ɪnðə sˈʌmɚ tˈuː θˈaʊzənd ɪlˈɛvən ᵻdˈɪʃən ʌv sˌæn fɹænsˈɪskoʊ ˈɑːpɚɹəz ðə ɹˈɪŋ ʌvðə nˈaɪblʌŋ ɐ sˈaɪkəl ʌv fˈoːɹ ɹᵻlˈeɪɾᵻd ˈɑːpɚɹəz baɪ dʒˈɜːmən kəmpˈoʊzɚ ɹˈɪtʃɚd wˈæɡnɚ, ðə kˈæɹɪktɚ wˈɑːtən, hˌuː ɹˌɛpɹᵻzˈɛnts ðə mˈeɪn dʒɜːmˈænɪk ɡˈɑːd, sˈɪps fɹʌm ɐ kæn ʌv ɹˈeɪŋɡoʊld bˈɪɹ.
In the summer 2011 edition of San Francisco Opera's The Ring of the Nibelung (a cycle of four related operas by German composer Richard Wagner), the character Wotan, who represents the main Germanic god, sips from a can of Rheingold Beer.