The truth about beer steins

Germans like to drink their beer out of fancy antique steins with lids... right?
Well... no. And what you're picturing in your mind is probably a tourist souvenir.
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[@valynduria4020]

I am suitably impressed by the "I am suitably impressed" voice.

[@joaovitormatos8147]

Oh, I see you have postcards from around the world. I am suitably impressed

[@DanielLDE]

It's not terribly long ago that I learned what English speakers actually mean when they talk about "steins". If a tourist had asked me 10 years ago where they could buy one, I would probably have sent them to the nearest gardening supply store and I assume they wouldn't have been suitably impressed.

[@exiled_to_elba]

_walks outside_ "Hier"

[@mats7492]

Same

[@wallacem41atgmail]

You said it yourself when you held up the gray-glazed ceramic mug at 01:06 and referred to it as "stoneware:" stein = stone P.S. A stoneware mug will keep beer cold longer than a glass one.

[@ManOfTheWeek596]

Oh, I see you made a Video on Beer Steins. I am suitably impressed

[@darthpatricius]

also in the cologne area we use weird, thin, long glasses to drink kölsch out of and everybody laughs at us for it.

[@jonaslang8578]

And I don't understand why. They are so much better than big glasses, i mean the beer always stays ice cold and fresh in them because they're empty before the beer has a chance to get warm, and you immediately get a new one without even asking, what more could you want? :D

[@orcajorca7215]

@@jonaslang8578 real beer?

[@jonaslang8578]

@@orcajorca7215 I was just commenting on the glass shape, of course you should put real beer in them, not Kölsch🤷‍♂️

[@ObiWahnKnobi]

@@jonaslang8578 A bigger beer? Also: Once the beer in my 0.5l glass gets warm, I'm either to drunk to care, or had enough anyway.

[@Huegell]

@@jonaslang8578 just drink faster. If my beer gets warm, it's my fault for being too slow.

[@witerabid]

Oh, I see you've read my comment. I am suitably impressed.

[@namewarvergeben]

Oh, I see that the comment section is suitably impressed. I am suitably impressed.

[@untruelie2640]

Oh, I couldn't help but noticing that you made a comment about the fact that you are suitably impressed about the suitable impressedness of this comment section. I am suitably impressed.

[@witerabid]

I had hoped everyone would leave suitably impressed comments. Would've been the greatest comment section ever.

[@somerandom7063]

Oh, I see you made a horizontal video again. I am suitably impressed

[@fmhummel]

The lid was not originally designed to keep insects out - but simply to keep the beer in when you carried it around. When botteled beer was still a luxury, people often got their beer in taverns to take home, or more often, send their kids to get it.

[@ilsekuper3045]

My dad used to do that for his dad on a Sunday afternoon. He had to walk carefully on his way home.

[@CologneCarter]

This opens up to a whole lot of decorative stuff to be talked about which was only produced to be on display.... like "Sammeltassen" (collector's cups) or porcelain figurines.

[@sisuguillam5109]

I packed some of our Sammeltassen away for the littlest so that her mum can gift her one each year... she is just as tiny and cute as the cups.

[@Seegalgalguntijak]

Other stoneware that Villeroy & Boch is good at making includes not only all kinds of dinnerware, but also wash basins and toilet bowls. Zum Wohl!

[@icetwo]

Aus der Schüssel in die Schüssel

[@rarbiart]

@@icetwo sounds like lyrics from RamSTEIN!

[@christiankastorf1427]

"Mum, may I lick the bowl?" "No, you flush it like anybody else!" ( groan,groan,groan) I am innocent. My cousin's Irish-born wife told that.

[@roberth.5938]

I am suitably impressed you mentioned Heidelberg

[@nerdbot4446]

Fun fact: Villeroy & Boch is also one of the bigger vendors of toilets in germany O'zapft is!

