heretic!
>-----Original Message-----
>From: frank theriault [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Sent: Tuesday, April 05, 2005 6:46 PM
>To: pentax-discuss@pdml.net
>Subject: Re: GFM & PDML
>
>On Apr 5, 2005 4:45 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Labatt's in Detroit and Labatt's in Windsor are identical.
>
>I would think you're right, Paul.
>
>For decades now, we Canucks have perpetuated this myth that
>"our beer is stronger" than US beer. Truth is, back when my
>Dad was a kid, that might have been true. Over the years,
>ours has gotten weaker (5% is the norm) and yours may have
>gotten stronger. At one point, we measured the alcoholic
>content differently, so your's said something like 3% or 4%,
>but it was actually the same as ours.
>
>Now, all our mainstream beers taste pretty much the same (ie:
>like swill). I defy anyone to tell me in a blind A-B taste
>test, which is Labatts Anything or Molson's Anything. Experts
>can't. Even our "ales" and "lagers" taste and look the same.
>
>The other truth is that Canadian and American national brands
>taste pretty similar these days. After all, North America is
>pretty much the same for marketing purposes.
>
>cheers,
>frank
>--
>"Sharpness is a bourgeois concept." -Henri Cartier-Bresson
>
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