Beer treasure hunt in Metz

Description

Follow the streets of Metz in the footsteps of Joseph the brewer. The programme includes riddles, investigations and blind beer tastings.

A completely original and innovative Tem Building in the region!

Challenges

To win, you have to score as many points as possible on different types of challenge:

Finish the game (last beer tasted) in 2h30 maximum.

Reconstruct Joseph's damaged page by answering the observation questions asked along the way. Each element corresponds to a hole in the text, marked with a number.

Find the brewer's maxim. Each element also corresponds to a gap in the text, marked with a number.

Fill in the 2 tasting questionnaires correctly... because the beers will be served to you blind! And it's up to you to discover 6 aspects: colour, alcohol level, fermentation type, beer family, name of the beer and main aromas/flavours. (Approximately 15 minutes in each bar)

Scenario

19th July 1870. France declares war on Prussia. Metz is quickly besieged by the Germans. Amongst those resisting the enemy, one brewer stands out: Joseph. A fierce fighter, the locals nicknamed him the "privateer of Metz". During one of his legendary skirmishes, he took prisoner a young German soldier from whom he snatched a notebook soberly entitled "Studies on the Cold".

The privateer, who knew how to read German, quickly understood the potential of the notebook: to make cold and exploit it in the art of modern brewing! One page in particular caught his attention. Unfortunately, during another battle with the enemy, our brewer was defeated. He has to get rid of the notebook. Before parting with it, he tore out the famous page and hid it in the town, close to the Récollets cloister. When peace was signed, Joseph chose to remain French and leave Metz, which had become German. Before leaving, he wanted to find the page. But the page had naturally fallen into disrepair. Could he rewrite it? Never. That would mean risking the Germans taking it back. So he hastily decides to scatter clues around the city of Metz that will enable him to reconstruct the damaged page... and thus understand the secret of the "corsair's beers"!

Course

A guide will greet you at the start to explain the rules of the game. Once the teams have been formed (for groups of more than 6 people), you set off along the streets of Metz - armed with your roadbook - to retrace Joseph's route the day before he left Metz. You will be monitored remotely by our guides, who will meet you on arrival to correct your answers. A gift is given to the winning team of the Metz treasure hunt.

Practical information

Equipment to bring: A pen

Duration: 2h30 to 3h

20 people per time slot.

Treasure hunt in French

Departure: Place de la Comédie, in front of the Metz Opera House

Arrival near Place Saint-Louis

2 beer tastings included in the price (or soft drinks) + 1 33cl beer to take away