[@BangOlafson]

... and that is what they are much more famous for ;D

[@actua99]

Drat, you beat me to it :P

[@spongebubatz]

So the Beer will come out of a Villeroy & Boch and will end up in a Villeroy & Boch!

[@actua99]

@@spongebubatz Quite. Perhaps Hans Grohe do both intake and output there as well ;)

[@MrTONESHOP]

@@spongebubatz sometimes near by.....

[@michaelrenper796]

Yes, they are really just the 19th century version of those "city-themed" Starbuck mugs.

[@markb1170]

Lol this made me laugh, with the only exception that you can legit drink out of those Starbucks mugs, while drinking out of a Bierkrug looks highly impractical!

[@exurban5207]

When I was young in the region where I grew up (Pfalz) a 'Stein' used to be a one liter glass mug - as big as the Bavarian 'Moass' - maybe until now. I moved away twenty years ago, so I can't say.

[@beageler]

That changed? I just posted a comment that in the Vorderpfalz it's called Stein. I haven't really been to a bar there since moving away, so it could well be :-)

[@exurban5207]

@@beageler Thanks for your hint! I've just modivied my statement from above. Hope it's more to the point now. 🙋‍♂️

[@beageler]

@@exurban5207 Oh, I was asking if it really had changed, not dropping a hint :-)

[@hermannschaefer4777]

Pfälzisch ist prob. the dialect the word "stein" came into the American language (--> e.g. Pennsilfaanisch, Amish). And it's also the only German dialect that even uses the word "Stein(-krug)" for a beer mug. Although, not many American would understand the word in Pfälzisch.. "Haajo, na net groine, awwer mer hänn kää Schdääh." Other words are much more common in German: (Bier-)Seidel, (Äbbelwoi-)Bembel, Krügel, Humpen..

[@exurban5207]

@@hermannschaefer4777 Groine misse ma net - do dringe ma halt zwee Schobbe!

[@NaomiClareNL]

1:06 I'm suitably impressed with that magnificent espresso cup.

[@Schrankerle]

I have several Steins in my collection from traveling. Also Krugs supporting various breweries. I use them most often in my own house so no one can laugh at me but my family.

[@lauritztheede751]

I'd like to add that personalized steins are still used as memorabilia in the german armed forces (Bundeswehr) today, but not everywhere and in every unit as it seems to be a dying tradition. But in case this tradition is kept alive it is quite common that the steins are put to their purposefully use on party like meet-ups of the NCO or officer corps. For these occasions the active member's steins are often kept in the NCO's or officer's club behind the bar as long as their owners serve on active duty in that unit. Often the steins are given as memorabilia to relocationed or retiring soldiers. Sometimes the steins are kept in the club permanently to remember / being able to welcome "home" those who left. The exact deal all around the stein's traditions may vary from location to location or even unit to unit on same location.

[@johnp.wintergreen5712]

My first thought when I saw the video title was "I thought you write stain with an 'a'?". For a moment I was actually looking forward to a video about different kinds of beer stains ....

[@Skoell1983]

You aren’t even allowed to serve beer or any „foaming“ drinks in non transparent mugs (when selling it). The reason is that you can‘t see the mark (Eichstrich) where you could check if you got what you paid for.

[@CologneCarter]

You could, if you let it sit long enough for the foam to settle. The mark is on the inside. You may not want to drink it anymore as it has gone slightly stale and way too warm to enjoy, but you could. ;)

[@raistraw8629]

That's not true, I'm working as a bartender now for 14years in Munich and this is just not true.

[@CologneCarter]

@@raistraw8629 Just make sure your comment is valid and true.... ec.europa.eu/germany/news/klarstellung-eu-verbietet-nicht-den-bierausschank-aus-steinkr%C3%BCgen_de Which doesn't mean my comment was wrong. You certainly get your money's worth but if you want to make sure you'd either have to pour it into a glass or wait for the foam to settle.

