Am I too late to get in on this??? :D :D
http://www.europeanbeerguide.net/gersbeer.htm
No, your not. ;D
6. "Germany Has the Best Beer in the World"
The whole German industry strikes me as very inward-looking with scant attention paid to developments elsewhere in the world. Ideas have been swapped around between Britain, the USA and Belgium in the last two decades. Particularly in the USA and Britain, the willingness to experiment in the formulation of recipes has increased enormously.
In Scandinavia, Holland, France, brewers have taken note of developments in the wider world and the more daring ones have tried something new themselves. Almost everywhere in the world, renewed attention is being paid to the wide range of possibilities beer can offer. Except in Germany, where pale lager is still regarded by drinkers and brewers alike as 'normal beer'.
Michael Jackson remarked on this lack of choice and stylistic conservatism when he addressed members of the German industry recently. He dared to suggest that the Germans were failing to keep up with the rest of the world and that this could start to affect their export markets. I have a feeling that his words fell on deaf ears.
I subscribe to Brauwelt (the German brewers' trade magazine) and they occasionally make similar remarks in their editorials. Nonetheless, the articles, though full of very detailed technical information, are pretty well 100% orientated to Germany. Reports on the rest of the world concentrate on the business side and mostly concern which foreign brewery has bought which other foreign brewery. Next to nothing is said about the types of beer brewed elsewhere. I can't remember reading anything at all about Belgian beer, which is establishing itself as the benchmark for quality at the top end of the market.
My role as beer obsessive includes having subscriptions to magazines from a wide range of countries - Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, the USA, Sweden, Norway, France and Switzerland. All of these, even though some are only produced by amateurs on a voluntary basis, make an attempt to discuss the beer culture of other countries. "
My points exactly. German beer hasn't progressed or really experimented. The USA is doing exactly the opposite. ;)
Hookbender — Nov 17, 2011 Michael Jackson remarked on this lack of choice and stylistic conservatism when he addressed members of the German industry recently. He dared to suggest that the Germans were failing to keep up with the rest of the world and that this could start to affect their export markets. I have a feeling that his words fell on deaf ears.
Michael Jackson? I thought that pedophile was dead! ;)