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Beer Glass Type: Das Boot Beer Boot
Boot Size: 3 liters
Dimensions: 14 inches high.
Detailed Description:
This three liter beer boot has a pewter Bavarian Crest badge on the front. The center of the badge is blank to accommodate engraving. The engravable area on the badge is about 1x1.5 inches. Mouth blown in Poland.
Please note that we do not offer any engraving services.
This is a traditional European (German) blown glass drinking boot.
This popular item is always an excellent topic of conversation. The
secret to drinking from the boot is to point the toe sideways. When the
toe is pointed downward, the boot cannot be easily emptied. When the
toe is pointed upwards, the liquid flows out of the boot very quickly
and uncontrollably, usually spilling all over the drinker.
The German custom of drinking
for a boot shaped drinking vessel supposedly started as a German army
tradition during World War I. Soldiers would pass around a leather boot
of bier prior to engaging the enemy. It was considered good luck to
flick the beer boot before and after drinking from it. Americans
soldiers were introduced to the custom of drink from a glass beer boot
while stationed in Germany after World War II. There is a trick to
drinking from a beer boot as to not get showered with beer if the toe
of the boot is pointed in the wrong direction. The American soldiers
had great fun with the beer boots and the fine German beer during their
time in Germany . Many of them brought back beer boots and beer steins
with them on their return to United States .
Beer boots saw a rise in popularity with the release of the
movie BEERFEST by the folks from the Broken Lizard comedy group. In
this movie beer boots were used in a beer drinking competition that was
no doubt repeated countless times on college campuses after the movies
was released.
TRUEBEER urges all our customers to please drink responsibly. | 