[@Skoell1983]

Hahaha.. I just read the corresponding German law (MessEV). As a customer, you have the right to demand that beer is filled, in front of your eyes, into a real measuring device, to check the amount. And the restaurant must visibly inform everyone about this possibility. (§5 (1) Nr. 3 c MessVE) So, Matthias, where are you working exactly. I want to play a game. 😆

[@raistraw8629]

@@Skoell1983 Ich mach des jetzt mal auf Deutsch, da du ja scheinbar Deutsch kannst. Also wie du jetzt richtig schreibst, hat der Kunde das Recht, dass er die Füllmenge überprüfen kann, also so wie es im Gesetz steht, dass es auf Verlangen in einem Gefäß gefüllt wird, das geeicht ist. Jeder Steinkrug, der für den Ausschank hergestellt wird, ist geeicht. Ich hatte noch nie einen Steinkrug in Benutzung, der nicht geeicht ist, die einzigen Steinkrüge die nicht geeicht sind die, die Gäste(Stammgäste) selber mitbringen, des sind die, die du auch hier im Video siehst, diese fancy und meist personalisierten Steinkrüge. Was bedeutet das diese geeichten Steinkrüge die Anforderung des Gesetztes schon erfüllen. Jetzt sagst du, ich kann doch aber nicht durch den Krug sehen um zu überprüfen das genug Flüssigkeit darin ist und von oben versperrt mir der Schaum die Sicht. Dann sage ich dir das ist egal, wir müssen sowieso warten bis der Schaum weg ist, denn du bezahlst nicht Flüssigkeit bis zum Strich plus Schaum, du bezahlst nur Flüssigkeit bis zum Strich, und zwar wenn der Schaum weg ist, das gleiche Spielchen hast du übrigens auch beim Glaskrug, auch da wenn sich jemand beschwert wird gewartet bis sich der Schaum gesetzt hat, um zu sehen, ob genug drinnen ist. Ich weiß zwar nicht was mein Arbeitsplatz damit zu tun hat aber gut. Also zurzeit bin ich arbeitslos, mein letzter war im "Das Neuhausen" falls des kennst, habe aber auch schon in Läden wie dem Parkcafé, Bobolowski, oder Augustinerkeller gearbeitet.

[@twinmama42]

Dear Andrew, in my area (the Palatinate) "Stein" indeed is the name for a beer mug (ceramic or glass) that holds one litre. You can see them at festivals and normally they contain beer or beer mixes like Radler or Cola-Bier. The other common size is 0.5 litres and called "Schoppen". They are used for wine and wine mixes like "Saure Schorle", "Süße Schorle", Cola-Rot, Cola-Weiß und Trollschoppen (wine and sparkling wine). CU twinmama

[@MrZephy]

Talking of mixes, I'm curious if you've ever heard of a beer and wine mix (something I encountered in a german part of brazil).

[@twinmama42]

@@MrZephy Never say never, but I haven't encountered that kind of atrocity in Germany, yet. What is rather common is "Trollschoppen" (wine and sparkling wine mix) or "Atomschoppen" (mix every alcoholic leftover from a party but beer).

[@tenbroeck1958]

He thinks Americans believe that modern Germans walk around in Lederhosen, with a giant pretzel in one have and a beer stein on the other. He speaks about us ignorant Americans a lot. Ironically, the Germans and Spanish often vote the Brits as the rudest and most annoying tourist, after the Russians, so perhaps he should aim his condescension at his own Brits!

[@JurassicRaptor1993]

I' am suitably impressed by your suitable acting.

[@johncrwarner]

I was in Tartu in Estonia and visited the old Estonian National Museum (Eesti Rahva Muuseum) and they had rooms upon rooms of steins. The aristocracy of Estonia were Lutheran and German speaking so I assume the steins came that way to Estonia. They are called in Estonian - õllekann õlle = beer - from the Swedish öl (English ale) kann = jug and the Swedish word for jug - kanna They have since I visited built a new museum so the stein collection might not be so prominent

[@ThePixel1983]

*snickering* oil can :D

[@marcusbloess6172]

The Bierkrug at 00:45 was actually produced in Höhr-Grenzhausen in Rheinland-Pfalz by a small company named King-Werke.

