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  • Posted by $ Thoritsu 9 years, 4 months ago
    This would've been a miss before prohibition, when the US had more diversity and depth in beers than Europe, and Canada was a faint buzz (pun intended).

    Again Government intervention by well-meaning liberals ruined things. Fortunately and unusually in that case, law was undone (sort of...if you ignore the unnecessary ATF tax organization).

    I agree with many here. I would pretty much only drink Sam from the US. Guinness, Becks Dark, Grolsh, et al, were the only things interesting.

    Today, I wouldn't waste a minute with a mainstream European beer. Sam, Dogfish Head, Southern Tier, Clown Shoes, Grittys...on and on and on...even mainstream Leinies... are far superior to anything but the best Belgians. Guinness is a fall back. Innis and Gunn is awesome, but far more expensive than just as good or better Kentucky Bourbon Barrel Ale. Beer snobs, just like wine snobs are passe, and need to get up to speed with engaged, driven capitalistic change. Dump the dated predispositions and morbid America beer bashing. We are back!
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    • Posted by Robbie53024 9 years, 4 months ago
      The export Europeans are pedantic, but the local German and Belgian brews are quite good. I'm no longer into bubbles, but back in the day I tipped quite a few local brews. I was particularly fond of Weisse Beer - just something about the body that is quite appealing.
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      • Posted by $ Thoritsu 9 years, 4 months ago
        Agreed. Belgians are a little like craft brews in their diversity, but they don't change much. As usual the 'Mericans get in there and just disrupt everything.
        Weisse/wheat/white beers have become very popular. Wish I liked them, but prefer regular barley & rye malt beers, particularly dark ones.
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  • Posted by teri-amborn 9 years, 4 months ago
    My first beer in Canada was Lebatt (Le Bleu) on tap.
    I finished one. By the middle of my second one the room grew dark and sort of started spinning.
    My concerned barkeep asked "Are you OK?"
    I replied: "I shink dis bea isz a logo schtonger tha I'm uszed ta."
    He laughed.
    7% alcohol by volume....
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    • Posted by Lucky 9 years, 4 months ago
      40 years ago, I got back to work after a long 'business' lunch, I reckoned if I hold on to the desk no one would notice but the rocking of the floor was not helping. Then I heard the call- 'Earthquake, everyone leave the building'.
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  • Posted by $ Abaco 9 years, 3 months ago
    I was just talking with a friend/drinking buddy the other day about how lucky we are to be in California - in terms of beer and wine. After decades of hard research I have come to the conclusion that we may have the world's greatest wine. I need to do a little more research on Chile. Our beers are incredible.
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