I get one of these every so often....very tasty!
I always enjoy a trip to Germany - although if you’re looking for something outside of wheat beer or Heineken it can actually be a bit limited. ...fine for a trip though.
I went to Munich in 1990. A city of 5 million. Every place served the same beer Lowenbrau. Even Burger King at 9 in the morning.
Then I remember going to smaller towns in Switzerland, Austria and Bavaria that only served the local beer made in that town.
In Salzburg, Austria we went to an authentic outdoor beer hall/brewer. Where the local beer Stiegl was brewed by monks.
It was served in a wooden keg. By the clay liter stein or half liter(for girls). They also had beer warmers to set your stein in to warm the beer up.
The tough part was eating dinner there. Bratwurst and sour krout were pretty much the only option.
It was not until we went to Zurich that a bar/restaurant had more than one choice for beer on tap.
By the end of the trip my wife and I wanted some “American” food. So, we went to a restaurant in Zurich called the American Cafe(or something like that). I had a Budweiser Beer and a Beef Steak which they served with butter on top.
There was an old man sitting at a table next to me that asked in his German/English accent: “What are you eating young man?” I replied “a steak, you know beef/cow/bovine”
He had never seen one before. He was in his 70s.