Sausage Fest

I have many fond memories of Wurstfest. My girlfriend at UT lived just up the hill from Landa Park, and we went to a few Wurstfests together. Her Mom also worked at the beer ticket booth (and likely still does).

Good times.

Awesome. Good Work, HJ. I was practically raised at Scholz’s, as my grandfather was a honorary life member of the Saengerrunde. Lot’s of good memories here.

the guys go every year on the last friday.. Suprisingly the women never want to go. Something about hanging out with a bunch of late 30’s guys in funny hats drunk off their asses that they don’t like.

It’s probably for the better. They’d just embarass us anyway.

Made going to the tailgate at UCF a real bear this year. Damn 11am games.

My frat would send a busload of idiots, including myself, down there. The drive back to Austin reminded me of the trip up the river in “Apocalypse Now.”

Scientists will some day study your culinary habits and shake their heads.

It has rained every time I’ve been to Wurstfest and it never dampened my enthusiasm for sampling meats on a stick, strong ale, and strong women. We still use those cups for roadies on the way to DKR.

In the late 80’s I had to drive my parents and brother home from Wurstfest when I was an unlicensed 15 yr old because they got unexpectedly shitfaced on that fine German beer. That tells you everything you need to know about my upbringing.

The fried jalapeno slices are the tits, as Trips Right would say.

One time I went home with some townies.

When i saw the title, “Sausage Fest”, I thought the post was to explain HenryJames’ tailgate parties.

Ah, good times. The last few years, we’ve chosen the Renaissance Festival as our fall road trip. The kids love it. And nothing’s better than enjoying the sensual undulations of exotic belly dancers whilst gorging on an enormous turkey leg and mead. That’s how Genghis Khan rolled.

Anyway, after wading through a pack of idiots dressed up as – I shit you not – Imperial stormtroopers, Princess Leia, Snow White, cheerleaders and Native Americans, I think we’ll avoid the Renfest and hit up Wurstfest next year.

When i saw the title, "Sausage Fest", I thought the post was to explain HenryJames’ tailgate parties.

That post is full of double entendre win.

I went once about 4 years ago and haven’t made it back since. It was full of drunken awesomeness. Everyone was walking around drinking out of a pitcher.

I saw one very large guy walking around with his ~4-5 year old son on his shoulders. He had 2 empty pitchers and was drinking out of his half full third one. Fucking epic. I plan on having that experience with my son some day.

Realized I cut off my thought.

I’ve spent half my life around people getting hammered in German settings, speaking german, wearing german outfits, and listening to Polka. Like Vash, I think it’s an old Austin right of passage to have to drive your family home as a teenager after they got drunk in New Braunfels. I did it , my mom and her sister’s had to do it back in the 60’s. Good times.

I grew up in German towns in North Texas. I just looked up the fest in Muenster and pulled up a list of the winners of the fun run at the fest from 2003 to show how authentic this thing is. Check the last names:

http://www.germanfest.net/FUNRUNRESULTS.html

Herr, Schumacher, Schmitt, Gerstberger, Lutkenhaus, etc.

You’ll see legit lederhosen there. It’s awesome.

Who’s celebrating Festivus this year?

Or HJ’s tailgating offshoot, Fistivus?

Imagine the state fair but with German beer and polka bands. And no Sooners.

Wanna bet?

I couldn’t find any Real Ale, either, which is too bad because Fireman’s 4 > Palauner Oktoberfest. Paulaner Hefe-Weisen, though, different story.

Paulaner Hefe is excellent. But Franziskaner and Hacker-Pschorr are even better.

And Live Oak is the best.

“Like Vash, I think it’s an old Austin right of passage to have to drive your family home as a teenager after they got drunk in New Braunfels.”

Make that old Houston right of passage also. My brother a year older than me always had the honors but I remember being 13 in the car with my mom following the slow swerving car in front of me. I hope to one day provide my teenage child that same honor.

Given this isn’t an Oktoberfest event, I will throw in Shiner Kolsch as a top-notch German-style beer. Very under-enjoyed, and for lager drinkers, Kolsch style will blow them away.

My buddy and I drank 100 .1 litre Kolsches in Koln while watching a soccer match. It was a hell of a feat.

Brickhorn is correct Franziskaner Heve is awesome.

My wife introduced me to Franziskaner – between that and the fact that she can ski better than anyone you know (Austrians not included) and you can see why I married her.

Too make up for introducing me to fine German beer, I converted her to a Texas fan—I think we are even.

I really need to make it back there now that I’m old enough to make my….err, enjoy it.

Of course, I have a wurstfest hat with about 40 pins on it, and a horse tail. No lederhosen, though. This is where the NB comes from.

Of all the food you showed, you missed the must have, the kartofelpuffers, or, potato pancakes. Opening night the line was 30 minutes long.

Oh, and the other rule is, two pitchers minimum. Wurstfest is greatness. Organize a BC night there next year.

So, I wasn’t that far off when I asked if you were partying with the Third Reich or something?

The gf had the kartofelpuffer.

The five different types of sausages on a skewer look strangely familiar..

The rugby team went every year. We had a contest to find the chick with the best luftballoons. That should identify my age, pretty much.

“Given this isn’t an Oktoberfest event, I will throw in Shiner Kolsch as a top-notch German-style beer. Very under-enjoyed, and for lager drinkers, Kolsch style will blow them away.

My buddy and I drank 100 .1 litre Kolsches in Koln while watching a soccer match. It was a hell of a feat."

I heartily endorse this. . but also love me some good German brew. I must find myself down there one year.

It’s a shitload of fun.

Just went to their website. Worstfest turns 50 next year. That should bump it up notch.

This post with the comment thread is so racist. I feel as marginalized as a black guy on our OL.

Wait….Brickhorn isn’t dead? I thought that Harvard Law had killed him.

This must be some event. I trust HenryJames on his sausage evaluations.

I’m surprised they did not play any music by Wagner like they do at the German festivals in PA.

Cardiiac arrest fests.

Real Ale is made by a UT grad in Blanco Texas

Oh Henry, where to start…….how about the fact that the “zombie children” are mine. Nice. Luckily they are young and will bounce back.

I do agree with NBMisha that you all should organize a BC event there for next year for the 50th.

Holy Cow, Kolsch is drunk from .2 liter glasses in and around Koln, making your feat even more impressive.

Wurstfest was awesome. I was just finishing up a blog post on the same thing when I ran across yours that had very similar pictures to mine. Also, that girl on the cover of the brochure is really going to regret having a picture of her scarfing down a sausage in about 5 years.

http://www.sanantonioramblings.com/2009/11/17/wurstfest-sausage-we-salute-you/

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