[@exurban5207]

Oh, you must be taking of the Kannebäckerland! 🙋‍♂️

[@RoNPlayer]

This is amusing. Just yesterday i saw a video by Drawfee, were they talked about a Stein, and i was quite confused what that was supposed to be. Because as a german i never had heard someone call these 'Stein'.

[@BillyLeeGoodman]

Those impressions! 😂 I am suitably impressed.

[@IntyMichael]

btw. most of the beer glasses are made by Rastal in Höhr-Grenzhausen near Koblenz.

[@uriulrich4918]

Fourth. I'm suitably impressed.

[@ccityplanner1217]

My German grandmother got each of her children custom beersteins with their names on them as a coming-of-age gift.

[@keanemardo2112]

Haha! Ive got the joke funny!

[@ccityplanner1217]

@@keanemardo2112 : What joke have you got? It's not intended as a joke, I'm being literal. This is, to the best of my knowledge, a decent example of the position beersteins occupy in German culture.

[@MTHREECHILDE]

This is very informative. I am suitably impressed.

[@uncinarynin]

Insekten im Bier? Ein Insekt gehört in Sekt, sonst wäre es ein Inbier! (Der deckel hat wohl auch was mit dem zu tun, was in biergärten im spätsommer so von den bäumen herunterrieselt)

[@13Luk6iul]

Greetings from Heidelberg. If you visited, I‘d be suitably impressed

[@rewboss]

Then be suitably impressed: kzbin.info/www/bejne/a4rTdaOqlrJkrtk

[@taurusrohxane6432]

I'm suitably impressed :)

[@yin81]

🤣 I see that you made a KZbin video! I’m suitably impressed…

[@oliverheidelberg]

Great video! 👍🏻

[@Baccatube79]

Funnily enough, Heidelberg is a notorious wine city

[@OmikronPsy]

But the souvenir shops full of those steins nonetheless.

[@Baccatube79]

@@OmikronPsy You are suitably right

[@gerryphilly53]

Thanks. I’ve wondered what the history of the decorative stein was. It was a revelation when I first visited Germany in the late 60’s to find out that the glass and plain grey stoneware mugs were the usual serving pieces.

[@klobiforpresident2254]

Ah, my late grandfather had two Humpen. One was the display kind and showed off Heidelberg, circa late 1950s. I was suitably impressed. The other, rarely used, was a large, simple one litre Emaille mug with a movable lid.

[@JonBrownSherman]

I bought a decorative stein when I visited Mûnchen. I drank out of it once and the metal lid but it a bit tough. The thing holds a whole liter though!

[@1911wood]

Actually I bought my souvenir Stein in Heidelberg. I’m glad to know you are suitably impressed. I also have one of those large glass mugs from Oktoberfest 2000 I hope you are impressed with that as well. I actually drink what I now know as crappy beer from my glass mug. It’s hard to find good beer here in the states. There’s no foam head on American beer maybe someday you can explain to the heathen the difference between good beer and shit American beer.

[@monty_sultana]

I have one like that apostles brew mug i use it everyday

[@Urspo]

I always appreciate your work

[@Tarnatos14]

I am suitably impressed by this great video.

[@pelegsap]

...and in the north of Germany people mostly drink beer from a glass bottle.

[@ilsekuper3045]

Oh yes, lecker Flensburger or Jever😋 Greetings from the Sauerland.

[@holger_p]

Probably, the name comes from the material. Stoneware/Steingut.

