How many German beer steins do you own? Which ones do you still have?

2015-05-13T12:01:21-04:00

While I was stationed in Germany I was impressed with the how many variety of beers there were, the local breweries and monasteries that brewed wonderful beer, and the beer steins that we quaffed beer from.

Response by SGT(P) Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 12:03 PM

2015-05-13T12:03:29-04:00

Indeed

Response by LTC Stephen F. made May 13 at 2015 12:06 PM

2015-05-13T12:06:09-04:00

I have one beer stein from Stuttgart, a couple of the gray ceramic "mugs" from wherever, and a stein from Bamberg. I remember seeing more different steins than I could remember. I expected quality varied; but, did not know how to determine which ones were best [or worst] and usually had difficulty picking out the one I wanted to purchase with so many to choose from.
I had several others but am not sure what happened to them after so many moves. I hope to find the ones I "misplaced" and to be able travel back to Germany to buy a few more.

Response by SFC Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 12:39 PM

2015-05-13T12:39:29-04:00

I have two German steins, two bier glasses and three Volkfest bier mugs and an Oktoberfest bier mug.

Response by TSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 12:43 PM

2015-05-13T12:43:22-04:00

I have 2 from Stuttgart and 1 from Munich. I think Belgian beer is a lot better than German beer.

Response by SSG Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 1:20 PM

2015-05-13T13:20:53-04:00

Only one I wanted to bring back. Keep it in our Grandfather clock display tray.

Response by SFC Terry Fortune made May 13 at 2015 2:06 PM

2015-05-13T14:06:05-04:00

Have three, and still have all three.

Response by SGT Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 2:23 PM

2015-05-13T14:23:36-04:00

Licher Stein is somewhere in my place.

Response by SGT Rick Ash made May 13 at 2015 2:38 PM

2015-05-13T14:38:46-04:00

I came back from Germany with an even dozen steins. Oddly the best looking stein came from Wurtzburg but it was also the worst beer I tasted and I traveled all of West Germany as a 31D. There may be more than one brewer there but I refer specifically to Wolfsbier. Yuck.

I also came back stateside with a glass, one liter glass beer boot. Unless you know the secret to drinking from it, you will get a giant belch of beer in your face.

Response by MAJ Dallas D. made May 13 at 2015 2:53 PM

2015-05-13T14:53:25-04:00

I only have one left, it from Hofbräuhaus Octoberfest 1989! The rest were broken lost in one of my many PCS's.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made May 13 at 2015 8:05 PM

2015-05-13T20:05:00-04:00

I have a couple and still have them.

Response by COL Joel Abramovitz made May 13 at 2015 8:14 PM

2015-05-13T20:14:07-04:00

I have a few...and a lot of memories of the Beer To Fear at the Belgian club at Ramstein.

Response by LTC Gregory d'Arbonne made May 13 at 2015 9:11 PM

2015-05-13T21:11:35-04:00

I only have one.

Response by 1SG Cameron M. Wesson made May 13 at 2015 9:13 PM

2015-05-13T21:13:17-04:00

Ah.... Deutshland Bier! Took me a few years to drink american beer after Germany!!! So glad microbrews and alchol content increased.

As for the steins, I have 19 steins, one big ass refillable beer bottle, and a three really cool 0.5l tall glasses. Most were from Volksmarches... a couple were fair prizes.

Man I miss those volksmarches!

Response by SPC Kevin Schober made May 13 at 2015 11:14 PM

2015-05-13T23:14:31-04:00

Burgerbrau was my favorite in Augsburg. Use to love the local beer guy that would deliver a rack of beer right to my door along with a rack of German soda. I have a few steins from Volksmarsche's but my Favorite is a large Augsburg stein I bought that has a music box in the bottom. I lost a lot of mine to my EX that would not give them up after we got divorced ( along with all my pictures of all my army buddies I took when we were out in the field). When I lived on the economy when I first got to Germany my landlord who lived above me showed me his Steins he collected over the years a few that were passed down from generation to generation. Some were absolutely gorgeous and I imagine very valuable monetarily and even more so personally. I really loves some of his glass hand engraved steins.

Response by SSG Lloyd Becker BSBA-HCM, MBA made May 14 at 2015 2:18 AM

2015-05-14T02:18:28-04:00

Ich haben vier ein liter bier glassen und der glas ist schwer. kein stein haben und ich habe eine 500 ml mit der deckel ober.

Response by COL John Power made May 16 at 2015 11:42 AM

2015-05-16T11:42:57-04:00

I have one of the great farewell gift steins, a couple of steins from an officers' club and a couple of steins I purchased. I wish I had saved a few more and that I had "branded" steins. Man that beer was good. Wish I could enjoy it today as much as I did back then. And the local breweries often were the best.

Response by 1LT Kathleen Heisler made May 17 at 2015 9:48 PM

2015-05-17T21:48:46-04:00

I've got a few left but a lot of them disappeared moving to many times.

Response by SPC Adam Kuykendall made Jun 25 at 2015 7:37 AM

2015-06-25T07:37:34-04:00

All of them...one of my most treasured collections.

