About beer (German beer)

Let´s talk about beer. When you talk about beer, especially German beer, there is lot to talk about. If someone would like to try a different beer everyday in Germany, he/she would be occupied with that task for the next 13 years.

Every region in Germany has its own beer specialties. In northern Germany people mostly drink dry beer, in south Helles (lager) and Weizen (beer made out of wheat), in Rhineland people drink Kölsch (beer from Cologne) and Alt (German dark beer) and in Berlin die Weisse. In addition to all this there are also Export and Bock beer, Christmas beers, malt beers and many others.

Tips how to enjoy the beer:

Drinking beer directly from the bottle is becoming more common and acceptable. Especially in American or Mexican restaurants the beer is often served straight from bottles. Glasses are brought only if a person wishes to have one. -Although this has as much class as if one would be eating in French restaurant and drinking wine straight from the bottle. The beer should not only be seen as thirst quencher. It should be enjoyed with as much appreciation as good wine. This is why the presentation is so important. There is a reason why every beer has its own type of glass. Though it is said that you can drink beer from any kind of glass as long as the glass is clean.



Pouring the beer right way to the glass is also important. The glass should be first flushed with cold water. This is done because the glass should get cool and be the same temperature as the beer itself. The beer should be poured in to the glass at a slant.


-Every third brewery in the world is in Germany
-With about 5000 different kind of beer marks and over 1200 brewery is Germany entitled to be the home country of beer

The biggest beer mistakes

-Dark beer (Dunkles Bier) is stronger than Light beer (ale, pils, lager) (Helles Bier)
The dark color has nothing to do with the amount of alcohol in the beer. The dark color is the result of using different kinds of malt. It brings more taste to the beer but does not increase the amount of alcohol.

-Beer makes people fat
There are less calories in Pils than in unskimmed milk. More essential is the amount. Beer does stimulate appetite.

-Beer can be used only as drink
Beer can be also used for bbq or cooking.



If you need to know more: http://www.bier.de/

Prost!