[@raistraw8629]

I would guess because it's called Steinkrug, and they shorten it without knowing it make no sense

[@rarbiart]

i prefer the "stein" model called "ideal standard"

[@witerabid]

Warum hab ich dabei sofort Meister Röhrich im Ohr? 😅

[@eisikater1584]

I own a commemorative Bierkrug from my great-grandfather who served in some Bavarian infantery regiment to fight the French in World War 1. After the fighting was over, they gave that Stein to the survivors, with all the names of the dead on it. I once was offered 200 euros for it, and I could have made it double, but I won't sell. I also don't put it on display, it's well preserved in a cardboard box in the attics.

[@rewboss]

You should hold on to it as a piece of family history. I'd suggest you look into getting it insured, but it is almost irreplaceable, so you should get expert advice on that. I do think, though, that it deserves a little better than being hidden in an attic: any chance you could, say, loan it to a local museum?

[@Shusui350]

Like you, I would never sell my great-grandfather' s Reservistenkrug. It looks like the one in the video, only the colours are different (I think because of different regiment). We have it on a shelf in our living room.

[@jurgenrembold8379]

I too am suitably impressed

[@heysemberthkingdom-brunel5041]

The tale goes that years ago during the Bergkirchweih they tried replacing the traditional earthenware mugs with plastic. Protests broke out, culminating in the hated plastic mugs being lit alight in giant pyres and that was that...

[@rewboss]

Apparently a true story. And they had a point: stoneware and glass are reusable (and glass easily recyclable), easy to clean properly, inert and tasteless (in the sense that they taste of nothing).

[@AlisaScholl]

I'm from Bavaria. In my area I know one type of beer that need to be drunk out of a "Tonkrug"(a stein made of clay). It's called "Kellerbier" (basement beer)

[@gustavmeyrink_2.0]

It's a Steinkrug. The problem is that english speakers abbreviate things using only the first descriptive part of German compound words rather than the second main part hence they call Bratwurst 'Brat" which just means 'fry' and thus makes no sense to Germans. Thus they abbreviate Steinkrug to Stein which just means stone.

[@ilsekuper3045]

And I thought, that ' brat ' means a nasty child in English. So in German you might wish to mske it a sausage ( verwursten ) 😜

[@MrZephy]

It's not just English speakers, I think many languages do this. In Portuguese, a "Shopping Centre" is called a "shopping" (thus mangling the grammar in addition to not making sense).

[@rainerausdemspring3584]

I am afraid the Einstein "joke" is a typical example of British "humour". Still laughing...

[@howdyhamster]

I have a glass Maßkrug with the Paulaner logo on it that I picked up at a local thrift shop. Even though it's glass, I still frequently hear it called a "stein" in English just because it's a German beer mug.

[@Nick-kz6dg]

“It’s supposed to be FUNCTIONAL” I am suitably impressed 👍

[@peterpotato1]

Actually, the only thing I remember Villeroy & Boch for is toilets.

[@BSGA22]

I was wondering about the lid, I assumed it was to help keep the beer colder longer.

[@thecanadianmystic]

I got one for xmass I am drinking out of it.

[@Cleeves358]

@rewboss wouldn't it be a good opportunity to talk about the fact, that different types and brands of beer go with different specific mugs, glasses, steins and so on? Surely, don't show us all of them, but maybe present a variety of a dozen different regional favourite beers or so

[@kiliipower355]

1:10 These stoneware beer mugs have the advantage that the beer stays cool longer. The mugs were washed out and then rinsed with cold water. Then they filled them with cold-stored beer. The earthenware retained the cold better. ...and for a long time they were cheaper to produce than glass.

[@muemelification]

Actually, in my home region (some part of south western Germany), Bierkrüge ARE called „Stein“. Pottery is kind of stoney, after all.

[@peterg.8941]

And this is ein stein I bought in Germany 😉.

[@lillywho]

Villeroy und Boch also make toilets and sinks I think

[@laurinwaldmann2970]

Heidelberg und Studentenverbndungen in einem Rewboss Video, ich bin angemessen beeindruckt.

