Sigi Freud and Beer

Time for a lighter post after we fixed the world.

Hm, can a post about beer in Germany be light hearted, given the strong feelings many locals have about beer in general and their favourite brew in particular? 

Once again Random Research  (R.R., pronounced Arrr! Arrr!) makes the impossible a reality: it proved invaluable in bringing Sigmund Freud, Hogan's Heros, and beer together in a sublime piece of prose.

"Verification is only possible on yourself", said the great doctor. This brings up the immediate question, did Sigmund Freud get his verification theory from beer lovers?

Enter Hogan's Heroes and their regular trips to the Black Eagle, a guest house that happens to exist -- present tense, go visit -- near the town of Hammelburg, Germany. The Black Eagle was where the heroes performed the beer verification on themselves.  We can now tie beer to hangovers and, thanks to an old friend who performed this verification with abandon, we can bring you shocking news.

There is bad beer in Germany, too.

No one knows exactly what made the local brew in Stalag XIII town famous as "migraine brew", but by all accounts it was far more headache inducing than other known beers, despite using the standard ingredients (malt, hop, water, yeast) only.

Personal verification of the brew's effects turned out to be impossible. The label still exists but the brewery was sold more than ten years ago, and the beer is now brewed far away. With better water.

This twist makes the whole story truly Freudian: make a claim that cannot be verified and stick to it.