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Fatima Nefestis
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Posted - 2006.04.30 19:35:00 -
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I'd take a Grolsch, a Stella Artois, or a Kronenbourg over your typical American beer any day of the week, although I am by nature a cider drinker - I generally drink Magners when I go out although Sainsbury's do a nice line in single-varietal ciders which are generally very good.
When it comes to the big commercial brand name beers, nothing available in the US comes close to what's available in Europe - Belgium and Germany especially. When you start looking at smaller, independent breweries, there's more parity because there's a focus on quality and artisanship rather than pursuing the methods necessary to churn out beer in quantities that the massed beer-drinking American public will guzzle down.
And regarding something that was posted earlier - Newcastle Brown Ale is not a good example of a quality British beer. It's a vile, thin, tasteless concoction with only its cheapness as its redeeming quality. I used to drink it when I'd get to the point on a night out where I was too plastered to taste what was going down anyway; saved me a few quid over the last couple of years of high school, but I can't say I ever enjoyed the flavour.
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LWMaverick
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Posted - 2006.04.30 19:37:00 -
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American beer = Worst ever
Danish/European beer -> everything else
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Nafri
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Posted - 2006.04.30 20:00:00 -
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the worst is, during the WM, you can only buy budweiser in the stadiums.
I think this will produce lots of ****ed of customers 
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FFGR
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Posted - 2006.04.30 21:03:00 -
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German beer > all other beers
They just can't compete
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Muthsera
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Posted - 2006.04.30 21:45:00 -
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Not even in a hundred years whould american beer taste or be better than british beer. American beer is ******* close to wather in my opinion. To quote Monty Pyton.
Kilkenny and Carlsberg ftw.
My thoughts
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HippoKing
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Posted - 2006.04.30 21:54:00 -
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 Originally by: d'hofren
American beer is like making love in a canoe..
a bit too cold, harder than is comfortable and liable to capsise?
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Xurx
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Posted - 2006.04.30 21:55:00 -
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Edited by: Xurx on 30/04/2006 21:55:33
Belgian beer > All beer. It's as simple as that ! 
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Fierce Deity
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Posted - 2006.04.30 22:23:00 -
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american beer = water
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Marine03112
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Posted - 2006.04.30 23:08:00 -
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There are great american beers out there. Everyone is so use to the mass produced water thats why we get such a bad rap. I like yuengling myself. From the oldest brewery in America. I drink locally produced beers. Cant stand the large brewerys. There is good and bad everywhere u go u just have to find the good here. And btw we do make great whiskey and such.
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Leno
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Posted - 2006.04.30 23:21:00 -
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Hoegaarden
good belgian beer, im a huge fan of the stuff. However people get wayyyy to into this beer devide, I tend to drink whatever is cheapest and here that is busch light. It may not have much taste to it but atleast it doesnt have a whole bunch of bad taste to it either.
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Leno
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Posted - 2006.04.30 23:25:00 -
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Originally by: Marine03112
There are great american beers out there. Everyone is so use to the mass produced water thats why we get such a bad rap. I like yuengling myself. From the oldest brewery in America. I drink locally produced beers. Cant stand the large brewerys. There is good and bad everywhere u go u just have to find the good here. And btw we do make great whiskey and such.
amen yuengling is an EXCELLENT lager
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Mad Mackem
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Posted - 2006.04.30 23:36:00 -
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Boddingtons Wins
That is all.
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Cetshwayo
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Posted - 2006.05.01 00:39:00 -
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Originally by: Laythun
Originally by: Cetshwayo
Did everyone forget that Belgian beers >>>>>> all?
WHAT!
ya know that crap comes in mini baby bottles over here
Yea the stuff that gets exported is crap. Try visiting the place and sitting on a terance drinking local beers. Although some of our mass produced stuff is still good.
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Felony Assualt
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Posted - 2006.05.01 00:49:00 -
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Whoa now. No one has mentioned Miller High-Life.
Nothing says a good beer like a 3.50$ price tag for 6 16ozs cans.
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Pyrok
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Posted - 2006.05.01 01:13:00 -
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Originally by: Felony Assualt
Whoa now. No one has mentioned Miller High-Life.
Nothing says a good beer like a 3.50$ price tag for 6 16ozs cans.
Well if thats true than the best beer in the world is keystone.
The correct answer is Shiner, though.
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Skian Mhor
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Posted - 2006.05.01 03:01:00 -
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Edited by: Skian Mhor on 01/05/2006 03:02:10
Originally by: Marine03112
And btw we do make great whiskey and such.
*twitch*
Most of the stuff produced in the US should'nt even be allowed to call itself whiskey. it's just about excusable with enough ice that you cant' taste it.
Go hunting around stockists, and get hold of a bottle of Caol Isla Cask strength malt. 25 years old if you can get it, 12 or 18 otherwise. Ideally, find a bottle that's been in storage for at least 5 or 10 years since it was bought.
(I've got a bottle of Talisker that was laid down by my late grandfather in 1948, and that was when it was 18 years old. just looking at that bottle is better than drinking budweiser. That one's reserved for a *really* good day. it's brother was opened when I was born...)
But once you've tracked down that perfect bottle of Caol Isla, pour yourself a dram, and leave it, and get a small amount of fresh water, add just a tiny bit of water to the malt, to release the oils.
(no ice. if you even think about adding ice to a single island malt, I will personally come round to your house and give you an example of the time-honoured "glasgow kiss"... )
sit back, breathe in, and drink.
slowly.
Appreciate it. you've just drunk something that's taken more loving care to produce than an entire year's supply of budweiser.
if you like a peatier, stronger malt, swap the Caol Isla for Laphroag. for a smokier, malted texture, try a lowland malt like Royal Lochnagar. for a slightly sweet taste, change to Cardhu.
and don;t get me started on rare absinthes. 
