Yes, yes, you guessed it. Beer in f

Yes, yes, you guessed it. Beer in fact is popular in Germany. Germans drink beer – among other things. The fun thing about beer in Germany is that it’s largely a local thing. While there are brands you can get anywhere, every region tends to have a kind of beer that is only brewed in their region. Where I grew up, outside Cologne, Kölsch is the local beer (kind of like Lager). In Düsseldorf, people tend to drink more Alt (a very dark beer). In Southern Germany, Weizen (wheat beer) is big. The type of beer determines the glass the beer is served in. For example, Kölsch is served in small .2 liter glasses that the server transports in what is called a Bierkranz (round plastic thing that holds quite a few small Kölsch glasses. A Weizen is usually served in a big tall glass that holds half a liter of beer. By the way, if you ever get to serve somebody in Germany a beer, make sure you include a two-finger foam above the beer. We Germans are very particular about the way our beer is served and foam is part of it – a beer without foam is assumed to be old and not have any carbonation in it. Marco was nice enough once to volunteer to get everybody at the table a fresh beer and came back with beer without the foam. He was sent back and taught how to do it the right way (i.e., the German way) by my dad very quickly. Poor guy! When traveling through Germany, you might be able to find a local brewery and ask for a tour. I went for many in the Zunft Kölsch Brauerei outside of Cologne growing up