Got to comment on a local San Diego brewery that may or may not be well known called Stone brewery. They have some great beers in the IPA realm; Arrogant Bastard, Self Righteous, Ruination to name a few. Pliny the elder from Russian River Northern California is a superb IPA too.
Keith AK6ZZ Sent from my iPhone please excuse typos On Aug 23, 2013, at 8:47 AM, "Stewart" <stew...@twinwood.me> wrote: > 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, m0...@yahoo.co.uk (Tim Hague) wrote: >> >>> Everything is an acceptable alternative to American Beer lol >>> >>> >>> On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:53, Stewart <stew...@twinwood.me> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net >> >> 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net > > 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:Elecraft@mailman.qth.net This list hosted by: http://www.qsl.net Please help support this email list: http://www.qsl.net/donate.html
