For REAL beer, you need to travel to Australia!! For me, I am an American in paradise!!
Bob (I'll have another pint) Rapp (in Queensland on holiday) ----- Original Message ----- From: "frank theriault" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 19, 2002 1:58 PM Subject: Re: American Beer > Years ago, we Canadians made fun of American beer, because it's alcohol > content and taste weren't as strong as ours. That was back when ales were > our beer of choice, before light beer and before Canadian brewers brewed > Coors, Bud and Miller under license. And, before Canadian brewers started > marketing our beer down there, with ads featuring snowy forests and moose. > > Truth is, Canadian beer is like American beer. From the mainstream > manufacturers, it's bland homogenous crap! I defy anyone to tell the > difference between Labatt's Blue and Molson Export in a blindfold test - and > one's a so-called lager, the other a so-called ale! > > Most good Canadian beer, like American beer, comes from smaller independant > breweries like Amsterdam, Steam Whistle, Cremore, to name a few. > > In some cases, what's even better is pub-brewed beer. A local bar, C'Est > What, has a wonderful micro-brewery, featuring a rye ale, a wonderful coffee > porter, and a rasberry wheat beer (not my taste, but Dave Chang-Sang likes it > <g>). > > I must admit, I love Guinness, but I'd love to try your Rogue Shakespeare > stout - sounds wonderful! Is it widely available in the US? I might try the > liqour store, as they often have better imported selection than the beer > store. > > I raise a pint to the list! > -frank > > "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. > > -- > "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist > fears it is true." -J. Robert > Oppenheimer > >
