Day 17 & 18

Day 17… Today was a little rough. We started our day off with a bus ride that was supposed to leave at 9:00. After trying to find our bus for almost an hour, we learned that our driver was in a completely different city. After almost another hour of waiting we finally were able to leave for our first tour, which was an hour and a half drive. We arrived at Bush (not Busch) for our first tour, two hours behind schedule and sat down for what we thought was going to be a tour. After waiting around there for a little we were shown a video tour and given a tasting. We were given three beers to taste one of which had a peachy flavor. I found this flavor to be interesting but I don’t think I would drink it regularly.

Since we were already behind schedule we decided to push on and skip lunch so that we could make it to our next tour. After driving for almost another hour and a half we arrived at Carolus (I believe that’s the name of the brewery). Since we were so far behind schedule we were forced to rush through our tour. But our tour guide was very informative and comical. He told us that his previous job was to go to foreign embassies to make sure it was alright for our president to visit. We were able to see their old brewing equipment, but not their current brewing process. After our rushed tour we were able to taste two of their beers, which were of higher alcohol content then what we have become use to in Germany. Our tour guide also informed us that under their new management they have decided to make whisky. Here whisky needs to be lock up for security reasons. They need to lock up their whisky with two locks, one of which is from the company which regulates whisky. This means that every time they need to access their whisky they need to call that company to be able to unlock their locks. After returning back to our hotel we all went out for dinner at a nice local place. Despite the slow start to our day I feel that it was a success.

Day 18… Today is mostly a free day. I started off by sleeping in and enjoying some eggs, bacon and a cappuccino. Then I worked on my presentation which will be this evening. It seems like today will be a lazy day.