Wurstfest 2005 Aftermath
Wurstfest is one of the few New Braunfels traditions that I wholeheartedly enjoy; this is the third consecutive year I've gone to the "Ten Day Salute to Sausage." My father and mother are playing along and dressing up as Opa and Oma.
There will be pictures and not only of them!
Another excellent time. They upped the beer prices but DAMN was that pork chop on a stick awesome! Leaving it for last while feasting on assorted sausages on a stick was a good idea I'll have to remember next year.
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And here we go:
The weather was excellent all day. No crazy humidty, not sweltering, not blindingly bright. |  |
 | A touch of breeze kept the smell of sausage alive. These specimens came from the New Braunfels Smoke House. |
Beer goes well with smoked meats. Especially when you've got a big-ass ceramic mug to drink out of. |  |
 | This was our collection of beer pitchers and some of the cups about 1/3 the way through our visit. There were 11 of us and nearly everyone drank at some point. Buy a pitcher or a cup of beer, keep the container. Our collection after more than five hours out there totaled 14 of the former and 46 of the latter. |
From the left to the right: Sister Kelley, Mother, Father, myself, and Sister Katie. |  |
 | Near the beginning of the visit, probably around 5pm. We set up base camp near the river. Our location allowed fast access to the beer ticket line and the adjacent beer line proper. |
Fast-forward about three hours. |  |
 | My girlfriend, Christa, liberated my camera and strolled around. She took the following shots. |
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Christa. |  |
 | There was an astounding collection of beer bottles in the spasshaus. One of the display cases said of the estimated 15,000 bottles in the donor's collection, they could only squeeze 2,500 or so in the interior of the building. Quite a humbling experience. Some of the beers were older than my father. Some of them were exposed to the atmosphere of World War I. |
Good Times. |  |