Dusseldorf

Everyone knows altbier is the style of Dusseldorf. Not everyone will know: 1) in Dusseldorf, the alt comes straight from a wooden cask on the counter, 2) that if you have drained your glass to the third-full mark (and certainly quarter), you are courting another full glass and tick mark on your beer mat, and 3) that Irish pubs outnumber alt breweries by a not insignificant margin. Now, I am relaxed by that wonderful altbier and I haven't slept for 26 hours, so pardon me while I go, um, zzzzzzz...