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nails
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Posted - 2006.05.01 04:02:00 -
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* > American **** water.
and I'm American.
no need to argue, you know I'm right.
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Kata Dakini
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Posted - 2006.05.01 08:39:00 -
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It should be well known that beers that are exported are NOT the same as the beer you get domestically. When I was in England, I remember the distinct differences between the Guiness there and the Guiness sold in the US. It was of course better in England, why wouldn't it be?
Now, I will not defend the exported American beers, simply because I don't have a clue what you get in Europe, but I can guaruntee you that it's crap compared to what is sold here, which is crap compared to what is GOOD here.
Mendocino Brewing Company
Lagunitas Brewing Company (Actually mentioned on that Forbes list, a surprise!)
Anchor Brewing Company
Gorden Biersch Brewing Company
New Belgium Brewing Company
Great Divide Brewing Company
I am personally biased towards Northern California and Colorado beers, because that's where I've lived. The above brewers will provide some of the best beers America has to offer. Sierra-Nevada gets an honorable mention. Particular beers of note:
Red Tail Ale (Mendocino)
Marzen (Gorden Biersch)
Sunshine Wheat (New Belgium)
Yeti (Great Divide)
Anchor Steam (Anchor)
If had five beers only to have, those five would probably be right at the top. Red Tail Ale is by far the best beer I have ever had, and yes, I've been to Europe, I've had what you consider the best over there. If you ask me, craft brewers in the US beat the snot out of just about anything Europe produces. Quality Mexican beers and Canadian beers taste better to me than most European beers. When I think of a European beer, I think either it's really fizzy, and rather skunkish (Heinekin, Grolsch, many Czech beers) or it's way too loaded with flavor and much too heavy. I will always give it up for Newcastle, a great brew, and for those Americans who haven't had it fresh, it's much much better. Belgians are the kings of European brewing, however, there is no doubt. I would put most Belgian beers on the same table as most craft American beers. The quality is the same, there is simply more care put into the beer than at the much larger brewers. With that being said, the fact that America has such a larger land mass, and so many more small brewers, I gotta give it up to the good old USA.
And to whoever said something about Whiskey. Well, this is like apples and oranges friend. Scotch and Bourbon are two different liquors. Johnny Walker and Makers Mark simply cannot be compared. Sure, you can enjoy one over the other, but that simply shows a preference of style of drink. This would almost be like comparing Mescal and Tequila. They are not the same drinks. They may come from similar distillery processes, but are nonetheless, different drinks.
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Jon Engel
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Posted - 2006.05.01 09:00:00 -
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I guess im the only one who does not get all confronted about taste when drinking an alchoholic beverage. I mean once the buzz kicks in you lose most of your ability to taste, which explains the long staggers into white castle where I end up ordering 10 sliders and some onion rings all the while not being able to eat them because I can't find my mouth anymore and I forgot where I live.
Anyways, my fav beer is anything with alchohol.
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ZuN3
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Posted - 2006.05.01 11:07:00 -
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Edited by: ZuN3 on 01/05/2006 11:07:15
Originally by: Mad Mackem
Boddingtons Wins
That is all.
no! 
Most disgusting beer ever IMO, way too creamy.
But back on topic, European beer in general > American beer. I'm also quite a fan of the 'oriental' beers for a bit of a change once in a while 
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Atom HeartMother
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Posted - 2006.05.01 11:19:00 -
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Originally by: BH Runner
Guinness > all
someone hand this man a pint
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GouldFish
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Posted - 2006.05.01 11:30:00 -
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Can you guess why I drink fro my sig??
The funny thing is that bud is the american version of Budvar which came first, which is czech.
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Skarsnik
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Posted - 2006.05.01 11:50:00 -
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American 'Swill' is just that, I would wash a pig with the stuff ...
but imo
Black Sheep > Anything
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ReaperOfSly
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Posted - 2006.05.01 11:53:00 -
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Originally by: BH Runner
Guinness > all
QUOTED FOR TRUTH!!!
But only when it's in a pint glass - it's not so nice out of a can for some reason.
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Scots Crusader
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Posted - 2006.05.01 13:15:00 -
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Originally by: Marine03112
There are great american beers out there. Everyone is so use to the mass produced water thats why we get such a bad rap. I like yuengling myself. From the oldest brewery in America. I drink locally produced beers. Cant stand the large brewerys. There is good and bad everywhere u go u just have to find the good here. And btw we do make great whiskey and such.
All great whisky's have no e in them. If it is spelled with an e, it is not worth the bother. As for beer, give me a pint of McEwan's Export. mmmmm
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Rift Scorn
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Posted - 2006.05.01 15:29:00 -
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Originally by: Blacklight
...Newcastle Brown Ale...
That stuff just makes me super aggro
Originally by: Alasse Cuthalion
Guinness is the stuff of Gods, that is all.
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Azul Spectre
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Posted - 2006.05.01 15:44:00 -
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I'm sure I'll get flamed for this, but my favorite beer is American made Honey Brown, which is actually a lager with a bit of honey in the taste to sweeten it. Other than that the only American beer I can stomach is MGD, and only ice cold.
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Xrak
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Posted - 2006.05.01 16:12:00 -
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isnt 'American Beer' an oxymoron?
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Kyozoku
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Posted - 2006.05.01 16:18:00 -
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tiger = the beer of kings
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Speed Devil
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Posted - 2006.05.01 17:48:00 -
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Edited by: Speed Devil on 01/05/2006 17:47:50
the best beer is Belgian beer
nothing tastes better than a Duvel in the morning, then u taste the bitterness the best 
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