My favorite when I visit the US is anything by Siera Nevada. I know pale ales have been done to death, but it's still my favorite style of beer. At 11:31 AM 12/19/2014, you wrote:
Look up the beer mile. You might want to get involved in that event.
Right now the hipsters are making Paps Blue Ribbon very popular up here in some of the pubs. The advantage that beer (and I use the term loosely) on tap is that it is not as sweet as a soft drink.
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I think you mean mainstream American beer was pretty aweful. There have always been breweries like Anchor in SF and Point in Wisconsin.
Actually, I'd say even Miller and Bud aren't too bad. It's the similarity and the blandness that are the problems. Sometimes a Bud is the right beer for the job. I belong to a running group called the Hash House Harriers. We traditionally have several beer stops during a hour long run. Bud, Miller, or whatever is the right beer for that situation. But I don't want a Bud when I sit down to a steak dinner.
I used to go to a bar and the bartender found out I could identify beers by one sip. He'd put a glass of beer in front of me and I'd take a sip and say, "That's Miller." Or "That's Pabst." They thought I was some kind of savant. It was ridiculous. The point is that the beers were so similar that most people couldn't tell them apart.
Used to be that United States beer was pretty awful but with the Craft brewing trend lately
On 12/19/2014 09:08 AM, Scott Granados wrote: there are a lot of good small options now. I like Loganitas a lot, they have a good IPA and they have some others. WTF is good as is Under Cover Shutdown. Dog Fish is another company thats doing cool things.
Not only a beer fan but also love the Scotch.
On Dec 19, 2014, at 9:39 AM, vic.pereira@ssc-spc.gc.ca wrote:
There is no such thing as bad beer: some just tastes better than others.
OK, may be that isn't entirely accurate. I
did try a sour beer at a craft brewery in Victoria. It would take be some time before I would be able to develop an appreciation for it. It reminded me of a batch of beer I had to throw away, because fruit flies got into my carboy just before I was ready to bottle it.
Vic
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