STOERTEBEKER BERNSTEIN WEIZEN – AMBER WHEAT BEER | THE ART OF BREWING

i never tried and drank a better tasting alcohol-free beer! i am not really a specialist in rating the taste of beer. my favorite alcoholic drink is vine especially RIESLING and SAUVIGNON BLANC or heavy, extra dry, but fruity red vines from italy or germany or an ice cold GIN TONIC. but when i picked up a special wheat beer for a friend last week at MARUHN, the world largest beer market of the world, i found this really originally beer box of STOERTEBEKER. after i was running or biking i like to drink isotonic beers, especially wheat beer: no calories, no alcohol, but refreshing. so i drank the most time ERDINGER which is promoted by a lot of sportsmen, but believe me, the STOERTEBEKER “BERNSTEIN WEIZEN” is a tasty sensation: fruit aromas, smooth malty and a little bit sweet with soft caramel notes, … wonderful. the color is great too, this gave the beer its name: BERNSTEIN – amber. beside this WEIZEN, the STOERTEBEKER MANUFACTURE BREWERY has a lot of other different good sounding beer sorts, like f.ex. WHISKY BEER, ATLANTIC-ALE, BERNSTEIN WEIZEN with alcohol, HANSE PORTER. and funny, the BEER BOX you see below got the “WORLD STAR FOR PACKING” in 2012, which means that this box is the nicest beer box of the world and this box caught my eyes too! in january the brewery got again five – 5! – gold medals for different beer sorts from the german agriculture company (DLG)! if you do not find STOERTEBEKER at your local beer dealer you can order your own “KARTON” with the sorts you want to try. pics | LTG


FEINSCHMUCK x PassionFrance® | BRONZE WALLET HOOK STINGRAY PLUS LONDON ANCHOR KNIFE

isn’t that a wonderful combination? i love it. the knife is made by PassionFrance® and the style is named LONDON. it is a maritime knife and because of this i like the combination of the stingray patterned bronze hook with the golden anchor – perfect content. next time i will do a special blog post about this wonderful knife. the hook is massive bronze and very well done – hand made by MARIA and MANFRED STROPPE c/o FEINSCHMUCK. ALEXANDER V. BRONEWSKI, who does the well known and fine because.blog, works also for FEINSCHMUCK. he gave me the simple but very nice and durable lace made of kangaroo leather. FEINSCHMUCK does a lot of hooks with different patterns and a lot of more fine accessories made of bronze and other materials. at their website you will find a list of stores where you can buy this beautiful stuff. PassionFrance@ knifes are available online at www.passionfrance-shop.de. pics | LTG






ORDERSHOW AMTRAQ @ B-74 IN FRANKFURT/MAIN

last thursday i took a ride to B-74 with my brother to join the ordershow of AMTRAQ. i was not in the mood to check up new stuff and so i did just some people shots, talked a lot with friends and had a very nice meal with all the guys and girls at RITZ ffm around the corner B-74. thx DIRK for the invitation. it was nearly a familial atmosphere there two days ago, because a lot of people left the show to get some days off before the next event starts at ZURICH, switzerland next tuesday. pics | LTG



Christian Brennenstuhl c/o FILSON

Stefan Feichtinger c/o Scarti-Lab & Klaus Voll c/o volls.de

Dirk Thomas c/o MERZ B. SCHWANEN

Fabian J. my brother

 Alexander v. Bronewski c/o because.blog & FEINSCHMUCK


KAMI owner of B-74 and RED WING STORE FRANKFURT and distributor of OTTER WAX

 Oli Bremerich c/o Bremerich Jeans (right)

Andy Lösch c/o AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION

 Uwe E Maier c/o AMTRAQ DISTRIBUTION


D-A-D – 30 YEARS 30 HITS 30 GIGS | SIGNED LIMITED CD

time is running: this year one of my absolute favorite bands ever D-A-D celebrates its 30th birthday. i wasn’t a fan from the beginning because of don’t knowing this danish great rockin’ guys. but  i remember that my first album was from 1987. it was “D.A.D DRAWS A CIRCLE”. i love the songs on it till today … and they never will get out of style: just rockin’ without any fuckin’ shit around … hand made, straight, honest, melodic, sometimes harder, sometimes smoother … catchy … thanks guys for 30 years of this! two weeks ago i got my limited signed anniversary album: BEST OF D-A-D 30 YEARS 30 HITS 1984 – 2014. very well done: good choice of the songs and wonderful cover with embossed types and the signatures of JESPER (voc) and JACOB BINZER (gui), STIG PEDERSEN (bass) and LAUST SONNE (drums). so, see you in may @ BATSCHKAPP, frankfurt, germany, to have a birthday party. i do not know how often i’ve seen this great band – but i know, it could be never too often. and JESPER respect: good stlye. like your 2-tone WOLVERINE 1000 MILES boots – i got the same dark brown/black colored … pics | LTG, facebook D-A-D

LTG BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION | 24 | THE REAL McCOY’S FIELD SHOES N-1

after a five months break i will continue my LTG BOOT & SHOE COLLECTION series. the boot today is really outstanding and this not only because of the price – this one is so well done and crafted. it is a replica of the N-1 official US NAVY BOOT during WWII, which was called the “BOONDOCKER”. the people at REAL McCOY’S found an original boot which was really hard to find. and from this boot they took all the specifications and made a – sorry for me – one of the most perfect boots, you can get today. love the triple stitching details and enjoy the perfect fitting day by day. i got my boots from volls.de but he did not put these nice pieces online. another option here in europe is superdenim in the UK. important: size down half a number (US size). pics | LTG

