On Sep 17, 12:10 pm, wrote:
John S. wrote:
most of us
consider german brewers to be the cartographers for the beer making
business.

"Most"? When did "we" take that poll? g

I think that the centuries of german brewing history and standard
setting allows them to be considered cartographers, and I suspect that
most of us would agree. Present company excepted of course. Not to
say that brewers in other countries don't produce fine innovative
products because they clearly do. But the german brewing industry has
had such an impact on brewing practices for such a long time that they
clearly wrote the map.