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Random detail, but "Maximator" is a type of beer (a Starkbier/Doppelbock) brewed by the the very popular Augustiner brewery, not a brand in itself. In fact, it's a Bavarian tradition for the names of Doppelbocks to generally end in "-ator": Celebrator, Optimator, Animator...

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The article covers this fact well. I like the idea that a super secret cabal name is based on the drink they were having at the time. It humanizes the whole endeavour showing how they agree on more than secrecy.

Or the place they were having the drink in, like the Beer Hall Putsch

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Hall_Putsch

(offtopic) Huh funny, there's a Czech beer called Primátor and I wondered for a second if it was named in the same tradition. However it is the title of a mayor of a "statutory city" [1] - which is apparently something like a City that isn't governed as part of a larger county/state/district.

[1] https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prim%C3%A1tor

Ha!

(offtopic 2) How's the beer?

They make decent beer but it's not so widespread (round here the main brands are Pilsner Urquell, Radegast ... or Starobrno. Don't bother with the latter) and you can only get it in supermarkets or a few bars.

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