As for the cost of beer, I’ll leave you with two links.

The first link is to every German beer that BevMo sells. You will see that there are a great many beers that sell for more than $10 a sixer, and a few that cost five bucks a pint. http://www.bevmo.com/beer-cider/imported-beers/shopby/germany.html

The second link is a cost breakdown for a typical US craft beer: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/12/craft-beer-expensive-cost_n_5670015.html

Prost!

Dave