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About
the German Beer Institute
The
German Beer Institute (GBI) is a work in progress. When
fully constituted, it will be a membership-based association of German Breweries
and German private and public institutions interested in English-speaking
markets for German beer and in events and activities surrounding the enjoyment
of German beer.
The mission of GBI
is to spread "the word" about German beer and to be the
central clearing house of information for English-speaking beer aficionados—wherever
they may be. This website offers a comprehensive, panoramic, easy-to-access
and fun-to-read compendium of German beer information—organized by
beer styles, breweries, beer travel destinations and events, and historical
material—to enhance the understanding and appreciation of German beer
in its uniqueness, quality and diversity.
On the pages of the GBI website, once coleted, you can...
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get to know more than sixty German beers styles, dozens of breweries and hundreds of beer brands ...
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find everyhting you always wanted to know about German beer, its flavors, its stories, and how it's made ...
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learn how to interprete the terms on German beer labels with ease ...
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pursue exciting German beer links for further in-depth, on-line investigation ...
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read up on the exciting and surprising 3,000-year old history of German brewing ...
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find pertinent statistics about German beer and brewing ...
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plan a vacation to the great brew centers, beer halls, beer museums, and hop gardens of Germany ...
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and much more ...
The German Beer Institute website is an ever-expanding "virtual" Internet community. It provides a wide range of information and background knowledge on German beer. In the planning stage for future expansions of this site are a consumer membership section with a monthly news letter as well as a German beer lovers chat room.
The brick-and-mortar offices of the German Beer Institute are located in West Newbury, Massachusetts, USA.
