For ten million euros you could buy 15 million bottles of Spezi. Why do you ask? Well, first of all to a more important question: Is it called the Spezi, the Spezi or the Spezi? That depends entirely on who you ask. The inventor of the mixed drink is said to have chosen the name as an abbreviation for his “special mixture” (female), but had the Bavarian name for a good friend (male) in mind. Even etymologists have already dealt with the topic and add the “Spezi-Limo” (neuter) as an option. And now?
Now two breweries are fighting in court: Spezi brand owner Riegele from Augsburg and Paulaner from Munich. By the way, at Riegele it’s called “the Spezi”, at Paulaner “the Spezi”. But of course the process isn’t about grammar, it’s about money. A lot of money, see above. My colleague Andreas Salch is following the case in the Munich district court – and as sweet as the fizzy drink tastes, the argument over it is just as bitter. Riegele has licensed his recipe of cola, juice and soda along with the name to various breweries, but Paulaner sells its own “Paulaner Spezi” – which incidentally also tastes different. There is a special agreement for this, around which the court dispute revolves. The controversy is a lesson that many generations of law students will discuss in dry seminars and then wash down with friends afterwards.
By the way, the colleagues from Now.de have a few more tips for this: “What has so much Munich soul in it must inspire the city’s bartenders,” they thought and went on the search for the best mixed drink with the Made a cola mix. The result: amazing flavor, amazing color, and the odd amazing hangover. At one point in the text the beautiful sentence falls: “Spezi is the Bavarian champagne.” But read for yourself.
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Reiter postpones speaker choice Cases of illness among the Greens could have “foreseeably changed” the majority in the town hall, the mayor explains his decision. The CSU had already sharply criticized a candidate in advance.
Farewell to four city ministers Rosemarie Hingerl and Thomas Böhle are retiring, Alexander Dietrich and Thomas Bönig are starting over somewhere else. What made you particularly happy during your tenure – and what you would have liked to have implemented.
After warnings from Denmark: Suspect arrested in Munich More than 15 patrol crews are looking for a potentially dangerous man on Tuesday night. He is arrested at the central bus station – and his backpack, ax and gas cartridge are seized.
Moosach: A person dies in a fire in a dormitory The fire broke out on Tuesday morning. Investigations into the identity of the deceased and the cause of the fire are ongoing.
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