Comments on: What’s Buzzing in the World of Beer? http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/ The podcast from Crispy on the Outside (dot com), the irreverent food blog for food outlaws. The latest from the culinary underbelly, including news, interviews, and bluster. Thu, 18 Mar 2010 08:06:21 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.5 hourly 1 By: Jackson http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2365 Jackson Tue, 10 Nov 2009 16:29:55 +0000 http://crispyontheoutside.com/?p=1438#comment-2365 I love me some zeppelins! I love me some zeppelins!

]]> By: Baylen http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2363 Baylen Tue, 10 Nov 2009 14:23:02 +0000 http://crispyontheoutside.com/?p=1438#comment-2363 As usually happens, I stand corrected. As usually happens, I stand corrected.

]]> By: Jackson http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/comment-page-1/#comment-2362 Jackson Tue, 10 Nov 2009 13:01:31 +0000 http://crispyontheoutside.com/?p=1438#comment-2362 <i>As an aside, is it really a “disaster” when a Nazi airship covered by swastikas blows up?</i><br><br>Yes, it is. Hugo Eckener, mgr of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Eckener#Sidelined" target=_new rel="nofollow">hated the Nazis</a> and was nearly carted off to a concentration camp for it. The swastikas only appeared on the tailfins after the company was nationalized (against the company's wishes).<br><br>German zeppelins, with their passenger and mail services, were among the few worthwhile contributions Germany gave during the inter-war period, but, like everything good in German culture, the Nazis shat all over them. As an aside, is it really a “disaster” when a Nazi airship covered by swastikas blows up?

Yes, it is. Hugo Eckener, mgr of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, hated the Nazis and was nearly carted off to a concentration camp for it. The swastikas only appeared on the tailfins after the company was nationalized (against the company's wishes).

German zeppelins, with their passenger and mail services, were among the few worthwhile contributions Germany gave during the inter-war period, but, like everything good in German culture, the Nazis shat all over them.

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