For those of you that don’t know last weekend was the big college football rivalry game between the University of Washington and Washington State University known as the Apple Cup. The game was played in Seattle this year and it provided the perfect opportunity to take Das Boot out and introduce him to the WSU tailgate crowd. Honcho was kind enough to let me borrow his Jack Bauer messenger bag for transportation of Das Boot making it easy to move from tailgate to tailgate without fear of dropping and breaking Das Boot.

It took a couple of hours for the tailgate crowd to warm up but by 2:30 p.m. chants of “Das Boot!” could be heard sporadically through out the party. It was Yerzimbeck that pulled seven ice cold Busch Lights out of his cooler and said, “Let’s fill that fucker up!” to get the first Das Boot started. I kicked off the festivities with the first drink but didn’t last long once the brain freeze from the ice cold booze lights set in. Cory stepped up to bat about 10 minutes after the first Das Boot was finished and filled it up with Budweiser. You can definitely tell the difference moving from Busch Light to straight up Anheusers.

About six of us headed back to my place to watch the game on TV after the tailgate parties. We ended up doing two more boggs filled Das Boots during the game. Drinking a 7 beer Das Boot in a circle of 6 people is one way to get fucked up fast.

The best part about doing the group Das Boot is that you get to see multiple bubbles. In Beerfest one guy drank the whole boot so there was only one bubble. When you are dealing with a group, depending on the magnitude of drinkers you have got, you are going to see at least 2 but possibly 5 bubbles as people try to drink down past the ankle but then turn the boot upright again. Bubble 2 is usually the best because the drinker thinks the poor sap before of them took care of the bubble and then it hits them in the face. Here are few pictures of Das Boot making the rounds at the tailgate party. Just for reference the picture above is Das Boot with about 5 beers. It takes at least 7 beers to fill it up to an acceptable group drinking level.

Product Page: DAS BOOT

Last Friday was a glorious day for all of us Tastyboozers. The UPS man left a 2 litre bier boot on my door step from Bier Boot Haus, purveyors of the finest glass bier boots one can find here in the U.S. Needless to say, things around my house just got a whole lot cooler. Below are my initial reactions to DAS BOOT. Next week we will have a full review of DAS BOOT including action shots and a possible video of our DAS BOOT debauchery.

Initial Reactions

1. This thing is awesome. The glass is thick and I don’t think the boot would break easily. That being said I definitely wouldn’t say that it is meathead strong. If you have one buddy that likes to slam things around you might want to keep the boot away from him.
2. The boot is listed as 2 litres but it holds way more than that. One litre is roughly 33.8 ounces (thank you Google), so for you mathematically challenged boozers that is 67.6 ounces or 5.6 12 ounce beers. It took 7 12 ounce boggs or 84 total ounces to fill the boot up to the level you see in the pictures below.
3. The air bubble made famous in movie Beerfest is real. I think the movie exaggerated the intensity of the bubble but I experienced it first hand. It doesn’t blast you in the face but you will get some serious wave pool action going that makes it hard not to spill.
4. DAS BOOT is daunting. You can chug and chug and chug and when you finally go to pass it off it looks like you didn’t even take a drink.

If you have been living under a rock and you aren’t familiar with the DAS BOOT the basic rules of drinking are below.

Bier Boot Haus ‘Haus’ Game Rules

The beer boot is passed around a group with individuals taking a sip and passing to the left (unless multiple boots are in use). Once the boot is first picked up, it cannot touch the table until finished. Each player must flick the beer boot prior to and after taking a sip. The person who finished the beer boot second to last is required to refill the boot.

Product Page: DAS BOOT