Octoberfest
In the USofA Octoberfest is celebrated in October. Mostly because the people here would get confused if it started in September like it does in Munich. No matter because any excuse to drink beer and have great food is a good excuse.
Oh yeah, it should be spelled with a K.
MacorMcQue a brewer from Gordon Biersch joins us with samples of three different Octoberfest beers made from the same recipe.
History of the event.
Q. How come old photographs are always black and white? Didn’t they have color film back then?
A. Sure they did. In fact, those old photographs are in color. It’s just that the world was black and white then. The world didn’t turn color until sometime in the 1930s, and it was pretty grainy color for a while, too.
Q. But then why are old paintings in color?! If the world was black and white, wouldn’t artists have painted it that way?
A. Not necessarily. A lot of great artists were insane.
Q. But… But how could they have painted in color anyway? Wouldn’t their paints have been shades of gray back then?
A. Of course, but they turned colors like everything else did in the ’30s.
Q. So why didn’t old black and white photos turn color too?
A. Because they were color pictures of black and white, remember?
Patrick Stewart is a pervert.
Beers on the show:
Gordon Biersch from three different breweries. All made from the same recipe.
Homework:
Experience Octoberfest in your local where ever that is. Or plan a trip to Munich for 2009.
