The plan for today was to go somewhere different, Rosenheim would be that place. The Bier also had to be good as I would be getting bombarded with Communiques from The Staggs (Musselburgh) who are having their Remembrance Day Festival today – and tomorrow… The Breakfast at The Royal is one of the main attractions, today they had added Nuts to their Fare, a good touch.
The Bayern Ticket (for two) took us to Rosenheim in 45 mins, the drizzle was stopping. The Auer Bräuerei was located just along from the Station – keep this for later. Approaching the edge of the Marktplatz I spotted a sign for an exhibition – Tiefsee. The Poster had an Octopus, Marg would like this – Kultur? Fish! Sadly the exhibition stopped last week, but wait it had been extended! We spent a few minutes locating the Flöltzinger Bräuerei then off we went.
Now the Poster had an Octopus, we expected Fish, Sea Creatures, not an exhibit about the technology of Deep Sea Exploration. We saw some Diving Bells and Jacques Cousteau’s Red Benny Hat! I did learn something about the movement of Ocean Currents that had escaped me so far – the Equatorial Counter Current at the surface of the Pacific and Indian Oceans is part of the Thermohaline Conveyor.
There was a Movie, just as well. It lasted only ten minutes, even better. I suppose if they brought these Creatures to the Surface they would explode. Gosh they were ugly, not since the Sky Sports Cameras panned around the Stands at a certain East End Football Ground have I seen such unfortunate looking Species. Time for Lunch.
We wandered through the Marktplatz which was empty. A pleasant enough Square, is this all Rosenheim has to offer? Café Elizabeth offered us Soup for €2.90. Expecting a modest bowl the portion turned out to be huge and included pieces of Frankfurter – superb. Bier O’clock!
The Flöltzinger Bräuerei boasts winning an Award for brewing the Best Helles in the World. Now who wins Awards, and who takes Awards seriously?
The Flöltzinger Hell was indeed superb. It was not totally Dry in taste but there was no hint of Sweetness. The Body was full, definitely over 5% also suggested by the richness of the Golden hew. The Chaps would love this! Marg had Gluhwein, Help ma Boab!
The plans for later evening permtited only a modest afternoon intake was required. I tore myself away, more would have gone down very well, the Auer Bräuerei was calling. Without a map I took us straight there. We found what looked like the Ausschank, closed. An integral Spanish sounding restaurant also said Ruhetag… No more Bier, time for Ice-Cream!
Th
e Cafe La Perla is directly outside the Bahnhof, well, we are on Holiday…
Augustiner Ausschank
We took the Tram up the road to the Augustiner Brewery Tap where New Years were brought in prior to the Ulverston Days. How can they sell Edelstoff for so little? At €2.60 per 0.5l this is delightful, even allowing for the short-measure. I thought the Burgermeister of München had decreed in the late 1990’s that all Bier will be poured to the Line? We sat opposite a mature Russian/Polish Couple but more importantly, facing The Band who were at the end of our table. Marg applauded everything, the Lead Trumpet began to acknowledge Marg. Photos were taken, lots of photos.
We had to eat, again
The Bratenpfanderl is a Pan served dish with four pieces of Meat, three Pork all cooked differently, and a quarter Duck. A Dumpling and side of Red Cabbage maintains the Healthy Option. All this for €11.90, how? It was Marg’s turn to order the Wiener Schnitzel. More Edelstoff.
The R/P Couple were not so Happy, well Doris certainly wasn’t, Bert kept buying her more Radler. We think she wanted to leave. They were with us until near enough the bitter end. Meanwhile three Malaysian Chaps sat at the end of our table blocking my view of The Band, it’s OK, I could still hear them… Marg was in, two Michaels and a Kim. Marg will write their Biographies next week after this Week’s Reports are written.
Our Waiter knew that Edelstoff was the Bier of choice, the measures even became acceptable, so was his Tip.
Rod and Frankie
The Sports Bar, or Café Schiller as it is more correctly called is a few metres from the Hotel Royal, one cannot have a Trip to München and not have the Night Cap here. The eccentric Rod Stewart Clone was not on duty, his more more intense colleague would serve us. A short measure of Franziskaner appeared very quickly and a Baileys for Marg. Now I know that the Bier at this venue is poured from Metered Fonts, so how is s short-measure possible?
… Something is afoot in the City of München…
The Brewery Taps and Cafes visited today:
Cafe Elizabeth – Ludwigsplatz 22, 83022, Rosenheim, Bayern
Flöltzinger Bräustuberl – Samerstrasse 17,83022, Rosenheim, Bayern
Eiscafe La Perla – Bahnhofstraße 12, 83022, Rosenheim, Bayern
Augustiner Bräustuben, Landsberger Str. 19, 80339, München
Sport-Café Schiller – Schillerstrasse 3, D-80336, München