The wait is over for one beer lover

A customer was shocked when he saw Einbecker Mai-ur-Bock on tap here today.

Apparently he's been a fan of the beer for a long time and has been waiting 25 years to be able to get it in Seattle. The last time he found it anywhere was at an Oktoberfest event in Tokyo, Japan last year.

Luckily he came in today. We've only got one keg and it won't be on long.

Einbecker's got a pretty cool testimonial on their website. In 1521, Martin Luther said, "The best drink known to man is called Einbecker Beer." Now, that's a spokesman!

A cautionary tale...

Mike's finished. He's out of here. He's given his two-week customer notice. He's taking his wife and moving to Virginia. Just to buy some gigantic house for the price of 3 days of U-District parking. And where is he going to get his Sweet Tea, Baked Beans, and Kosher Beef Frank? He didn't think about that, did he?

Let that be a lesson. Never leave Shultzy's.

OK, maybe I'm overstating things just a bit.

Great pictures of Shultzy's online

And we didn't even take the pictures! :)

Euphtw has a blog called Blue Seattle. For many of our friends, the blog might be difficult to decipher because it's in Chinese (fortunately, my Singaporean-Chinese wife is conveniently located in my living room). If you don't have a Chinese wife conveniently located in your living room, you can try the Google "translated into English" version, but it's mostly a demonstration that computers, like me, have a long way to go in understanding written Chinese.

Back in mid-February, Euphtw did a write-up on Shultzy's, but what especially amazed both Don and I was the quality of the photos. They are fantastic! EuphTW knows a lot about lighting and composition -- the photos reminded me of some professional photos of the old Shultzy's from long, long ago that were done as part of a Microsoft advertising campaign.

I think we know who to talk to next time we're in need of great photos of Shultzy's. Thanks Euphtw!

Friends of Shultzy's

A special shout-out to the first person on our Friends of Shultzy's blogroll...

John Wulff is a blogging Shultzy's regular and the first person to find and subscribe to our Twitter feed. For those of your interested in what's on tap, Twitter can give you the latest news on your favorite beers, and you can choose to get updates on your PC or on your cell phone via SMS. Also, as we get going, we'll have special offers for our Twitter followers, so stay tuned for those.

Thanks, John!