And the beer wars commence in 3...2...1...
This is why the best beer (on average) in the world is NOT from Germany, but Belgium. Their Trappist breweries set a standard of quality that very few German breweries—let alone American craft brewers!—can match.
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How can we quantify matters of taste/subjectivity.
While I agree that the Germans need schooling, I believe they need said schooling from the folks making beer a tad west/northwest of Belgium.
JMO.