Quote Originally Posted by redgunamo View Post
It's not even close. And the beer Kultur present in practically every town, even tiny, out of the way ones, is unmatched.

Their rules governing brewing are older than most country's laws regulating ANYTHING AT ALL (the year 1516, to be exact).

These people take their beer so seriously there's even a word for it; Bierernst; it literally means "beer serious".
I think Peter is being a 'real ale snob', red. He's probably a member of CAMRA as well

And unless I misunderstand, all beer in Germany (like everywhere in the world other than England, I think) is carbonated and therefore would be considered 'lager' by the real ale snobs in England.

Nothing wrong with real ale, of course. Had 3 lovely pints of the stuff down the Jolly Farmer last night. But lager is equally tasty and I don't really get being snobby about beer.