[@christiankastorf1427]

"Steinzeug" is the German word for "earthenware". Those typical and mass-produced pots of greyish earthenware is glazed with salt. The chloride evaporates in the kiln and the sodium reacts with the silicates. Before glazing some patterns were painted on those pots and jars with a blue colour. The "brother" of those "Reservistenkrüge" that men bought or were presented with when having done their service is the "Reservistenpfeife". As is the case with the beer mugs they are from porcellain which allows fine decorations in the newly developed lithograph technology. The head of those pipes are covered with a lid, a precaution against sparks flying all over the place, burning the furniture or table-cloths or causing forest fires. They are indeed collectors items by now.

[@brianmarshall6672]

Earthenware is a Porous type of ware often needing a Tin or lead glaze. The Steins you are referring to are stoneware and are completely vitrified. The salt glaze simply enhances the surface of them but is not a necessity as with earthenwares 👍🏻

[@christiankastorf1427]

@@brianmarshall6672 Thank you for the explanation. I will add that to my memorylist.

[@gerdforster883]

I prefer Pratchett's theory on the reason for the lid. "I've never been quite certain of that one," said Inigo, as Igor shuffled off. "From observation, though, I believe the purpose of the stein is to stop the beer being spilled while using the mug to conduct the singing, mmm, mhm." "Ah, the old quaffing problem," said Vimes. "What a clever idea."

[@yournostroleeoleeolees.]

Hehehehe😂🤣😅😂🤣😅. Like your style.

[@uweinhamburg]

“It’s supposed to be functiolan” With the handle at the side a beerkrug can also be used as a good weapon in a pub brawl...

[@SomePotato]

When I hear Bierkrug, I usually think of a half liter glass. These weird Bavarian things have always been called Steinkrug where I'm from.

[@h.m.v.]

Ironically, the only "Stein" I - someone from Northern Germany - own is a souvenir I brought from the USA. Someone from my group thought it would be a nice cultural experience to visit a baseball game. Said game had an "Oktoberfest" surrounding. They gave out those mugs for free. We thought it was hilarious 😂.

[@TheMKEWERBY]

I've collected steins, so this is interesting!

[@lazarusblackwell6988]

"It is most likely not worth anything" Disagree I feel that some of them are quite valuable To you they might not be valuable but to a person who understands ART it is QUITE valuable Especially when old mugs are concerned

[@unnamedchannel2202]

Well, a Stein in the Palatinian dialect is what a Maß is in Bavarian. Yes, these "stones" are made out of glass too, usually.

[@raistraw8629]

Just say Steinkrug when it's out of "stone" and Glaskrug when it's out of glass. It's not hard ;)

[@manta4077]

2:18 TRACTOR!

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

#Adleraugen Aber ---> Traktor, der

[@HalfEye79]

@@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354 Aber auch ---> Trekker, der

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

@@HalfEye79 #Trekkerfahrn

[@AzaJabar]

I collect and drink out of them

[@Skunkiboi]

The "souvenir" was once called "Resvervistenkrug". It literally was a souvenir for people who served in the armies of the German nations between 1871 and 1914 in order to remind them of a "happy time". After 1914 times were not so happy anymore. The owner and his regiment were hand painted on it's base. It was a common practice to put a hole in it's bottom when it's owner died so nobody was able to drink out of it anymore. The tin cap cap was later mostly sold for scrap metal.

[@Schrankerle]

I have one purchased from an antique shop, so not from a family member. Zur Erinnerung an Meine Dienstzeit on the side.

[@fmhummel]

Another little correction: Beer steins are somewhat valuable, since it's rather easy to find collectors. Even on flea markets they are often offered at rather high prices.

[@BangOlafson]

My Dad had a collection :) Collecting dust now ...

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

The collection or your dad?

[@Hand-in-Shot_Productions]

@@randomjasmicisrandom I think it's the collection, though maybe that's the joke. Now, I am laughing!

