![]() ![]() It usually ends up on the floor before it ends up in your mouth. Ever have a beer flood pushed in your face? It’s not as fun as it sounds. This causes a tidal wave effect as all the foot’s beer is literally pushed into your face. Once the empty space hits the foot of the foot, the bubble rushes into the toe and pushes out all the beer that was inside the foot a second ago. The problem with the toe is this: as you drink the boot, the air bubble gets bigger as there’s less beer left to drink. ![]() ![]() Unlike a regular glass or bottle, the boot has a toe. More importantly, it’s not the size of the beer boot that drenches your shirt and makes you cough. No advice can make 100 ounces of beer less than 100 ounces of beer. The beer boot makes every chug you’ve ever had to do look like child’s play. Beer boots sold at OktoberfestHaus can hold up to 3 liters of beer in one boot! That’s the equivalent of 100 ounces (for the mathematically lazy, that’s five bottles or eight and a half cans). Challenge 1: The Sizeįirst of all, beer boots are huge and they hold a ton of beer…okay, maybe not a metric ton, but they hold more than you’re used to. Read on to learn the secret tip in overcoming the beer boot challenge. ![]() However, if you master the task, you will find yourself in a prestigious league of beer champions (also known as Germans) who how to drink from a beer boot. That being said, you should heed our warning: beer boots are a messy task and not for the faint at heart. Monthly releases vary by location, so scout out our beers on tap and visit us soon.Drinking from a beer boot is much harder than it looks, but easy to master with a little practice. We specialize in handcrafted beers and fresh, from-scratch New American cuisine. With 11 locations in Pennsylvania, Delaware and New Jersey, there’s an Iron Hill Brewery & Restaurant near you. Be social and share your Das Boot Beer Release photos with us on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram using the hashtags #DasBoot and #IronHill. How will you enjoy the boot? We want to see. Still others say that the notion of drinking out of boots began in World War I, when German soldiers, having nothing better to drink from, would pass around a beer-filled leather boot before heading into battle. Some claim it started as a form of hazing, wherein soldiers or club members would get one member to take off his shoe, fill it with beer and serve it to initiates to inspire both loyalty and a dose of disgust. When the troops won, the general had a glassmaker craft a boot from glass to fulfill his promise-without having to taste his own feet or spoil the beer by serving it out of his leather boot. Some say that the boots, known as Bierstiefeln in German, originated with a Prussian general who promised troops he’d drink beer from his boot if they prevailed in battle. Obviously, it was an intense, thrilling game, and I enjoyed quite a few Jever Pils during the course of the game and after.”Īs far as the glass boot we’ll be serving Justin’s creation in, well, no one is clear precisely where that idea came from. It was a 0-0 match until Oliver Neuville scored the game-winning goal in the 91st minute. … One evening there was huge game for Germany, who was playing Poland. The particular we would attend was in Wiesbaden, and the beer vendor was Jever Pils. Tickets to games were extremely expensive, so we would go to the fan fests to watch the games, which were basically carnival-like atmospheres set up in parks with jumbotron TVs, beer and food vendors. “In June 2006, I traveled to Germany for the World Cup and to visit my aunt and uncle. Inspired by the Jever Pils he enjoyed during a trip to Germany, Justin has created a delicately balanced beer boasting a light straw color, firm bitterness and a dry, crisp finish. “So when I transferred to Wilmington I promised him I would brew one as soon as possible.” “German pilsner is one of Chef Dave Foster’s favorite styles of beer,” explains Justin Sproul, head brewer at our Wilmington location. Starting at 4 p.m., imbibe this traditional German lager from a standard 16-ounce glass, or really get into the spirit of the celebration and drink deep from a 32-ounce glass boot. On Thursday, July 2, Iron Hill Wilmington will be pulling out all the stops for its Das Boot Beer Release. ![]()
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