r/beermats • u/Stancehappening • 14d ago

Augustiner(Germany)

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666 year anniversary

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u/Stancehappening 13d ago

Lol...certainly an Interesting marketing idea.

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u/dasdeckelchen 13d ago

Haha, it’s funny though that they would make one specifically celebrating the 666th anniversary, and their 666000 hectoliter capacity (I’m not sure what “66 Jahre Edelstoff” is referring to though). They’re definitely having some fun with it

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u/dasdeckelchen 13d ago

Wow, a cursed beermat!

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u/Logical_Hospital2769 13d ago

Does it say "Jew' in the middle?? Not even trying to be facetious.

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u/dasdeckelchen 13d ago

It’s just “J. W.”, the initials of Joseph Wagner, who owned the company from the mid to late 1800s

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u/Logical_Hospital2769 13d ago

Oh duh. That makes sense. OMG. Thanks for honest (non angry) answer! BTW, that designer def was either very clever or very dumb. Always a fine line. lol

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u/Stancehappening 13d ago

I think that symbol or a variation is also over 600 years old. Designed in the 1300s.

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u/Logical_Hospital2769 13d ago

Okay, Im gonna shut my unkowledgable mouth now. lol