u naait hetsteeds
Aug. 18th, 2010 10:05 pmIt's embarrassing that I've been back from Holland for two weeks, and I still haven't posted pictures. I've got a ton of them, and have selected and processed most of what I want to post. Ah well, start with the one...
Maastricht has this bar called Take One, with 500 beers (mostly Belgian AFAICT). You tell the barman (on the left in the banner) what sort of flavor you're looking for (e.g. sweet, fruity, bitter, harsh), and he produces a beer for you.
The interior is decorated entirely in beer mats, beer posters, and bottle caps. One table-mate was from Finland, and found beer mats of 7 different Finnish beers on the wall above the table.

Finding out that I was American, the barman wrote the following on a beer mat (Heineken):
U.S.
U naait hetsteeds
You fuck it anytime
I can't vouch for the translation, just for the fact that he wrote it, and sounded it out for me.
But if it's accurate, it might explain some of our PR problem...
Maastricht has this bar called Take One, with 500 beers (mostly Belgian AFAICT). You tell the barman (on the left in the banner) what sort of flavor you're looking for (e.g. sweet, fruity, bitter, harsh), and he produces a beer for you.
The interior is decorated entirely in beer mats, beer posters, and bottle caps. One table-mate was from Finland, and found beer mats of 7 different Finnish beers on the wall above the table.

Finding out that I was American, the barman wrote the following on a beer mat (Heineken):
U.S.
U naait hetsteeds
You fuck it anytime
I can't vouch for the translation, just for the fact that he wrote it, and sounded it out for me.
But if it's accurate, it might explain some of our PR problem...