I can't argue the beer flavor in my case German beer is too heavy almost like a meal. no doubt in my beer choice I am must seem or perhaps have an uninformed palate but I travel quite a bit and I have never felt German beer or any of the Pub favorites from Europe to be refreshing in hot weather. But then again I water down my Iced Tea. The beer in Germany sure seemed to be warmer then 40 degrees, I would have have guessed almost 60 degrees. In a pinch I don't mind an ice cold Amstel Light ( and that is Dutch) but that is about all I can find, they do serve them cold in the Netherlands Antilles, at least for Americans. The women in Germany, I have seen some very cute ones, but the girls I saw in Bulgaria and eastern Europe blew them away. Not sure about the in shape thing, saw plenty of fat and ugly women in Frankfort last time I was there, the only thing I know for sure is the cigarette smoking is about 95% in Germany. Hey maybe they were hiding the cute ones, and the rest were tourists. My Dad's parents had a small airport in upstate New York, they had one of the East Coasts premiere Sail Plane bases (gliders). It seems to be a very German thing easily 50% of the people that got into sail planes were German at our airport. I spent my summers on my grandparents airport and even learned a little German, I don't remember much any more. But just to say I have had my fair exposure. But it is all good, the really sad thing of this conversation is the current situation with Texas women, in my opinion Texas had the best hot lady ratio in the World around the early 80s. Now not so hot, I blame Oprah!