Our first cutural excursion - Weekend 1.st of June - please contact

Hello all,

This is the announcement of the Stammtisch travel board. We have been trying to organize our first outing this week, but due to the short announcement, there where not enough participants to make it happen. That is why we will postpone our travel to the week end of the 1.st of June. Let us quickly introduce you to our first “cultural” excursion:
- HISTORY
As countless times discussed and requested from you before, we are finally proud and happy to announce our first week end outing. We try to organize our first outing to the "world famous" Loewenburg Brewery in Shekou where the German brewer and Shenzhen's Stammtisch organizer Christian is (not) happy to receive the Guangzhou bunch. It's time to show the SZ Stammtisch how are the real masters of the beer!!! Consider that as a challenge guys!
- WHERE? 
We will travel to Shekou, which is a little city in the south of Shenzhen. There on the New Sea World Place, on the top of the Minghua ship (see photo) there is the Loewenburg Restaurant and Microbrewery. Christian, the German beer brewery of the restaurant, is brewing under the strict eyes of the German purity laws, one of the freshest and best beers, you will be able to find in south China. You can find more information about our excursion goal, the first real German restaurant in the PRD region through the link on the right hand side.

- WHEN?
In order to make it possible for most of us to find the right date, we expect your answer via email with the choice of the following dates:
1. Friday the 1.st of May
2. Saturday the 2.nd of May
- HOW?
Simply by replying via mail to us NOT LATER THEN WEDNESDAY THE 30.st OF APRIL. Let us know when would be best for you (if you can do it on both dates, please let us know as well) so we can by the middle of this week move forward and check for bus and hotel rooms.
- HOW MUCH?
We guess right now that we can get the hotel rooms at 160 RMB / night, the bus transfer should be not more then 60 RMB one way and the rest depends on your drinking and other spending behavior…

Looking forward for your reservations and further questions
The travel board

THIS wednesday in the Sportsman's American Restaurant - 9.5.2007

After the last weeks closure event in the Guangdong Yingbingguan (Pictures are posted below, soon), the Stammtisch Board has been traveling around for you to find a new venue for our bi weekly gatherings. For now, we found a new home, the Sportsman's American Restaurant. It is located behind the Friendship store / World Trade Center, find the access map and the link to their website here. The deal:
Bottled Qingdao (big one) – 15 RMB
Pint of Carlsberg draught – 15 RMB
Bottle of Erdinger (big one) – 30 RMB

See you all there on Wednesday

An era ends

An era goes to its end. Totally unexpected, the management of the Guangdong Guesthouse approached us yesterday to tell us the shocking news. The Guesthouse will close its doors. The official version is the pretext of renovation. After asking back a few uneasy question, they finally told us that the place has been sold and the future of it is uncertain. Very certain, after our estimation, is that the 50RMB all you can drink deal discontinued its existence.
With this, an era finishes. The place, in which the Stammtisch was born and existed over a year, will close down (forever?). But closing down the Guangdong Guesthouse, does not mean closing down the Stammtisch. We will go on, celebrating good beer in Guangzhou. In the near future we will send you update information on where the next Stammtisch will be held.
As the Guangdong Guesthouse will close on the 1.5.2007, we shall rock the place one last time on the 30.4.2007. Nobody is excused as on 1.5.2007, there is an official holiday. Pass the word on, bring as many friends as you can. The goal is to finally empty the beer tanks. Bring your dog, Goldfish and girlfriends as well (yes this time women are allowed) and lets all meet in the Guangdong Guesthouse for one last time. Lee Jiun Fa, a.k.a. the resident beer brew master and the whole staff is looking forward to receive us all and serve us Guangzhou’s freshest beer.
Over this sad news, we should not forget a very important fact. With a 100% vote, Rik Vallis made it to the board of the Stammtisch. We welcome Rik and we are looking forward to see his great ideas for more activities in, on and around the Stammtisch realized and to work closely together with him in the future.

Schedule changement

Many of you have been asking us to make the Stammtisch again more frequently. On the last Stammtisch, 11. April 2007, we had a vote on it and decided to give it a try and make the Stammtisch bi-weekly. So from now on we can meet every second week.
If this “experiment” proves to be a failure because nobody will be coming, we can reschedule and make it monthly again.
But anyhow we are looking forward to your comments about it and take any further decisions on the schedule from there.

See you all on Friday at the Whiskey Society night in Senses