English World Cup Fans "Drinking Germany Dry"

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June 28, 2006 2:00 p.m. EST

Julie Farby - All Headline News Staff Writer

Nuremberg - England's s massive army of World Cup fans is reportedly drinking Germany dry, with breweries warning beer could run out before the final game because of huge demand from supporters.

In Nuremberg, organizers revealed 70,000 England fans who flooded the city drank 1.2 million pints of beer-an average of 17 pints each.

According to the Daily Mirror report, one astonished bar keeper Herrmann Murr says, "Never have I seen so many drink so much in such little time," with fans draining all 32 of his 50-liter (11 gallon) barrels available at his city bar.

Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of 200 pints per minute.

According to City official Peter Murrmann, "The English proved themselves world champs. They practically drank us dry."

Stuttgart bar chiefs say an extra 900,000 pints were drained last weekend where 60,000 fans partied before and after the 1-0 win over Ecuador. Meanwhile, the Veltins brewery also revealed it produced a record 418,000 gallons in a bid to keep up with demand.

A spokesman says, "It is incredible how much is being drunk but the hardest thing for the breweries is keeping up with the thirst of the English."

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:04 (nineteen years ago)

JUST LIKE IN WW2.

― Ronan (Ronan), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:19 (nineteen years ago)

For you Tommy, ze bar is over.

― NickB (NickB), Thursday, 29 June 2006 09:56 (nineteen years ago)

We're number one! We're number one!

― Hello Sunshine (Hello Sunshine), Thursday, 29 June 2006 10:32 (nineteen years ago)

*pride*

― David Orton (scarlet), Thursday, 29 June 2006 11:11 (nineteen years ago)

(There is nothing in the German press about this -- presumably because it is not true.)

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Thursday, 29 June 2006 11:14 (nineteen years ago)

something we win for once!

― secondhandnews (secondhandnews), Thursday, 29 June 2006 11:15 (nineteen years ago)

but still get knocked out.

― Konal Doddz (blueski), Thursday, 29 June 2006 11:23 (nineteen years ago)

wtf

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/world/asia-pacific/5127360.stm

― Mr Jones (Mr Jones), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:36 (nineteen years ago)

That's a valid point.

― Allyzay will never stop making pancakes (allyzay), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:39 (nineteen years ago)

He has even serenaded the US president with a rendition of I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.

― kingfish du lac (kingfish 2.0), Thursday, 29 June 2006 19:49 (nineteen years ago)

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― lf (lfam), Thursday, 29 June 2006 20:07 (nineteen years ago)

He has even serenaded the US president with a rendition of I Want You, I Need You, I Love You.

if it was the black diamonds version i'd be impressed

― electric sound of jim [and why not] (electricsound), Friday, 30 June 2006 02:53 (nineteen years ago)

Was that original story not, like, totally made up? ""Never have I seen so many drink so much in such little time," Utter nonsense.

― Gatinha (rwillmsen), Friday, 30 June 2006 05:56 (nineteen years ago)

Yes, I think it is completely made up (and based on the absolutley insane assumption that German footie fans don't drink that much beer).

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 30 June 2006 05:59 (nineteen years ago)

It did sound too funny to be true, but I think I also read somewhere that 125,000 English made the trip, so that could be a lot of thirst. I guess the original story came from mirror.co.uk:

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/tm_objectid=17302491&method=full&siteid=94762&headline=beer-we-go--name_page.html

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Friday, 30 June 2006 06:19 (nineteen years ago)

I should say a lot of additional thirst. Also, I think the story implies that the brewers were caught off gaurd more than that the German fans don't drink much. I'm sure the German fans have stepped up their drinking as well.

― nicky lo-fi (nicky lo-fi), Friday, 30 June 2006 06:25 (nineteen years ago)

wtf? "world champs"

― Ste (Fuzzy), Friday, 30 June 2006 07:35 (nineteen years ago)

It's not like the Mirror to write complete bullshit.

― Goo-night, Swede Hurt (noodle vague), Friday, 30 June 2006 07:40 (nineteen years ago)

Search yourself -- I found nothing. On the contrary -- I did find a bunch of articles about how the English fans have not lived up to their fearsome and thirsty reputation. http://news.google.de

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 30 June 2006 08:00 (nineteen years ago)

Murr calculated Britons were shifting beer at a staggering rate of 200 pints per minute

Errrrr, excuse me, Britons? Germans drink more beer than anyone else in the world anyway, don't they?

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 30 June 2006 08:10 (nineteen years ago)

I hear they just do a wee wee under the table.

― PJ Miller (PJ Miller 68), Friday, 30 June 2006 08:20 (nineteen years ago)

So efficient!

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:07 (nineteen years ago)

>> Germans drink more beer than anyone else in the world anyway, don't they?

I think the Czechs might just have them beat.

― Colonel Poo (Colonel Poo), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:08 (nineteen years ago)

Peter Murrmann is, in fact, the World Cup coordinator for Nuremburg and is listed on their web site.

― Tracey Hand (tracerhand), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:14 (nineteen years ago)

Top 10, litres per capita:

1. Czech Republic 157.0
2. Ireland 141.2
3. Germany 117.5
4. Austria 110.6
5. Luxembourg 101.6
6. United Kingdom 101.5
7= Belgium 96.2
7= Denmark 96.2
9. Australia 91.5
10. Slovakia 88.4

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:19 (nineteen years ago)

Maybe the FIFA ranking factor in beer consumption, explaining the Czech's surprising presence in the top places.

― Dave B (daveb), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:51 (nineteen years ago)

Why do they drink so much more than the Slovakians I wonder?

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 30 June 2006 10:53 (nineteen years ago)

maybe the separation of czechoslovakia was all about the beer...

― CarsmileSteve (CarsmileSteve), Friday, 30 June 2006 11:34 (nineteen years ago)

The Czechs definitely seem a lot more fun than the Slovaks

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 30 June 2006 11:39 (nineteen years ago)

The Slovaks mix in plenty of wine

― novamax (novamax), Friday, 30 June 2006 13:04 (nineteen years ago)

Years ago, in one of Prague's English-language papers, I read a brilliant essay on Europe and booze. The writer argued that all European culture could be interpreted through what they drank -- there were Beer, Wine, and Vodka Zones.

The beer zone was democratic, staid and bourgeois. (Germany, UK, Ireland, BeNeLux, Czech Rep)

The wine zone was suave, passionate, cosmopolitan and temperamental. These were often countries of revolution and strife -- France, former Yugoslavia, Greece, Spain. I forget how exactly Austria and Hungary fit into it.

The vodka countries were near-feudal. People admired strongmen and top-down government. Russia is the classic example here, but I forget how the guy explained Poland.

― novamax (novamax), Friday, 30 June 2006 13:15 (nineteen years ago)

Austria = beer
Hungary = wine

― ¡Vamos a matar, Dadaismus! (Dada), Friday, 30 June 2006 13:26 (nineteen years ago)

Except that not.

― Colin Meeder (Mert), Friday, 30 June 2006 14:16 (nineteen years ago)

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