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 for this product. You can take this item to a local engraver to be customized. Most major shopping malls have a store that offers this type of service. We can not honor any requests to customize this product. It is advisable to check with the engraver prior to purchasing to verify options and size limitations.
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.
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