If I could I would stop production of Budweiser, Miller, Michelob and Coors overnight.
The MicroBrew beers here are so good that it should become a law to stock them in bars and stores.
Bud/Miller/Coors/Michelob are the work of the Devil.
Quite agree. When I'm in the U.S. it's Sam Adams and the like for me. Most of the microbreweries are fine.
I quite like Rolling Rock which we can't get up here for some reason.
Last time I was in the U.S I realised I hadn't actually had an American Bud in about 15 years and thought I'd try one with a completely open mind. It's appalling. What struck me most was how little it actually tastes of beer ingredients at all and what little taste there is seems very chemical and nasty.
Here in Canada we have a duopoly between Molson (which is now part Coors anyway) and Labbats. The beer's a bit stronger and better than the U.S schlock but it still tastes as though it's come out the same umimaginative vat. Again the microbreweries are way superior. The microbreweries vary from region to region, but a good one from Nova Scotia is Moosehead. There are lots of tasty Quebec beers modelled around Belgian beer. Here in Ontario. I like Upper Canada beers and in Alberta in western Canada, Big Rock's really good.
What I find difficult to get to grips with is the way young Brits think Bud etc. is the cool thing to drink and turn up their noses at good British beer, I know the American brands are brewed under licence there and are improved slightly as a result, but they're still gnat's pee. My nephew won't touch anything apart from lager, which I think is a shame, but statistically he's quite typical. British brands are struggling domestically and ironically doing rather well in the North American market.
Rickards Red is a good Canadian brew.
It's amazing here as well, many people will tell you that they don't actually like beer, just drink it to get drunk......maybe if they had ever tasted real beer they might like it. In any case, if I was drinking purely to get drunk, I would be drinking something stronger.
Just go rid of the last two cans of american beer in my fridge and vow not to allow anymore to enter therein ...
Id get the wind and be violently sick before id ever get a buzz from the crickets pee amicans call beer .
But then ITS CHEAP and you only get what you pay for and not always that .
What I find difficult to get to grips with is the way young Brits think Bud etc. is the cool thing to drink and turn up their noses at good British beer. . .
While not young, I too hate cloudy ale type beer, and will only drink cold and fizzy lager, Stella is the best but the Heineken is good here.
I agree that most of the Budweiser type stuff is not even real beer and like John said, you're at vomiting point before you've even got a buzz.
Actually Lee, Molson and Labbatts are owned by Interbrew, which is the company that imports Stella (and so Stella at some point will inevitably maybe made under license once it finds it's feet here)...
One of my favorite microbrews comes from Petaluma and is made by a company called Lagunitas. Delicious stuff.
Andrew )
Lotsa microbrews in Vegas...
/been drinking Red Stripe recently though
The only mass lagers I drink here are Busch and MGD, although not together as their taste varies too much. Busch is a Pilsner taste whereas MGD tastes a bit fresher.
FIL is a big Busch fan which is good. No Bud Light arguments when we buy beers for a Lions game or a Sunday dinner.
PTheres no such thing as a good American Beer rofl
/been drinking Red Stripe recently though
Thought you only drink Bacardi and Coke. :wink:
When driving it is O'Douls or similar stuff.
Otherwise Sam Adams or shandies of Guiness and 7-up(we cannot get Mackinson's that we drank in the UK around these parts).
Is that Mackasens or something? A kind of stout?
Is that Mackasens or something? A kind of stout?
Correct, made in Scotland Scramble.
Actually Lee, Molson and Labbatts are owned by Interbrew, which is the company that imports Stella (and so Stella at some point will inevitably maybe made under license once it finds it's feet here)...
One of my favorite microbrews comes from Petaluma and is made by a company called Lagunitas. Delicious stuff.
Andrew :)
Actually....only Labbat is owned by Interbrew. Molson is now in a partnership with Coors.
As for Stella, it is successful in its own right in Canada, as a Belgian beer, so hopefully it won't be necessary to brew it under licence (just as Heineken is s still the original Dutch version in North America).
Lakeport Honey lager here in Hamilton Ontario Canada, pulled a cheap publicity stunt the other day, parading a few young ladies in tiny skirts with tight T-shirts, stopping traffic and carrying placards plugging the beer.