Filmmaker Matt Sweetwood has lived in Germany for over 15 years but still finds his German neighbors a bit alien. So he sets off on an ethnographic journey through the Federal Republic to confirm his hypothesis that the key to the Germans is their beer.

As a participating observer, he dives into the beer and drinking culture of the Germans. Of course, the Oktoberfest in Munich is an integral part of his itinerary, but so are a beer crate race and a Beer Queen election. Corner pubs and microbreweries turn out to be welcome resting places on his journey.

During it all, Sweetwood was surprised to find that Germans are really quite creative, humorous, chaotic, generous and open-minded. And there's more: the special characteristics of Germany’s different regions aren’t confined to their drinking culture. Maybe the idea of “typically German” is also all in the mind.

The result is a road movie that isn’t just entertaining but also instructive as well.

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