Liters of lager are an essential piece of Bavarian beer culture. They're apparently verboten in Bay State beer halls.
The Alcoholic Beverages Control Commission threatened to put Firebrand Saints in Cambridge under surveillance yesterday to ensure it did not go ahead with plans to host a liter-mug patio party last night with Bay State beer maker Notch Brewing Co.
The board argued the promotional mugs used to serve the low-alcohol "session beers" that are Notch's speciality ran afoul of happy-hour regulations, after reading about the party plans in yesterday's Herald.
"We got a call from the ABCC and were told that we'd be under surveillance and that if we served the (liter mugs) we'd get in trouble," said Firebrand Saints owner Gary Strack. ABCC spokesman John Carlisle could not be reached for comment.
A liter is 33.8 ounces, slightly more than two pints. Notch Brewing's session beers are brewed with low- alcohol content, generally about 4 percent, to satisfy drinkers looking for full flavor without the heavy buzz.
"You can get a pint of beer with 10 percent alcohol in this state no problem," said Notch Brewing Co. owner Chris Lohring. "But you can't get a two-pint serving of beer with 4 percent alcohol. It makes no sense."
"We were trying to create the same sort of spirit of a German beer garden," said Strack. "It's a great event with cultural relevance."
As of press time, the party was in full swing, with the following workaround in place: patrons had empty liter mugs, bought full pitchers of sessions beer, and poured them into the mugs, Lohring confirmed.
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