[Paleo Conservative]

Tried Belgian beers while in Brussels and found them, um, lacking

Did you try Duval?

[meenie]

The best part of the occupation in Germany. Beir is Beir over there, it is entirely different. The kids would go to school with a borst sandwich and bottle of beer. It was treated as a food and had nutritional qualities. Octoberfest was the draining of the beer vats and drinking up the bach beer from the bottom of the vats.

[Defend the Second]

Don't remember that one. I do recall that when we stayed in Normandy the hotel only carried Belgian beer - no German, no French (if such exists). The US Army types I had spent time with helped me become a big fan of Hefe-Weisse, so the Belgian stuff seemed too light.

[Renfield]

That's spelled "D-U-V-E-L". It's one of my favorites. Also Scaldis (which is called "Bush" in the Belgian market), Rodenbach Grand Cru, and Rochefourt 10. Nothing in Germany (or anywhere else)compares to Rodenbach Grand Cru or Rochefourt 10. Trust me.