Das Boot!

[SowegaBrews]

Who's got one? I want to order one of each size(2L, 1L, and .5L), but there's tons of websites that sell them and none of them really look that legit.

So shpeall zeee beans, where'd joo get das boot?

 

[CarlLBC]

I have a cheap one. it looks to be like 2 liters. that's alot of beer. I don't remember where my wife bought it, but it was like ten bucks. just a plain boot, nothing written on it. big ugly seam on each side, so i'm not too worried if it gets broken.

 

[cellardoor]

I've got a 2L one. Got it on CL for $20. A guy got it as a gift for his groomsman and forgot that one of them doesn't drink so a 2L glass wouldn't make much sense. Its a really beautiful one like this: http://www.pubglasses.com/Merchant2/merchant.mvc?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=PG&Product_Code=5673&Category_Code=BEERMUGS I've never actually used as I'm way to afraid to handle it after drinking 2L of homebrew. It just sits pretty upon my collection of beer glasses I've accumulated.

I know there are several good beer glass websites out there. I think any of them where the 2L size is around $60 or so should be a hand blown, high quality piece. There are cheaper pressed boots out there which are tougher, but not works of art and just look cheap.

 

[z987k]

I've got a real yard glass(really 3ft tall) and I also refuse to actually drink from it. I cannot drink that much beer.

 

[GreggZ]

I got a couple of cheap 2 liter ones I got as gifts and then I have a real one that is .5L with a bravarian crest of some sort... I like to bust the that one out every once and a while but not so much the 2 liter ones as that can be alittle much.... but hell they look nice

 

[kjung]

There used to be a couple of German import stores in the neighborhood that I grew up in that I bought boots from. I have a 2L DAB boot, a 1L boot (I can't remember what label is on it), and I even have a boot shot glass.

 

[babalu87]

I've got a real yard glass(really 3ft tall) and I also refuse to actually drink from it. I cannot drink that much beer.

I drink out of mine when I have friends over, makes for good times :rockin:

I'd like to have a 1 liter boot, seems just big enough to be obnoxious but small enough to actually be useful

 

[EoinMag]

Drinking from the "Stiefel" is a brotherly act, you should share the two liters with your brethren.

 

[Beerrific]

Das boot? Who has a boat? What does that have to do with beer?

 

[dataz722]

I got one at an Oktoberfest last weekend actually. It is 1L

 

[Homercidal]

I got the collectors edition DVD with German Speech and English Subtitles. The ONLY way to watch it ! Thinking about looking for the Blueray...

 

[DonkeyShoes]

I've got the 2L cheap pressed boot. I've only used it once because it's so big, the 1L would be ideal.

 

[dataz722]

The one I have is so farkin heavy that you have no choice but to drink it fast.

 

[uglygoat]

i've got a 1/144 ? not entirely certain on the scale, revel model u-boat... it's being prepped for painting.

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/jamisonu99.htm

edit: that's not my kit linked, just a reference.

 

[dataz722]

i've got a 1/144 ? not entirely certain on the scale, revel model u-boat... it's being prepped for painting.

http://modelingmadness.com/reviews/misc/jamisonu99.htm

How do you drink from that?

 

[DeathBrewer]

I've got a 1L boot. My little cousin got it for me for Christmas one year...she always gives the best gifts.

These guys used to have 2L boots:

http://www.speisekammer.com/beer.html

I think they only have the ceramic now, tho, and stuff doesn't taste very good out of it

Oh well, 1 Liter steins are fine

 

[brewthunda]

I think these guys claim to have the same DAS BOOT as from the movie:

http://www.bierboothaus.com/category/beerboot.about.about_beer_boots/

 

[brewthunda]

Das boot? Who has a boat? What does that have to do with beer?

http://www.bierboothaus.com/category/beerboot.about.about_beer_boots/

"Why are beer boots called Das Boot?

"The term Das Boot refers to a 2 liter beer boot as was coined during the 2006 film Beerfest. Beerfest, by the broken lizard crew, is a beer-themed comedy revolving around a secret beer Olympics at Oktoberfest in Germany. After an embarrassing defeat, brothers Todd and Jan Wolfhouse assemble a ragtag dream team of beer drinkers and return the following year, beating the Germans in the 2 liter beer boot 'das boot' competition and clinching the title.
Beerfest generated awareness and popularized the 2 liter beer boot making 'Das Boot' a must have among consumers.

"Isn’t Das Boot also an older movie about a submarine?
Yes, Das Boot which is German for “the boat” is also a 1981 feature film directed by Wolfgang Petersen about WWII, men at war, and German submarines. "

 

[DeathBrewer]

And the only reason it was funny is because Jürgen Prochnow was in "Das Boot".