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A quick word about German beer.
Every single German city makes their own beer and you are supposed to drink only that (if you can actually get anything else) while in the bars and restaurants in the city. I liked the Munich weiss beers quite a bit. I really liked the Viennese Stiegel beer. The Czech pils were much better than what I had been used to in the US. The Berlin beers I could do without, as they are big into the Beck's style of beer, and that is not really that good of a beer in my opinion. They also serve weiss beers in Berlin, but they can be harder to find. What surprised me was how much I liked Koelsch (the Koeln beer). It is described as a light and slightly bitter beer, which sounded to me like Coors Light (not a beer I am big into). However, it is actually a very tasty bright beer that is less carbonated than many other German beers that I have drank. It is very refreshing and has a bit of a bite-read alcohol content-that can sneak up on you. If i can ever find a Frueh Koelsch in a bar near me, I will get a nice cool 200 mL glass (as that's the size you order these in).