into the tent freely, but it seemed that all the action was happening outside.

The Hacker-Pschorr Brewery traces its ancestry back to 1417 in Munich, Germany, a whole 99 years before the enactment of the Reinheitsgebot Purity Law of 1516.
In the late 18th century, Joseph Pschorr bought the Hacker brewery from his father-in-law. He subsequently founded a separate brewery under his own name. His two sons divided his estate by each taking control of one of the two separate breweries. In 1972, Hacker and Pschorr merged to form Hacker-Pschorr, but the beers were sold as separate brands well after 1975. Even with a history that makes takeover artists like InBev and SABmiller look tame, the brewing process has remained virtually unchanged for over 580 years. The brewery is most well renown for its Weisse, but the Oktoberfest was pretty good as well. Come to think of it, all the tent beers in Munich where exceptional - a very rare occurrence in the life of this accidental ticker! http://www.hacker-pschorr.de/