Haven’t seen this posted in a while but for those of you who don’t know about Lee Valley tools they have great prices on cases of stangs (kolsch glasses). I’m about to order me another case and figured I’d share. You’re welcome. 
http://www.leevalley.com/us/gifts/page.aspx?p=45168&cat=4,104,53200&ap=1
Awesome. I’ll be buying a few. Thanks !
I always like going to a brewery serving kolsch out of a stang. Though I think it’s only ever happened once… and said brewery has since gone out of business (Local Pub & Brewery, Jackson, MI). I only managed to get in there the once but I really liked the beers and food… Though the location was a bit out of the way…
I’m down to seven from the original 12. Breaking them at the rate of one a year.
+1 though. Awesome glasses!
I bought these same glasses from Lee Valley. I really like them and they’re perfect for Kolsch.
I hate Stangen. Gimme a Hoibe, or gtfo.
Also, it’s spelled “Stange.” See, I can be pedantic in two different languages now!
Also translates to pole, post, or rod. Descriptive of the glass shape.
Also also, it’s spelled “Koelsch” or “Kölsch.” It’s a close-mid front rounded vowel. It’s like the vowel sound in “bird.” It’s not “coal-sh,” more like “curl-sh,” minus the “r.” If you ever make it over here, the proper pronunciation will make your life a whole lot easier.
I did not know that - I appreciate the correction with the spelling and pronunciation (but there are many using the “no e” spelling, including Reissdorf) As to stanges, I have a bunch, but I found them excessively foamy for most properly carbonated beers. They also break very easily.
Pretty much like eggshell. Breaks even on the carpet.
Um, what? Reissdorf definitely spells Kölsch with an o-umlaut. If you can’t make that letter, for instance if you have an English keyboard, the proper way to make umlauts is to put an e after the vowel that’s supposed to have the umlaut.
On a Windows PC with a US-English keyboard, you can make these characters by holding down the Alt key and pressing the appropriate 4-digit code:
ä = Alt + 0228
ë = Alt + 0235
ï = Alt + 0239
ö = Alt + 0246
ü = Alt + 0252
I see - use the umlauts or add the “e”. Got it now. I had quite a few different brands that I liked, especially half liter cans of Früh, and for iPads, you can simply hold down the letter and it gives you choices of uses, including umlauts.
I realize there is supposed to be an umlaut but I personally don’t care and I think it looks stupid (and pedantic) with the “e” after the “o” and I’m not about to try to figure out how to do the umlaut on my keyboard so suck it up and deal with it. KOLSCH!
And I like my little kolsch glasses. One or two of those is all I care for of a kolsch anyway.
God bless America! That attitude is exactly why people are so surprised I’m here. Everyone thinks Americans know best, in every situation, and don’t care what anyone else thinks about anything.
I’ve also seen one of only two other Americans I’ve met here arguing with a German about who the president of Germany is. (Hint: It’s Joachim Gauck, not Angela Merkel.)
I don’t think that is a fair assessment. I’m not going over to Europe wearing my 'merican flag ball cap and going to eat at McDonalds and complaining when people don’t speak English. I just don’t know how to make an umlaut on my computer. So chill the hell out with your aspersions.
Well, I don’t think it’s an aspersion, more an observation based upon what you actually said, which was:
Which to me, sounds like “I realize (I spelled it wrong), but I think (the proper spelling of German words) looks stupid, so suck it up and deal with (my improper spelling.) KOLSCH!”
Well, you are taking what I said out of context. I don’t know how to make an umlaut on my iPhone, iPad, Mac or PC and I’m too old to give a damn about figuring out how to do it. The umlaut is implied in my “kolsch”. Please pretend it is there.
Now, if you will excuse me I have better things to do this Sunday than argue with someone over the internet.
I’ve been taught that if you can’t make an umlaut, the the correct spelling would be with an “e”. It’s not difficult.
What language uses ë or ï? Never saw those in German.