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of many hefeweizen style wheat beers in Germany, which are produced in the uniquely German style of not filtering out the yeast once the beer is brewed.

The German lagers are equally as famous as the German wheat beers and are probably the more commonly drunk. The German Pilsener, a light bodied pale lager, is by far Germany's most popular beer, making up almost two thirds of the market share. Then there is the Marzen, a medium bodied malty lager that comes in pale, amber, and dark, which is the beer of choice at the famed Oktoberfest held annually in Munich. The German lagers also come in some very uniquely German styles and flavors. There is the Schwarzbier, a dark lager, which has a very distinct chocolate flavor to it. The German Rauchbier, a specialty of the Bamberg region, which comes in a very dark color as well and has a unique smoky taste to it because of the way the malt was smoked before brewing. And then there are the Bocks, the word itself a reference to a unique German style of brewing that uses a particular strain of top-fermenting yeast. There is the standard Bock, a heavy-bodied amber colored beer with 5-7% alcohol and a somewhat sweet taste to it, the Dunklesbock which is a darker heavier version of the Bock, the Dopplebock, an even darker lager than the Dunklebock, with a very high alcohol content of up to 12%, and the king of them all, the Eisbock, which is a freeze distilled variation of the Dopplebock that has an alcohol content of anything up to 15%.

Drinking German beer is like touring the country itself, and it is well worth the journey. German beer is higher in protein than beer produced elsewhere, and consequently, it is considered better for your health than other national beers, not to mention it has no chemical additives. It has many unique styles and flavors of which most are worthy of your palette at the very least once.

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