A bit limited view. You forgot Belgium (les bieres trappistes!) and Czech Republic (home of original Budweiser and others). I could add Denmark, Finland and Estonia which all have decent lagers and Poland actually is the current home Pilsener, brewed in Plzen (Pilsen in German). Good breweries in Alsace, France and so on... All the best! Raimo Personal photography homepage at http://www.uusikaupunki.fi/~raikorho
-----Alkuper�inen viesti----- L�hett�j�: Keith Whaley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Vastaanottaja: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> P�iv�: 04. tammikuuta 2003 21:20 Aihe: Re: Beer and Pentaxians > > >David Chang-Sang wrote: >> >> Keith, >> >> Hate to break it to you but if you're drinking "real" beer.. and you're >> drinking a large brewery beer.. there are plenty of chemicals and additives >> put into that beer in order to extend shelf life, maintain carbonation etc. > >I do understand that little fact of life. You're correct. > >> So it's no wonder that any of the home brews or micro brews you've tasted >> don't compare. > >You mean...I've come to think all those additives represent the 'real' >taste of beer? > >Hardly. Germany (& Bavaria) and England (& Ireland) have among the >best beers anywhere. >Would that I COULD get them more frequently over here, but it's rather rare. >I'd be willing to bet most of them _don't_ have all those additives in them. > >Having said that, I CAN get authentic, imported from Ireland and other >parts in Great Britain at local pubs, because we have one of the >largest population of Brits outside Jolly Ol' right here on the coast >in Southern California! >They all import the good stuff by the keg, and a lot of them keep it >like they do over there. Mild carbonation and cool. >So, yes, I am able to distinguish between mediochre and really good >beer, and yesm I _can_ also get good beer here... > >If it's all I'm offered, I won't turn down a Bud, but if I have the >choice, I'd far prefer a Murphy's or a Guinness, or a Boddington, or >a.... the list goes on. >And on. >And it doesn't include any home brews. >In Northern California, there are a large number of 'boutique' >breweries. I've sampled their beers up and down the coast, from Oregon >to the Mexico border, and I've yet to find a 'great beer,' as I can in >Britain or Germany... > >All of which is merely the opinion of an Irish beer drinker, and >that's it, for what it's worth. > >keith whaley >
