My favorite beer is brewed at a restaurant in Ann Arbor, Michigan. It's called Bear Paw Porter, and it's deep and rich and dark. It has more flavor than any beer I've ever had in America, the UK or Germany. And I've had a lot of them. Paul Stenquist
"Gregory L. Hansen" wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > > Amercan beer is like making love in a canoe........ > > Man, you are drinking the wrong American beer! I'm very much enjoying a > Rogue Shakespeare stout now, made in Oregon, and I'd take this creamy > chocolate nectar over that burnt-toast Guinness any day! Everything made > by Rogue Ales is first rate. Americans make a lot of good beers. Sierra > Nevada is another one to go out of your way to find, I especially like > their IPA. Magic Hat if you want that diacetyl kick, I enjoy the more > local (to Maryland) Wild Goose beers, and I wish I could remember the > name of that wonderful chocolate stout with the wood engraving of a choo > choo train on the label. Summit, a Minnesota brew, is so heavily hopped > I need to be in the mood for it, but it's certainly not watery. And > sure, Sam Adams if that's all you can find. > > The larger American population has always preferred lighter beers, ever > since brewers came here 400 years ago. But there's a blooming industry > in craft beers now that hasn't been equalled since before Prohibition, > and some of them are GOOD! I've gone years at a time without touching a > Bud or a Miller.

