Celebrating May 1st in Heidelberg

This is a beer called Radler, a combination of beer and lemon-lime soda. It doesn't get any better than this on a hot, sunny day. Another point for the Germans!

This brief description of the origin of the beer is courtesy of BeerAdvocate.com:

"On a hot summer afternoon in June of 1922, Franz Xaver Kugler, the owner of a Gasthaus high in the Deisenhofner Kugler-Alm in Bavaria realized that he did not have enough beer to accomodate all of his guests for the day, both bicyclists as well as mountain hikers. Hence, he decided to offer his remaining beer, as a mixture of beer and lemon-lime soda of which he had an ample supply, and thus he nick-named his newly-found drink after the bicyclists, the "Radler". "

My boyfriend and I were served it by accident a few weekends ago and, since then, after trying several beers on the menu we have finally put the name to the beer. Needless to say, we are officially hooked.