You're right, Butch, I wasn't trying to say that your mainstream beers were getting stronger (in either taste or alcoholic content), but rather that ours are getting weaker (in taste, at least). I think that much of the North American market is becoming homogenized. Regional differences exist, but they aren't as pronounced as they used to be. And, those regions cross borders. A lobster fisherman in Maine has more in common with a Nova Scotia lobsterman than either do with a city slicker - from whatever city. Ditto for Alberta cattle farmers and Texan ranchers.
But again, I digress... regards, frank Butch Black wrote: > Frank wrote: > > Our mainstream American beer is still weak tasteless garbage. Luckily, in > the 80's and 90's microbrews became more popular and more available. Some, > like harpoon and Samuel Adams have even become sort of mini-mainstream > national brands. > > Life is too short to drink lousy beer. > > Butch > > Each man had only one genuine vocation - to find the way to himself. > > Hermann Hess (Demian) -- "The optimist thinks this is the best of all possible worlds. The pessimist fears it is true." -J. Robert Oppenheimer
