I began my love of beer while living in Germany. Now an important disclamer note here: Germany has vastly different drinking laws than the United States. I do not advocate changing the US drinking laws to match Germany's. Also, some day I'll write a post about how I ended up in the emergency room after a night of binge drinking.
Not a fun memory.
Anyway... so I grew up drinking a lot of Dortmonder Exports and Schwartzlagers. So when I get nostalgic, that's what I go for.
While living in Germany, I never made it to the actual Oktoberfest. I don't think my mother was willing to risk having my brother an I exposed to that much drinking. Also, the mid-1980s was a bad time for Americans living in Europe. American military and their families were the targets of choice for Libyan sponsored terrorism.