THE REAL McCOY’S FIELD SHOES N-1
date of buying | end 2013
size | 9 D
height | 6 inch
leather | cow hide suede; treated eith dubbin by hand to offer water restsitance
pull loop | no
hardware | eyelets
laces | cotton, 7 holes
sole | rubber & cord “RAW CORD”
half slip | yes
heel base | straight
heel height | standard
mid sole | standard leather,  brown
toe design | plain toe
insole | leather footbed
welt | leather welt
steel toe | NO
category | replica US NAVY BOOT WWII, made in JAPAN


BOOK “MASS-SCHUHE” – CUSTOM SHOES – BY AXEL HIMER FOR THE GENTLEMAN’S LIBRARY

some days ago i got this book from OLLI THE BARBER as a birthday present. great – i did not know the book “MAßSCHUHE”. very well done with a lot of photos, illustrations, graphics and useful informations, more than 220 pages. the absolute right thing for a shoe maniac like me. thx OLLI! beside the contents, the book itself is made so nice. look at the old school hard cover with golden embossments and the best: the pages have a golden cut – awesome … like a bible … i think this touch is wanted by the editor of the GENTLEMAN’S LIBRARY. there are two books more: CLASSIC SPORTSCARS, WATCHES. pics | LTG

THE “COOLEST” TRUCK EVER | 6.8 TON CHEVY PICK UP MADE OF AN ICE BODY

damn, this is really cool, isn’t it? this driving refrigerator CHEVY truck was weighting 6.8 tons. it was made by 76 old JULIAN, an ice artist who is working around the world for example president and actor parties in dubai, thailand, new zealand or india. he is making lounges and bars of ice. but building an ice truck was the first time for the man out of HENSALL, a very small village in ONTARIO, canada. the truck was build for a TV-SPOT for car components, in this case especcially for batteries. the motto was “TESTED FOR LIFE IN CANADA”. beside, with a drive on the highway they wanted to get an entry in the GUINNESS BOOK OF RECORDS. not so easy, imagine that when the 8 cylinder big block runs it gets really hot in the motor compartment. so they had to cool this section massiv down while running the engine. the CHEVY had to drive at least 1,5 kilometers with more than 20 km/h to get the entry in the book. a special stuntman drove the CHEVY about 4 kilometers with the needed speed at the 12th of december 2013. after 40 hours melting there was just the engine and the chassis left. what a project … pics | iceculture


BUZZ RICKSON’S MA-1 "SLENDER ORIG. SPEC. JACKET” @ BURG & SCHILD NEW ONLINE SHOP

okay it is 4 weeks ago that the BURG & SCHILD webshop went online. but it is like it is: less time for me to do the blog posts i wanted before and after christmas because of heavy working. so here we go. searching for a MA-1 jacket from BUZZ RICKSON or REAL McCOY’s i stopped at the new B&S shop, which is really succeed. well done and perfect fitting for the brands and the guys behind BURG & SCHILD. with a rocking and biking attitude, no fashion and pussy affection. straight graphics and wonderful detailed pics f.ex. of this great MA-1 20 years anniversay BR jacket. very nice the small category drawings grey on black – like them very much! SHANE: compliment – you and your guys, your online and graphic team did a very good job. and now take a look at the jacket. isn’t it great? pics | BURG & SCHILD

WWW.INTERBRIGADE.COM AD IN HERITAGE POST | EXECUTION COMMANDO AT WORK

there is a new clothing label, and i do not want to write down its name again, because i do not want to do marketing for a label which tries to get attention at any price with bad taste pics. i really wonder that nobody of the enthusiastic readers of this german men magazine showed any reaction reffering to this ad: an execution commando at work. i think because of the label name the pic is from the SPANISH CIVIL WAR. international brigades fought against FRANCO and the fascism federations supported by a.h. & mussolini. the ad was done by the editor of this men magazine and owner of the label. okay … what wants the maker of the ad say to me? „männer brauchen ideale” – “men do need ideals”. ahm, well, …? sorry, maybe i am too stupid, but i do not understand. okay, fighting against fascism is always a good thing. is this the quintessence of the headline corresponding to the picture? still bad taste. for me it is not correct to do marketing for a fashion label in this way. not political – absolutely in need of an explanation. and beside, the motive is terrible. think about the family of this man waiting to be killed in a moment. what will be the next motive? i can’t write what i am thinking about this. isn’t there any sensitiveness today? i’am really disappointed about all the readers who just accept such a f***ing shit without any comment. this is not heritage, vintage, cool or something like that. blame on you! …

NEW ALDEN ORDER ARRIVED @ VOLLS

KLAUS from volls.de gave me a call that the new ALDEN order has just arrived. all new ALDEN boots got a VOLLS print inside. very nice and i would be proud of it … and i think KLAUS is. he got 6 new different style exclusively made for VOLLS.  all in different shapes, leathers, color combinations but all with leather soles. my favorites are the beige colored, doubled soled INDY BOOT, the tan suede PLAIN TOE BOOT and the tan CHUKKA – very nice, smart but cool and best crafted – ALDEN. pics | LTG