The German Beer Wars

This blog is about food, travel, and fun – with a healthy dose of Germany thrown in. What better way to start off than with beer? 

Most restaurants and beer gardens here serve only one brand of beer, so the choice usually is limited “what type of beer do I want tonight?” That being said, it’s really hard to get a bad beer in Germany!

But we were curious and wanted to investigate the controversial question of Best German Beer.

Our completely non-scientific study began with many trips to my two closest grocery stores (I have to carry it home on my back, hence the “closest” and the “many trips”). After buying one of every German beer, excluding light, alcohol free, diabetic, and Beck’s Lime*, I ended up with the magical total of 64 beers. Just the right number to fit on an NCAA bracket. Though there were a few outliers, the Selection Committee decided upon 4 “regions” of Helles, Pils, Weissbier, and various Dunkel Bier.  

Let the games begin!

* While Beck’s Lime is incredibly tasty, it has an extra ingredient and does not conform to the Reinheitsgebot. Plus, it would have put us at 65 beers…)