http://crispyontheoutside.disqus.com/The irreverent food blog for food outlaws.enTue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:55 -0000http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/#comment-22573213<p>I love me some zeppelins!</p>JacksonTue, 10 Nov 2009 14:29:55 -0000http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/#comment-22565480<p>As usually happens, I stand corrected.</p>BaylenTue, 10 Nov 2009 12:23:02 -0000http://crispyontheoutside.com/2009/11/10/whats-buzzing-in-the-world-of-beer/#comment-22551541<p><i>As an aside, is it really a “disaster” when a Nazi airship covered by swastikas blows up?</i></p><p>Yes, it is. Hugo Eckener, mgr of the Luftschiffbau Zeppelin, <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Eckener#Sidelined" rel="nofollow noopener" target="_blank" title="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hugo_Eckener#Sidelined">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).</p><p>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.</p>JacksonTue, 10 Nov 2009 11:01:31 -0000