# Pope Pimps Beer **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [May 12, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480 "2005-05-12T00:26:10Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Tuckerfan](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/eada6e/32.png) [@Tuckerfan](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tuckerfan)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/1 "2005-05-12T00:26:10Z")
[Pop open a nice cold, popeski!](http://www.wkyc.com/news/news_fullstory.asp?id=34727) > [@](#): > > Thanks to the pope, a German brewery is enjoying new success thanks to his “endorsement.” > > A Stuttgart brewery had been struggling to sell its wheat beer, until pictures showed then -Cardinal Ratzinger enjoying the brew every once in a while. Not mentioned in that article is that the Pope has given his permission for them to use his likeness in advertising the stuff. ---
**Author:** ![Reeder](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Reeder](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Reeder)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/2 "2005-05-12T01:26:48Z")
This is a surprise? What German doesn’t like beer? ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:36am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/3 "2005-05-12T01:36:19Z")
Pope Beer. Love it! ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/4 "2005-05-12T02:00:21Z")
The Pope doing beer ads… Nope, didn’t see _that_ one coming. ---
**Author:** ![Nic2004](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/n/4491bb/32.png) [@Nic2004](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Nic2004)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:10am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/5 "2005-05-12T02:10:32Z")
When you open it, can they make it go “pope”? Now in convienient pope-top can What’s next…soda pope? I’m sorry. That was just wrong. ---
**Author:** ![Good\_Egg](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/96bed5/32.png) [@Good\_Egg](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Good_Egg)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/6 "2005-05-12T02:23:50Z")
Have it with crackers? ---
**Author:** ![Mr.Moto](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/9de0a6/32.png) [@Mr.Moto](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mr.Moto)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/7 "2005-05-12T02:25:57Z")
> [@](#): > > This past weekend, the brewery sent a beer truck to Rome delivering 185 gallons of beer to the pope. :eek: KEGGER!!! ---
**Author:** ![Etherman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/958977/32.png) [@Etherman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Etherman)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/8 "2005-05-12T02:37:42Z")
You know, I’ve always thought that crass commercialism was getting out of hand, but when the Pope starts doing endorsments, that really goes beyond the ale. ---
**Author:** ![Electronic\_Chaos](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/bbe5ce/32.png) [@Electronic\_Chaos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Electronic_Chaos)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:20am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/9 "2005-05-12T03:20:00Z")
Next thing you know, they’ll be using beer for the sacrament. ---
**Author:** ![Blalron](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/35a633/32.png) [@Blalron](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Blalron)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/10 "2005-05-12T03:30:32Z")
Wow, the Pope is a cooler guy than I thought. ---
**Author:** ![Ranchoth](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ranchoth/32/1066_2.png) [@Ranchoth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ranchoth)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 7:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/11 "2005-05-12T07:51:17Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Next thing you know, they’ll be using beer for the sacrament. What. and lose the Korbel account? ---
**Author:** ![Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/3d9bf3/32.png) [@Tapioca\_Dextrin](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tapioca_Dextrin)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 11:30am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/12 "2005-05-12T11:30:10Z")
In addition to beer, popes have, on occasion, made wine. The most famous being [Pope Clement V](http://www.wine-journal.com/clement.html). In addition to seeing off the Kight’s Templars, he relocated the papacy to Avignon and started making wine which became known as [Chateauneuf du Pape](http://www.chateauneuf.com/english/app_his.html). ---
**Author:** ![Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bosda_di_chi_of_tricor/32/16845_2.png) [@Bosda\_Di\_Chi\_of\_Tricor](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Bosda_Di_Chi_of_Tricor)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/13 "2005-05-12T12:29:54Z")
> [@Good Egg](#): > > Have it with crackers? And mackerel. ---
**Author:** ![Cynical\_Optimist](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/c6cbf5/32.png) [@Cynical\_Optimist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Cynical_Optimist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 12:58pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/14 "2005-05-12T12:58:39Z")
> [@Electronic Chaos](#): > > Next thing you know, they’ll be using beer for the sacrament. That’ll help reverse the trend of decreasing attendance. Then you can make it part of other ceremonies: _Say three Hail Marys, three Our Fathers, and three shots of Oktoberfest_. _In the name of the Lager, the Ale, and the rest of the spirits._ ---
**Author:** ![F.U.Shakespeare](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/aca169/32.png) [@F.U.Shakespeare](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/F.U.Shakespeare)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 1:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/15 "2005-05-12T13:47:50Z")
In the 19th century, Pope Leo XIII actually _did_ endorse cocaine-laced Mariani wine, in a [print ad featuring his likeness.](http://www.logofilo.com/RAE-AnswersToProfessorPaniaguasStudents.htm) (The ad is down to near the bottom, near the words “Pope Leo XIII”) ---
**Author:** ![CynicalGabe](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/3e96dc/32.png) [@CynicalGabe](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/CynicalGabe)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/16 "2005-05-12T14:06:57Z")
German first, Pope second, eh? ---
**Author:** ![Balle\_M](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/13edae/32.png) [@Balle\_M](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Balle_M)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 2:56pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/17 "2005-05-12T14:56:46Z")
“Less Secular!” “Tastes Blessed!” ---
**Author:** ![beergeek279](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/7ea924/32.png) [@beergeek279](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/beergeek279)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/18 "2005-05-12T15:04:50Z")
> [@Reeder](#): > > This is a surprise? > > What German doesn’t like beer? [Germans losing their taste for beer](http://www.foodanddrinkeurope.com/news/news-ng.asp?n=53705-germans-losing-their) ---
**Author:** ![JohnBckWLD](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/d6d6ee/32.png) [@JohnBckWLD](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JohnBckWLD)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/19 "2005-05-12T15:40:14Z")
> [@](#): > > A Stuttgart brewery had been struggling to sell its wheat beer, until pictures showed then -Cardinal Ratzinger enjoying the brew every once in a while… Though some might argue the German’s are losing their taste for their national beverage, think the main reason this “_Stuttgart brewery had been struggling to sell its wheat beer_” is cuz great weissbiers come from Bayern, not Baden-Wurttemberg. ---
**Author:** ![Ethilrist](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/ethilrist/32/4604_2.png) [@Ethilrist](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ethilrist)\ **Post date:** [May 12, 2005, 3:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480/20 "2005-05-12T15:43:58Z")
> [@Nicodemus2004](#): > > What’s next…soda pope? New Pope. To be followed by Classic Pope, Diet Pope and Diet Lemon Pope. [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/pope-pimps-beer/303480.md?page=2)