Franconian Beer Message Board

Witzgall Festbier
Posted by DonS on 2011-01-12 08:44:20
Supporting the good old-fashioned places is only part of the equation. If aging owners and proprietors don't have next-generation successors, their places will eventually fade away. The next generation would prefer to find work in engineering, marketing, or other trades that assure them of steady jobs with good incomes and relatively fixed hours. 80-hour workweeks in a highly cyclical trade just don't have the same appeal. Germany - including Franconia - is hardly unique in this regard. Numerous other pressures are contributing too, including aging populations, overall drop in alcohol beverage consumption, ever-stricter drink-driving penalties, and tendency to drink at home. As we US-Americans like to say, "I live in the USA. I've seen your future, and it's terrible." Mind you, things have changed for the better here, but back just a few decades ago, when our good-beer situation was so dire, the situation looked grim indeed.
 
Followups:
                   Witzgall Festbier by Barry on  2011-01-13 03:02:48
                     Witzgall Festbier by TreinJan on  2011-01-13 09:41:07
                       Witzgall Festbier by DonS on  2011-01-13 13:23:27
                         Witzgall Festbier by TreinJan on  2011-01-13 13:33:12
                     Witzgall Festbier by Mark Andersen on  2011-01-13 18:21:28
                       Eschawo == Windischeschenbach by Nick B. on  2011-01-14 00:24:01
                         Eschawo / Eschawecka by TreinJan on  2011-01-14 01:38:33
                           Eschawo / Eschawecka by Barry on  2011-01-14 03:10:36
                             Eschawo / Eschawecka by TreinJan on  2011-01-14 03:47:52
                               Eschawo / Eschawecka by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-14 06:30:50
                               Eschawo / Eschawecka by DonS on  2011-01-14 10:16:22
                                 Eschawo / Eschawecka by DonS on  2011-01-14 10:18:11
                                   Eschawo / Eschawecka by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-14 10:48:40
                                 Eschawo / Eschawecka by Barry on  2011-01-14 13:00:23
                                   Eschawo / Eschawecka by DonS on  2011-01-14 13:15:41
                           Eschawo / Eschawecka by Nick B. on  2011-01-15 03:31:39
                         Eschawo == Windischeschenbach by Nick B. on  2011-01-15 05:40:40
                           Eschawo == Windischeschenbach by DonS on  2011-01-15 12:55:40
                             Eschawo / Eschawecka by DonS on  2011-01-15 14:12:42
                             Eschawo == Windischeschenbach by Barry on  2011-01-16 05:18:38
                               Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on  2011-01-16 09:58:58
                                 Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-17 02:48:19
                                   Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by john ratcliffe on  2011-01-17 03:32:51
                                     Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-17 07:03:23
                                   Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on  2011-01-17 09:05:24
                                     Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-17 11:50:13
                                       Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by john ratcliffe on  2011-01-17 13:33:13
                                       Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Mark Andersen on  2011-01-17 13:20:12
                                       Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on  2011-01-17 23:10:48
                                         Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-18 02:01:25
                                         Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-18 02:06:49
                                           Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on  2011-01-18 07:25:49
                                             Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-18 09:16:54
                                           Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on  2011-01-19 00:52:07
                                             Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-19 12:23:14
                                               Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by DonS on  2011-01-19 13:50:04
                                               Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Nick B. on  2011-01-20 00:25:24
                                                 Bier Ohne Grenzen (Beer Without Borders) by Barry on  2011-01-20 02:08:42
                                                   Schwemme by DonS on  2011-01-20 08:15:31
                                                     Schwemme by Mark Andersen on  2011-01-20 09:42:57
                                                       Schwemme by john ratcliffe on  2011-01-20 10:54:27
                                                         Schwemme by Bill Miller on  2011-01-20 17:15:44
                                                           Schwemme by Barry on  2011-01-21 02:28:00
                                                           Schwemme by Nick B. on  2011-01-21 05:14:23
                                                             Schwemme by Nick B. on  2011-01-21 05:15:37
                                                             Schwemme by Barry on  2011-01-21 06:18:53
                                                               Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-21 07:57:54
                                                               Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-21 08:01:08
                                                                 Schwemme by DonS on  2011-01-21 09:06:47
                                                                 Schwemme by Mark Andersen on  2011-01-21 09:34:49
                                                                   Schwemme by Barry on  2011-01-21 09:47:18
                                                                     Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-21 10:32:25
                                                                       Schwemme by Barry on  2011-01-21 11:54:43
                                                                         Schwemme by A Harvey on  2011-01-21 22:43:12
                                                                   Schwemme by Nick B. on  2011-01-22 03:13:18
                                                               der...das...die...Schwemme by Nick B. on  2011-01-22 03:15:51
                                                                     Schwemme by Mark Andersen on  2011-01-22 05:06:08
                                                                       Schwemme by john ratcliffe on  2011-01-22 07:33:53
                                                                 der...das...die...Schwemme by DonS on  2011-01-22 08:46:10
                                                                 der...das...die...Schwemme by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-22 10:18:43
                                                     Schwemme...von "Schwelle"? by Nick B. on  2011-01-26 00:35:29
                                                       "Relevant" by Nick B. on  2011-01-26 01:00:48
                                                       Schwemme...von by Uncle Jimbo on  2011-01-26 10:43:09
                                                         Schwemme...von by Nick B. on  2011-01-27 01:30:26
                                                       Schwemme...von by DonS on  2011-01-29 15:08:08
                                                         Schwemme...von by Nick B. on  2011-01-30 04:57:26