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I was really surprised that non alcoholic beer seems to be so special in the US (especially when trying to find a good tasting one). In germany, while alcoholic beer is the norm on parties, when drinking to a meal or at hot summer days non- or low-alcoholic beer is served frequently in various forms. Personally, I am a fan of wheat beer, which comes in normal (5.5%), light (3.3%) and alcohol free (0.0%). All variations have their unique but good taste. Also, beer-mix variations are popular on summer days: Wheat beer with cola, wheat beer with sprite or normal beer with sprite. All these variations are served in exactly the same glasses and bottles as regular beer. So if you don't want to drink you can easily do so. We even have a soft drink variations served in typical beer bottles, which is also good to fit into the social norm while not drinking. Overall, you can choose taste (sweet softdrink to bitter beer) and alcohol amount quite freely.


Having lived in Bavaria for years, and drunk beer for many more, I am of the opinion that nothing beats sub-6% helles, pilsner, or hefeweißen.

Hops and alcohol are like white pepper - great but just a little too much ruins the recipe.


Still waiting for the day when USA brewers master Pilsner. It's my favorite beer for hot weather. The European versions are light and crisp without being bland. All the American ones I've tried have too thick of a body, not enough hops/brightness, or both.


Bavarian beer is so great. It’s a shame the bottles don’t seem to hold up well when they are imported into the USA.

A local restaurant gets kegs and it’s almost like being there.


My primary beer consumption at this point is imported hefeweißen. It's so good.


It's also one of the easiest to brew yourself, even an extract kit produces really awesome results.


I still don't understand why Radler isn't a thing everywhere. Here in Switzerland there is only one dominant brand and it makes TV ads where men turn gay because drinking it. Like seriously?

So there is this wrong idea about Radler (or panache) drinkers.

Still I would recommend anyone to try their favourite beer with their favourite coke or Fanta kind!




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