{"id":6860,"date":"2014-01-16T08:37:39","date_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:37:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/?p=6860"},"modified":"2014-01-16T08:37:39","modified_gmt":"2014-01-15T19:37:39","slug":"ich-bin-ein-radler","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/philcook.net\/beerdiary\/2014\/01\/16\/ich-bin-ein-radler\/","title":{"rendered":"Ich bin ein Radler"},"content":{"rendered":"
\"Waldhaus<\/a>
Waldhaus Radler, and my new bike, on Oriental Parade (i.e., nearly home)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

My big present-to-self this year, after several years on a semi-dependable runabout that has massively improved my daily \/ weekly \/ seasonal routine, is a nice new bike. While I did make sure to wear my super-smug cyclist t-shirt<\/a> when I picked it up, today,<\/a>1<\/sup><\/a>
\nI’m no rabidly dogmatic anti-combustion-engine fanatic \u2014 but I really do suggest you strongly consider getting your own velocipede<\/a>, if you don’t already have one: it’s a nice mix of relaxed and efficient transport, with little traffic, no parking meters, and genuinely-therapeutic windows into the Zen Of Cycling \u2014 wherein you may come to believe that there seldom are hill climbs or headwinds so punishing that they’re ultimately unworthy of the blistering downhills or superpowering tailwinds that eventually follow.<\/a>2<\/sup><\/a><\/p>\n

And what better to celebrate with than a\u00a0radler<\/a>?\u00a0An\u00a0actual<\/em> radler, mind. Not that wrongly-named and more-wrongly-trademarked carbonated dishwashing liquid<\/a> that D.B. peddle, nor their new-and-differently-horrible “Export Citrus”<\/a> \u2014 which weirdly\u00a0might<\/em> kinda count as more truly “radler-esque”, and which must have them laughing all the way to the bank given that they charge basically the same for something upon which they pay a fraction of the excise tax. No, this thing was actually pleasantly refreshing. I can imagine it’d go truly gangbusters on a hot day, especially after and\/or during a good non-commuter ride. There’s naught wrong with a well-made shandy \u2014 but therein lies the thing, doesn’t it? Waldhaus’ version (not really surprisingly) manages it; being recognisably beery (albeit superfriendily and easily beery), with lemonade that avoids tasting\u00a0fake<\/em>, candy-ish, and contrived as it too-often does.<\/p>\n

It’s an often-mentioned madness<\/em><\/a> that I technically shouldn’t have been allowed to buy that beer, here, thanks to an incredibly stupid quirk and\/or interpretation of the local law. There was recently a knock-back on just this style term in the Czech Republic<\/a> for Heineken \u2014 which, at a high level of abstraction,\u00a0is<\/em> D.B. \u2014 that deserves to be celebrated, but unfortunately doesn’t signal any kind of good news, here, given the vast differences in jurisdiction. There was a distinct element of protest and provocation when Hashigo Zake imported this,<\/a>3<\/sup><\/a>\u00a0almost daring D.B. to send them a lawyer’s letter<\/a> which they’d no doubt just frame and hang on the wall. Nothing ever came of it, but given the long-running rule<\/a> that you risk losing trademarks you don’t actively defend, that might’ve been bad tactics on their part \u2014 and, just maybe, a brilliantly patient long-lead play by Dominic<\/a>. Radlergate gave context to the Porter Noir Saga<\/a> which came and went relatively quickly, but maybe there’s life left in the former fiasco yet. Hopefully it’s sensibly solved by the time I’m shopping for my\u00a0next<\/em> new bike, at least.<\/p>\n

\n

<\/a>1:<\/strong> Even though I want to quibble with it, myself<\/em>; there’s a good deal of CO2<\/sub> involved in making a bike and getting it to me. But still. “Vanishingly little CO2<\/sub>, in comparison” doesn’t really make a good slogan.\u00a0\u2191<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/a>2:<\/strong> Remember I say these things about hills and winds as a Wellingtonian<\/a><\/em>. And while it’s maybe a trite example \u2014 but perhaps a decent-enough slogan (see above, n1) \u2014 it really might do your mental health a lot of good. It did mine.\u00a0\u2191<\/a><\/span>
\n<\/a>3:<\/strong> Their distribution arm has since spun off and transmogrified into Beers Without Borders<\/a>.\u00a0\u2191<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

My big present-to-self this year, after several years on a semi-dependable runabout that has massively improved my daily \/ weekly \/ seasonal routine, is a nice new bike. 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