So, I live in England. The beer there is good (I'm American). It's good but reminds me alot of the beer I kinda 'grew up' drinking. Darkish ales. Real Ale is great, the hand pumped kind, unlike anything I've ever had in the states. It's all good. It's a good country for beer.
Then I went to Germany on a business trip, and I discovered German Beer. I can't explain how good it is. THERE IS LITERALLY A BREWERY MAKING FRESH BEER IN EVERY TOWN. I'm not even kidding or exaggerating. I'm in Bavaria right now. Take the train to Munich and you'll see field after field of hop farms with their long poles sticking up out of the ground.
I can't explain how fresh this stuff is. I think only us homebrewers, at least in the states, know what truly fresh beer tastes like. Now imagine that everywhere. Crystal clear, fresh, amazing. You'd think it just flowed out of the sink faucets here because it's everywhere. I got a 20x500ml crate for $20, and that came with a free glass.
They also have types we don't have, and at least down here they like wheat in their beers, but not that nasty over the top banana and bubble gum with orange bits and God knows what thrown in thing that we go for in the states when we talk about "wheat beer". Some of them are cloudy, some of them dark, light, some of them are crystal clear. The wheatiness is never over the top and you can just keep drinking them unlike so many American faux-German wheatbeers that I can only drink one of (shock top, blue moon, etc).
Anyway, if you can, and you love beer, you MUST go to Germany. Their level of beer culture here is unbelievable. Makes the Brits and us Americans seem like amateurs. Prost!
Then I went to Germany on a business trip, and I discovered German Beer. I can't explain how good it is. THERE IS LITERALLY A BREWERY MAKING FRESH BEER IN EVERY TOWN. I'm not even kidding or exaggerating. I'm in Bavaria right now. Take the train to Munich and you'll see field after field of hop farms with their long poles sticking up out of the ground.
I can't explain how fresh this stuff is. I think only us homebrewers, at least in the states, know what truly fresh beer tastes like. Now imagine that everywhere. Crystal clear, fresh, amazing. You'd think it just flowed out of the sink faucets here because it's everywhere. I got a 20x500ml crate for $20, and that came with a free glass.
They also have types we don't have, and at least down here they like wheat in their beers, but not that nasty over the top banana and bubble gum with orange bits and God knows what thrown in thing that we go for in the states when we talk about "wheat beer". Some of them are cloudy, some of them dark, light, some of them are crystal clear. The wheatiness is never over the top and you can just keep drinking them unlike so many American faux-German wheatbeers that I can only drink one of (shock top, blue moon, etc).
Anyway, if you can, and you love beer, you MUST go to Germany. Their level of beer culture here is unbelievable. Makes the Brits and us Americans seem like amateurs. Prost!