I don’t drink a lot of American beer anymore. Most of it doesn’t have much taste compared to foreign beers. I drink Sam Adams in the winter; Landshark or Corona in the summer. I love trying microbrews. Hopefully this new beer will have some taste.
I'll give this brew a couple evenings of my time, and see if it cleans the carbon off the ol' fuel injectors.
Damn, Sergeant Major. Your statement is terribly wrong in this day and age. It was true 20 years ago, but not any more...as even your own statement about micro brews alludes to.
This is the golden age for beer in the U.S. It is exactly because of the title wave of mirco brews that we have a plethora of wonderful beers to chose from these days.
Perhaps you meant in terms of national brands there is not much taste. But as some micro brews make their way into the mainstream even that does not hold true these days.
BTW....you don’t happen to live in Utah by any chance, do you. :-)
I just discovered a good beer you would like, Ziegenbach....not sure if it is only here in TX but it has nice flavor.....
Sam Adams new 2010 Spring seasonal “Noble Pils” is an outstanding pilsner in the true European sense. It’s a cross between German and Czech (Bohemian) styles, extremely aromatic, and decently (but not overly) hopped, with the “5 noble” hops (there are really 4), that is, the best old-fashioned aroma hops from Germany and Czech. It also has the delicious fresh malt (German?) one expects in a true pilsner.
I’ve followed Sams through the years—and the their beer is for the most part an “entry level” craft beer, however this particular recipe, “Noble Pils” really is outstanding—comparable easily to anything out of Germany or Czech, or, any of the pricier American micro-brews in the Pilsner style. IMHO better than Victory Prima-Pils, Lagunitas, Scrimshaw, or Left Hand, for example.
All you German and Czech pilsner lovers need to try Sam’s Noble Pils (and no, I don’t own stock in the company!).
~18 years ago I began to beome interested in beer, thanks in great part to sam adams. That said, I quickly found that the widest variety of quality and taste which traveled well (due to bottle refermentation in many cases) was the world of begian beer. For years I would be unlikely to drink in the US something made there.
That has changed completely. Unless I want a lambic or flemish sour, I very rarely drink belgian anymore, because the US micro industry is making a huge selection of very very good beer now.
Anymore, the U.S.is literally crawling with breweries that are equal to or superior to anything the Euros can make. And there's probably one near you.
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