>>>>>>>>>That article seems to contradict itself in the following paras:
>>>>>>>>>"Beer does less damage than wine according to a study in Alcohol and Alcoholism.
>>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>>Researchers found that the hippocampus-the part of the brain that stores memories - was 10% smaller in beer drinkers than those who stuck to wine. "
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Hi Terry,
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>you can do (in absolute terms) less damage to a smaller object. ::)
>>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>>Agnes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>Hi Agnes
>>>>>>>
>>>>>>>By that reckoning women should suffer less from degenerative brain disorders than men then {gd&r}
>>>>>
>>>>>(ò_ó)
>>>>>
>>>>>I forgot to mention that a prefer beer.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>Of course! You're German!
>>>
>>>Oh, this seems to overvalued. The breweries now selling some kind of sugar water with added beer. The kids argue now beer is to tart and start with those sugar water.
>>>Light beer is sold no more. (Lager is a little bit to havy for lunch)
>>>The generation of construction works drinking two bottles of beer in the morning is endangered. (Citation of a breweries CIO)
>>>And there is some pure reputation too. But I'm old enough to order a beer. (^.~)
>>>
>>>OTOH, I remember a lot of good beers on the UK too ...
>>>
>>>Agnes
>>
>>But the corollary to this is not so much that German beer is no good, rather that the wine is so bad. I don't think I've ever tasted one that I like (Reisling mainly) and, a case of once bitten - twice shy, would not dream of buying it anymore. I don't know anyone over here who would offer one a German wine.
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>>Yes, we do have some very good beers. On the lager side, I don't know where the following come from:
>>
>>Starapromen, Leffe,
>>
>>but I like them.
>>
>>Terry
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>Terry,
>
>I have no idea how the vine is in the UK, but we have some drinkable vines over here. (The rest is not called vinegar for courtesy). There is no need to grow much vine we import from all over the world. ::)

We're used to Liebfraumilch, Blue Nun, Black Tower, Laski Reisling. That's as far as my interest has taken me. We all tried these as students, back in the day, but I doubt if the modern youth has any idea of them.

>
>
>Leffe is a Belgium beer
>Staropramen is a Czech beer out of Plzen, to a lot of people in germany the kind of beer that derives from staropramen beer (Old or ancient spring) is simple THE BEER. In Bohemia "Staropramen" seems to be used to mark the kind of beer, in german it means only the original from Plzen, the local we call it Pilsner (It's a different taste). (Pilsen is german translation of Plzen).
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>Both beers are like sun and moon, they are strongly seperated by the kind of fermentation Staropramen is bottom-fermented while Leffe is top-fermented.

Whatever all that means! :-)

>For what I remember Leffe is a round sweet beer while Staropramen is a tart beer with a hop taste.
>
>Agnes

Man, you know your beers! Leffe over here, in many pubs, is only allowed to be served in half-pint (0.25 lts) glasses as it's considered too strong. Yes, it's very sweet and a little sickly in quantity.

So what famous German beers might I encounter in GB?