My first visit to the US was in 1971. I spent 9 weeks in Anaheim CA. Too much fun to be homesick. The only thing I missed was decent beer.
Apart from a pint of Watneys Red Barrel on the QE2 at Long Beach and some Guiness in a bar that a sales rep had left a crate on approval, it was a pretty dry time. Since then I have been back to the US many times both on business and pleasure. Whether the UK Real Ale movement can take any credit I don't know, but each visit gets better beer wise. Micro Breweries and locally produced beers are making a big difference. This year we managed to travel to Chicago, Vegas, Memphis and Nashville "sampling" great beers at every opportunity... Cheers & Beers Stewart G3RXQ On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:39:36 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote: > I was in the Czech Republic last month for a caving conference. > A large number of us were traveling on a railroad from Prague to > Brno in a hired dining car. The only beer available on the menu > was Budweiser. We Americans almost rioted until the Czechs > explained that the beer was Budvar, a German light larger whose > maker is in a trademark dispute with the American Budweiser. > > American craft brewers, a movement started by Fritz Maytag's > Anchor Steam beer, make creditable beers. This movement is > similar in goals to the British Real Beer movement. Good locally > made beers are available almost everywhere in the US these days > at small breweries with attached pubs and in stores. > > Cheers - Bill, AE6JV/1 > > On 8/23/13 at 12:28 AM, [email protected] (Tim Hague) wrote: > >>Everything is an acceptable alternative to American Beer lol >> >> >>On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:53, Stewart <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>>It's an acceptable alternative to American Beer... >>> >>>:-) > > ------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Bill Frantz | When it comes to the world | Periwinkle > (408)356-8506 | around us, is there any choice | 16345 > Englewood Ave > www.pwpconsult.com | but to explore? - Lisa Randall | Los Gatos, > CA 95032 > > ______________________________________________________________ > Elecraft mailing list > Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft > Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm > Post: mailto:[email protected] > > This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net > Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html ______________________________________________________________ Elecraft mailing list Home: http://mailman.qth.net/mailman/listinfo/elecraft Help: http://mailman.qth.net/mmfaq.htm Post: mailto:[email protected] This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
