Why does Germany = Beer?

Great film though.

 

It's hard to beat drinking in Franconia/Bavaria.

 

Das Boot? Indeed. Beerfest? Blech.

 

Easy. "Beck's". The number one German word in the English language.

 

Good point. For the life of me I can't understand why so few German breweries have made little effort to revive what they once had. Luckie Ales mostly only brews from old recipes and they're one of best most exciting breweries north of the border. I'm also a big fan of Fuller's Past Masters series which has the potential to go on for quite some time.

 

Good one! Thanks steveh.

 

Many traditional German styles - Kolsch and Pils for example - look an awful lot like the most popular AALs. They even share some of the same flavor characteristics, although are obviously much, much tastier. Where your typical AAL drinker wouldn't touch a Belgian ale, or an American IPA or stout, or even English mild, light German styles are approachable, and more importantly, are the kinds of beers that many AALs are trying to emulate. Couple that with the fact that a large percentage of Americans are descendants of German immigrants, and you can see why your typical American beer drinker associates Germany with great brewing tradition.

 

because

france = wine

and screw them

 

A few things.

1) German brewers make consistent quality beer to exacting standards.
2) Perception of Reinheitsgebot as a standard of quality beer ingredients.
3) US military in Germany spreading the word when they got back home
4) Oktoberfest imagery/stereotypes
5) German Immigration to US
6) Availability in the US pre-craft breweries.

 

You only need to see over the bar in order to drink. Spent 3 weeks there in summer after 11th grade. They have pubs outside the high schools for lunch. Need I say more. Oh, good beer too.

 

Maybe in 1925, when the company was founded, there was a richer history of beer in Germany when compared to America.

 

Because it's not as American as America?

 

Umlauts

 

Baden wurttemberg?

 

The Rheingau in Hesse, famous for Rieslings.

Edit - it was actually a beer desert in many ways. You could get Pilsner from any of the larger nationally distributed breweries.

 

U.S.A. has Bourbon
Scotland has Scotch
Russia has Vodka
England has Gin
The Caribbean has Rum
Canada has Rye Whiskey
France has Wine
There was nothing left for Germany but beer, that why Germany = Beer.

 

BIRRA~

 

I believe one visit to the beautiful city of Munich will answer your question for you. I have had this discussion many times with fellow beer loving friends who just cannot understand why Germany is such a big deal when it comes to beer. I don't believe I understood it either until I made the trip over there a few years ago. It's the beer culture that drives the perception if you ask me. Step into just about any restaurant in Germany and you will likely find a single beer (maybe two) brewed on the premises. It will be fresh, it will be unique and it will be delicious. Take a stroll through a park on a Sunday afternoon and you'll most certainly run into multiple large biergartens chock full of people enjoying the beverage while chatting, laughing, playing with their kids, and just generally enjoying life. Beer in Germany is just part of their way of life...part of their culture. The same can't be said for anywhere else that I've traveled, and that includes the U.K. (another beer centric location in the minds of most people). I think that is why Germany is "synonymous with beer".

 

What brewer of German heritage came over to the US and didn't use adjuncts? When life gives you lemons (6-row barley)...

 

Widmer.