The Pope drinks Stuttgart wheat beer

I ran across this posting on the Relapsed Catholic blog. Does it get better than a German Pope who drinks wheat beer? After the terrible failure of my attempt at an all grain wheat beer, this gives me a good reason to go buy crystal to try again: "Benedictine Wheat."

You might think the new pope would prefer water or wine, but Pope Benedict XVI has given the thumbs up to … beer. 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.

So when the new pope was elected, white smoke not only emerged from the Sistine Chapel, but from the brewery’s chimney as well.

This past weekend, the brewery sent a beer truck to Rome delivering 185 gallons of beer to the pope.

From WKYC,com.