[@jonskili]

We have 20 of them at my Grandmas House I use them to Water my plants 😅 also greetings from Ingolstadt

[@peterstadlmaier3107]

In Summer I use a "Stein" with a tin lid to keep my Spritzwein cool at the BBQ.

[@Inkyminkyzizwoz]

I have a stein commemorating Liverpool winning the FA Cup in 2006 and I do actually use it

[@pocketdynamo5787]

I am suitably impressed by all the useless knowledge about my home country that I collect from watching your videos. :D

[@RustyDust101]

Oh wow, that intro joke was such a perfect example of a "Flachwitz" that you take it for your next video about "Flachwitze", literally flat jokes.

[@elton1981]

So basically like a tankard.

[@randomjasmicisrandom]

I’ve got one of those ‘mugs’ with VB on it! Are you suitably impressed?

[@beageler]

Ne Maß heißt in anderen deutschen Regionen ein Stein, speziell die Maßeinheit. Ich habe keine Ahnung ob das ein Reimport ist, ich kenne es aus der Vorderpfalz (also halbwegs nahe Rammstein) und mir ist so als obs in Karlsruhe auch so ist. Ich wusste garnicht das Ausländer die Krüge Stein nennen, ich dachte es wäre was in Bayern die Mass ist, ein Liter Bier. Macht ja aber auch irgendwie Sinn, wir nennen die Dinger ja auch Steinkrug (und Englischsprachige lassen ja gerne Teile von fremdsprachigen Begriffen einfach weg, so weit ich weiss)

[@IIIOOOUS]

I also visited Heidelberg. That is what you do when you grow up in Freiburg. Then you realise Freiburg is still nicer. It is more southern,. Because everybody knows, the more southen, the nicer.

[@supremekingjaden.3096]

I’d sell one of those for ptas.

[@hardassteel]

The beer steins with lids keep beer cold.

[@My1xT]

There are seemingly places tho that (want to) drink out of stone mugs, i have seen in extra3 that the bureaucracy didn't like it tho because of measurement laws and all that.

[@Piett_]

I prefer drinking beer in a mug when it's hit in summer. The beer gets stale more slowly. Try it!

[@KeonaChick]

I use the few I've been given (from said tourists) to hold pens, etc. It must have a purpose or I'm tossing it.

[@CamaroMann]

Es gibt ja das gute alte deutsche Wort Steingut… eigentlich Bezeichnung für bestimmte Art Keramik, aber ich habe es schon oft an Tongeschirr aller Art gesehen. Kommt das englische _beer stein_ vielleicht daher?

[@witerabid]

Im Grunde ja. Es kommt von "Steinkrug", der natürlich nicht wirklich aus Stein ist, sondern aus Steingut.

[@christiankastorf1427]

@@witerabid Yes, and German emigrants took the word and the habit of using them to America. There the name got abbreviated.

[@titusmagnuseinuniversumaus6354]

Der Hundekot wird mit dem Traktor abgeholt?

[@BertGrink]

Die hunde sind wahrscheinlich ganz schön groß in der gegend. ;)

[@minimax9452]

A Question: When it comes to a "Stein" the americans and british pronounce the ie correct....when the are speaking eg Mr. Weinstein they cant pronounce "ei", instead they seem to say say "Weinsteen"

[@ThePixel1983]

XD Nice one!

[@MrTONESHOP]

The material is in german "Steingut " or "Steinzeug" means "stoneware" or "earthenware". But english speaking people are so lazy that they reduced it to "Stein"

[@HalfEye79]

To call them "stein" is not completely wrong. It probably came, because at first they were made from "Steingut", which is more ceramic than stone..

[@vince7735]

I was hoping you were going to talk more about the functional stein. Do you drink from one? Does it do anything for the beer?

[@rarbiart]

i thought these were invented by german immigrants in the US. Because nobody owns those here. you just find them in store around tourist attractions with a lot of Americans, Japanese and Chineese tourists around.