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Beer belongs to Germany the same as the German flag.
Germany is home to more than 1,270 breweries producing more than 5,000 brands of beer.
The oldest brewery in the world is also located in Germany - the Benedectine abbey
Weihenstephan, which was established in 725 and first known to have brewed beer in 1040.
So now that you have finished reading about German beer in general, be sure to check out
the articles about the different kinds as well.
Germans are highly envied in the rest of the world for their great beer and are known to be the
home of many highly skilled brewers.
In average, a German adult drinks 115 liters (that's more than 30 gallons) of beer every year,
leaving Germany only behind Ireland and the Czech Republic in the per-capita-consumption.
However, for Germans, beer is not always just a way to get wasted, but instead just a pleasant
way to slake their thirst.
For this reason, when going to a pub in the evening hours, you will usually find office
workers stopping on their way home there and not only alcoholics as an American not used to
legal public drinking might expect.
Construction workers even like to drink a beer or two during their lunch break or even while
working. As long as you know how much you can drink without acting funnily, you will still be
allright and not be looked at as if you are a sick alcoholic.
Most of these breweries are smaller factories located in the Southern part of the country,
with the highest density around the city of Bamberg, which is located in the Franconian
part of Bavaria.