Thought I'd post this up, as this (to a British beer drinker) is wierd...
We went to Cologne for Xmas this year, and the local speciality beer is called Kolsch. It's a strange beer, it tastes like a beer but looks like a lager. But what is even stranger is the tiny glasses it comes in!
They are 0.2ltr *test tubes* (for want of a better way to describe them) - making it almost like a 'sipping beer'. But being the British heathen we are, we were downing them like beer shots! LOL
(http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3081/3154257030_d316eb65d3_m.jpg)
The strength must've been something like 5+ % - because I found I got plastered quite easily (though I did loose count). Another reason I got lashed on them I guess is the continental practise of putting you bill on a tab!
The waiter marks off your drinks on your beer matt, and you pay when you leave. LOL
Anyway - I highly recommend Cologne to any of you. For food and drink lovers it is fantastic!
I bit of googling (http://www.germanbeerguide.co.uk/kolsch.html) shows it at 4.8%
Interesting though. I've never seen a beer that pale before.
Given they come in such small measures, I suspect you probably ended up sinking rather more than you thought you did. :)
It looks more like a cider.
I'd try it though. :cheers: