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Old 05-31-2018, 07:30 AM   #4
La Mer
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At the 2016 German Grand Prix Daniel Ricciardo introduced this in the Formula One when he celebrated his 2nd place finish in his 100th Grand Prix by drinking champagne from his shoe and ever since. Ricciardo said drinking from a shoe is not as unpleasant tasting as one would think. *If the sparkling wine is cold, then it tastes good. If it’s warm, then you might get the sweat through it. But the cold taste kills the bad stuff, so it’s delicious he explained.

Anyone who’s seen the movie Beerfest - Festi-Bière in France & Quebec - remembers «Das Boot». Since that movie, the beer boot - or bierstiefel - has gone on to become an ultimate staple for Oktoberfest’s tourists in Munich.

There are many theories as to how the bierstiefel came to be a tradition. Once we were visiting my wife's family in Washington DC I have been told by Cafe Berlin’s manager on Capitol Hill that this military tradition started back in the BC years with a Persian general who made an oath to his troops to drink beer from his boot should they achieve success in storming a town.
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