I think every other country has this joke about themselves, "haha we're the biggest drinkers"

I was just making a stupid joke. Playing with an old stereotype. It's germans and beer and us and our mustaches.

That is good to know. My own country had a serious issue with alcohol and we managed to curb it in less than 10 years.

The recent surge revolves around binge drinking and hard liquor, when it was originally around wine. And supposedly women are drinking more than men, nowadays.