They only growled and barked at @65% of the Trick-or-treaters last night!
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Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Only, huh? Well I hid in my appartment all night with the lights off.
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Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
ok, new thought. I am watching a movie called Manhunt with Walter Pidgeon. It has a scene where beer in a stein is being drank. As I have seen on so very many steins, there is a lid on the stein, so why? Why do they put lids on steins?
Keep stuff from falling in; prevent evaporation/keep scent from escaping, I'd imagine.
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Bavaria has a continental environment - mild temps and low dust. Maybe mosquitoes or flies?
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Ok, honestly I wanted to know if someone knew why, but I broke down and googled:
http://texasslavgerman.com/Why-Do-Beer-Steins-Have-Lids.html
long answer:
[sblock=why stiens have lids]
The word stein is the shortened version of the German word steinzeukrug which means tankard or stoneware jug and is characterized by having a hinged lid and a handle.
The origin of the beer stein dates back to the 14th century. In the mid to late 1300’s the bubonic plague killed more than 25 million Europeans. During the summers of the late 1400’s fly infestations often invaded central Europe. By the early 1500’s laws were passed in parts of Germany requiring that all food and drink containers be covered to protect consumers against these flies, and thus attempting to stop the spread of disease.
Another law that helped the stein making industry was that instead of using rotten food, eggs, and cabbage beer could only be brewed suing cereals, hops, yeast, and water. The restrictions on what could be used to brew beer greatly improved the taste and drove up consumption by about 2 liters per day in many places and this had a great impact on stein making. Up to the 1400’s wealthy Germans had pewter, glass, and silver vessels while the general population used wooden and porous earthenware vessels. The wooden and earthenware vessels broke easily which was good because they absorbed the beer and gave off an odor that worsened with each use.
Experiments were conducted to raise the temperature of earthenware vessels…. fired at 2200°F, moisture is driven out of the clay and partially melts the clay into a hard stone-like material from which comes the name “stoneware”. This produced a more sanitary container that was also resistant to chipping and cracking. Stoneware steins were costly, especially after the covered container law, which made them worthy of decorative ceramic art. The common motifs were shields, historical, allegorical, and biblical scenes. Personalized steins became a status symbol and display piece for the Germans.
By 1750 there were over 4000 breweries in Bavaria and the production of steins increased tremendously into the late 1700’s. Engraved glass steins were used in the 1700’s, but because they were fragile and costly a limited number were produced and few of the early steins exist today. In the 1600’s it was easy to determine a steins origin because every small region had its own typical form: southern tankards were wide and sturdy, northern tankards were sleek and tall, western steins were gray stoneware with blue decoration, and eastern steins were brown glazed stoneware. In the 1700’s shape became less important and most steins had a cylindrical shape and were about twice as high as they were wide. Now instead of differences in shape and size each region used different materials and motifs.
In the early 1800’s the Napoleonic war and other rebellions diminished the wealth of the upper class and the middle class became the most important market for steins. They preferred a sturdy, functional folk art instead of the extravagances of the previous era. Also at this time the preference was so clearly for glass and pewter that most stoneware manufacturers turned to making bowls, jars, and jugs and stopped making steins. Archeological expeditions of the early 1800’s uncovered excellent examples of Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art that so captivated the public they were ready to let go of the ordinary, functional style of the previous period. By the mid 1800’s art students were taught entirely by having them copy the forms and designs of these archeological finds. This new style is called neo-Renaissance and neo-classical but is more commonly called Historicism. The white clays of the Koln area were once again used to make stoneware steins. By the end of the 1800’s the covered container law was no longer in force but due to 300 years of conditioning, the Germans now viewed the stein as incomplete without a lid. In later years stoneware steins became popular again and molds were being used to mass produce them therefore the steins were no longer unique. In the mid to late 1800’s glassmaking techniques had advanced enough that molds were also used for mass production. These glass steins grew in popularity because of the sturdiness of the thick molded glass. Some amazing glass steins were made using acid etchings, pewter overlays, staining, and multi-colored glass overlays. Moisture absorbing plaster molds were used to make Porcelain steins which enabled production of novel shapes making the character steins more common. Lithosphane scenes could also be created in the bottom of these steins because the molds allowed variation in the thickness of the porcelain.
Historicism designs and motifs declined in popularity by the 1900’s and were replaced with town scenes, social scenes, commemoratives of military service, and occupational emblems. Many potters produced stoneware and glazed pottery steins to meet this demand. Art nouveau, a new style of art, was gaining some popularity, but around 1910 political and economic unrest caused a great slowdown in the stein industry. WWI broke out and the materials and labor previously used for the pewter industry were now used for munitions production. Stein making virtually halted. During the 1920’s production of steins increased, and except for slowdowns due to economic and political woes in early 1930’s and early 1940’s, increased production continues today. In the past 40 years America has become the leading market for most types of beer steins, especially limited editions.
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short answer:
During the summers of the late 1400’s fly infestations often invaded central Europe
http://texasslavgerman.com/Why-Do-Beer-Steins-Have-Lids.html
long answer:
[sblock=why stiens have lids]
The word stein is the shortened version of the German word steinzeukrug which means tankard or stoneware jug and is characterized by having a hinged lid and a handle.
The origin of the beer stein dates back to the 14th century. In the mid to late 1300’s the bubonic plague killed more than 25 million Europeans. During the summers of the late 1400’s fly infestations often invaded central Europe. By the early 1500’s laws were passed in parts of Germany requiring that all food and drink containers be covered to protect consumers against these flies, and thus attempting to stop the spread of disease.
Another law that helped the stein making industry was that instead of using rotten food, eggs, and cabbage beer could only be brewed suing cereals, hops, yeast, and water. The restrictions on what could be used to brew beer greatly improved the taste and drove up consumption by about 2 liters per day in many places and this had a great impact on stein making. Up to the 1400’s wealthy Germans had pewter, glass, and silver vessels while the general population used wooden and porous earthenware vessels. The wooden and earthenware vessels broke easily which was good because they absorbed the beer and gave off an odor that worsened with each use.
Experiments were conducted to raise the temperature of earthenware vessels…. fired at 2200°F, moisture is driven out of the clay and partially melts the clay into a hard stone-like material from which comes the name “stoneware”. This produced a more sanitary container that was also resistant to chipping and cracking. Stoneware steins were costly, especially after the covered container law, which made them worthy of decorative ceramic art. The common motifs were shields, historical, allegorical, and biblical scenes. Personalized steins became a status symbol and display piece for the Germans.
By 1750 there were over 4000 breweries in Bavaria and the production of steins increased tremendously into the late 1700’s. Engraved glass steins were used in the 1700’s, but because they were fragile and costly a limited number were produced and few of the early steins exist today. In the 1600’s it was easy to determine a steins origin because every small region had its own typical form: southern tankards were wide and sturdy, northern tankards were sleek and tall, western steins were gray stoneware with blue decoration, and eastern steins were brown glazed stoneware. In the 1700’s shape became less important and most steins had a cylindrical shape and were about twice as high as they were wide. Now instead of differences in shape and size each region used different materials and motifs.
In the early 1800’s the Napoleonic war and other rebellions diminished the wealth of the upper class and the middle class became the most important market for steins. They preferred a sturdy, functional folk art instead of the extravagances of the previous era. Also at this time the preference was so clearly for glass and pewter that most stoneware manufacturers turned to making bowls, jars, and jugs and stopped making steins. Archeological expeditions of the early 1800’s uncovered excellent examples of Greek, Roman, and Renaissance art that so captivated the public they were ready to let go of the ordinary, functional style of the previous period. By the mid 1800’s art students were taught entirely by having them copy the forms and designs of these archeological finds. This new style is called neo-Renaissance and neo-classical but is more commonly called Historicism. The white clays of the Koln area were once again used to make stoneware steins. By the end of the 1800’s the covered container law was no longer in force but due to 300 years of conditioning, the Germans now viewed the stein as incomplete without a lid. In later years stoneware steins became popular again and molds were being used to mass produce them therefore the steins were no longer unique. In the mid to late 1800’s glassmaking techniques had advanced enough that molds were also used for mass production. These glass steins grew in popularity because of the sturdiness of the thick molded glass. Some amazing glass steins were made using acid etchings, pewter overlays, staining, and multi-colored glass overlays. Moisture absorbing plaster molds were used to make Porcelain steins which enabled production of novel shapes making the character steins more common. Lithosphane scenes could also be created in the bottom of these steins because the molds allowed variation in the thickness of the porcelain.
Historicism designs and motifs declined in popularity by the 1900’s and were replaced with town scenes, social scenes, commemoratives of military service, and occupational emblems. Many potters produced stoneware and glazed pottery steins to meet this demand. Art nouveau, a new style of art, was gaining some popularity, but around 1910 political and economic unrest caused a great slowdown in the stein industry. WWI broke out and the materials and labor previously used for the pewter industry were now used for munitions production. Stein making virtually halted. During the 1920’s production of steins increased, and except for slowdowns due to economic and political woes in early 1930’s and early 1940’s, increased production continues today. In the past 40 years America has become the leading market for most types of beer steins, especially limited editions.
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short answer:
During the summers of the late 1400’s fly infestations often invaded central Europe
See? Keepin' stuff out.
Though I was thinking it would be more along the lines of outdoor, uncovered biergartens with patrons sitting under trees for shade not wanting to pick stray leaves, twigs, nuts, high-diving stunt-squirrels etc. out of their beverage.
Though I was thinking it would be more along the lines of outdoor, uncovered biergartens with patrons sitting under trees for shade not wanting to pick stray leaves, twigs, nuts, high-diving stunt-squirrels etc. out of their beverage.
Scott DeWar
Prof. Emeritus-Supernatural Events/Countermeasure
Oh those annoying high diving stunt squirrels!
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