For President Obama and Angela Merkel, the Beer Lacked Bite

New York Times ^ | June 8, 2015 | by Julie Hirschfeld Davis

[Oldeconomybuyer]

KRÜN, Germany — It is a tale of beer summitry gone awry.

The day after President Obama clinked glasses of Bavarian ale with Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany in a picturesque village square at the foot of the Alps, the town’s mayor confirmed that his beverage had been nonalcoholic.

Mr. Obama’s carefully choreographed sausage-and-beer moment with Ms. Merkel – complete with townspeople in traditional dress and long alphorns serenading them – was intended in part to showcase the leaders’ warm bond after a period of recent strains in their relationship.

“It was a very fine beer,” Mr. Obama told reporters on his way out of the town. “I wish I was staying.”

But it didn’t take long for rumors to begin flying that the beer had been nonalcoholic. The White House dismissed them.

“I’m not aware of what kind of beer the president was served, but I’m confident that he did not order a nonalcoholic beer,” Josh Earnest told reporters. “I don’t know what he was eventually served, but I would be very, very surprised if he ordered a nonalcoholic beer.”

[Oldeconomybuyer]

[colorado tanker]

In a country with the best beer in the world and Zero drinks the watery stuff? Figures.

[KarlInOhio]

Completely ineffective fake... and the beer is too.

[CMailBag]

If it isn’t fake, it isn’t Obama.

[spokeshave]

...maybe the translation from Ebonics to Austrian got screwed up.

they should have hired this guy again....

[kiryandil]

He’s a Muslim.

[RS_Rider]

The imposters version of “I didn’t inhale”.
His minions got the word that the shiftless lazy imposter was tipping a brew at 11:00 a.m. and it wasn’t polling well.

[a fool in paradise]

Beer summit fail

[a fool in paradise]

“I don’t know what he was eventually served, but I would be very, very surprised if he ordered a nonalcoholic beer.”

Apparently he couldn't tell the difference.

[a fool in paradise]

The sausage dogs were excellent though.

[MeshugeMikey]

Obie ordered a very tall cool one...

large enough in fact... that merkel was inspired to begin spinning her famous fish stories

[MeshugeMikey]

shhh dont tell...

[Isabel2010]

He’s a Muslim.

Did he eat sausage too? (pork)
But then again, if you lie, cheat or kill to advance islam all is forgiven.
So whats a little pork and beer!

[Uncle Miltie]

Muslims don’t drink alcohol.

[jaz.357]

[Gator113]

I loved that event!! I am still laughing about it.

[Oppressed_Citizen]

Zima is non-alcoholic?

[HenpeckedCon]

That's a hefeweizen. It definitely has alcohol.