Response by LTC Stephen C. made Aug 7 at 2016 4:32 PM

2016-08-07T16:32:52-04:00

I have many, LTC Stephen F., but there are only two that are truly meaningful to me. I think I've mentioned before that I met and became friends with a USAR lieutenant colonel that met and married a baroness (freifrau) and became Freiherr von Thungen. They lived in Schloss Thungen, in Thungen, Bavaria (Bayern), and my wife and I visited with them and stayed in their castle for a few nights. It was the treat of a lifetime. One evening, the baroness served us a venison dinner that she herself prepared. Needless to say, the deer came from the baron's forest in Thungen!
Of course, they also owned the Schlossbrauerei in Thungen, and my friend gave me two steins, one of glass and one that is ceramic. They look quite similar to the two photos I've provided, although my two are in storage at this moment.
I've also provided a photo of Schloss Thungen. We stayed in the L shaped portion of the castle in the lower right area of the photo. The red roofed building to the immediate left of the castle dates back to the time of Charlemagne, and the smaller red roofed building to its immediate left is the gate house, which according to the baron was manned as long as time was recorded there until the Allies overran the village in WWII. 1SG Cameron M. Wesson
Thought you might enjoy reading about this MSG Tom Earley!

Response by PO1 Jotham Anderson made Aug 28 at 2016 6:21 PM

2016-08-28T18:21:00-04:00

Have a mug from the Hofbrau Haus and an Oktoberfest as well as one from Voinemer hausbraueri. Also, have some Volkfest glasses.

Response by SSG Ronald Colwell made Aug 28 at 2016 7:25 PM

2016-08-28T19:25:34-04:00

I have about 30, and some boots and mugs. If you ask the restaurants and such they let you keep them, because they get free ones from the beer they sell

Response by SFC George Smith made Aug 28 at 2016 7:27 PM

2016-08-28T19:27:07-04:00

I still Have about 12 Steins still packed up and from The move and about 27 Pilsner Glasses... 2nd ex wife sold my collection before she split... I got what was Left...

Response by CPT Andrew Wright made Aug 28 at 2016 11:01 PM

2016-08-28T23:01:40-04:00

Spent two tours in Germany, the first at Wildflecken and second at Gelnhausen. I have about twenty steins but my most cherished are the ones from the Kreuzberg. The monastery and brewery high on the mountain overlooking Wildfleckin. Had many a good lunch hour and weekend with fellow soldiers there back in the 1970s. Prosit!

Response by MSgt Richard Rountree made Aug 29 at 2016 10:18 PM

2016-08-29T22:18:34-04:00

I have a few .5L krugs, mostly from the best bier in Germany: Stuttgarter Hofbrau. Also have some Pilsner glasses from Alpirsbach Klosterbrau, and some Weizen glasses. Plus a few steins including a USAFE NCO Academy stein, a Porsche Club of America Germany Region stein, and a German military stein featuring Deutsche cannon cockers and gun carriages.

Response by CW3 Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 30 at 2016 5:35 AM

2016-08-30T05:35:06-04:00

I only have one stein from Heidelberg but I have several mugs and ,5 L glasses from various volksfests, ocktoberfest, and stores.

Response by COL David Turk made Aug 30 at 2016 12:35 PM

2016-08-30T12:35:02-04:00

Not counting beer glasses, and glass mugs/steins, about 15-16. All ceramic. Got my first on my initial tour (Aschaffenburg 77-80). Went to a local brewery for personal tour and asked if they sold mugs. They looked surprised, went to stockroom and came back with old ceramic; no charge! Same thing happened at other brewery. Picked up some on subsequent tours, and a select few at yard sales (all German).
My preference was for the dark beers (dunkle?).

Response by COL David Turk made Aug 30 at 2016 12:53 PM

2016-08-30T12:53:28-04:00

Some of my mugs, plus a small wine pitcher.

Response by MSgt Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 30 at 2016 1:57 PM

2016-08-30T13:57:00-04:00

I have five steins and one glass from Germany, and one stein and one glass from Portugal.

Response by LTC Private RallyPoint Member made Aug 30 at 2016 2:44 PM

2016-08-30T14:44:44-04:00

I have several collected from the various fest. :)

Response by SGT Ian Williams made Aug 31 at 2016 6:18 PM

2016-08-31T18:18:25-04:00

Several

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 10:28 PM

2016-09-01T22:28:48-04:00

Visited friends in Germany and got an original unopened bottle of Budweiser which is actually Czechoslovakian, not German. Also heard that if your beer, after the foam has settled does not touch the line near the top of the glass, the owner could be in deep do-doi.

Response by MSG Private RallyPoint Member made Sep 1 at 2016 10:32 PM

2016-09-01T22:32:48-04:00

Maybe not related, but I have the complete collection Utica Club Schultz and Dooley steins.

Response by MAJ Private RallyPoint Member made Feb 5 at 2018 4:26 AM

2018-02-05T04:26:23-05:00

I think they're usually amazing, but I never bought one, I wanted to save my money for the beer inside.