Posted on 08/04/2015 10:46:30 AM PDT by C19fan
Today’s discerning beer drinkers might be convinced that America’s watery, bland lagers are a recent corporate invention. But the existence of American beers that are, as one industry executive once put it, “less challenging,” has a much longer history. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, himself an accomplished homebrewer, complained that some of his country’s beers were “meagre and often vapid” nearly 200 years ago.
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Who is this guy? Go into any liquor store and see hundreds of different brews. In Baltimore last month we went to a pub that had an incredible diverse selection of beer. What we tasted was excellent.
Americans had taken to mass marketing food as no other country in the 20th century.
It was noted that a food that is bland offends no one and has the greatest potential market.
All this worked well until consumers found they had options either by foreign travel or new experiences.
Now look at how the companies selling these mass market foods are doing financially.
When we were England, admittedly some years ago, the most popular beer at the London Pubs seemed to be Sauel Adams.
They go for it because it’s “exotic” and “American”, as though they believe there’s something wonderful about it which they don’t quite grasp but will keep trying.
I’m reminded of being in Germany, where our host commented “do not ask us to go to a German restaurant. We are Germans. We eat German food at home all the time. When we go out to restaurant, we want something not German.”
Abita Beer is a good German beer made in Louisiana.
I keep trying those hundreds (well, not that much) of brews, and keep coming away with the same nasty taste of pasteurization. The stuff must be FRESH, still alive & fermenting.
The number one beer in Canada is Bud. The number two beer in Canada is Coors Light.
I like amber British ales and German beers, but they are so rich that I am full after the second.
**In Baltimore last month we went to a pub**
Glad it survived the riots.
Man that makes me wonder if I shouldn’t start charging the Doc for my urine samples? ;-)
Rolling Rock is my go to but Yeungling black and tan or lager when I want something better. St Pauli Girl dark ranks.
The best is a good solid dark beer drunk on premises of a micro-brewery meaning it is not pasteurized. We have two nearby that have good dark beer. I just need something dark that gets close enough to Guinness. I am not going to get all OCD about it.
I think most Americans who drink beer are NOT a big fan of drinking a loaf of bread. Which is what most of the beers that are drunk by American beer snobs taste like.
If you want to get drunk, go for the hard stuff and stop playing around. Americans popular domestic beers you can drink without feeling like you just gained 15 lbs.
** Food purity laws can make a difference, and Bavaria’s ancient rule limits beer to just 4 ingredients. Almost enough to make me move... **
Also limits the variety.
Belgium has no Reinheitsgebot and they have a wonderful variety of beers/ales, all are different.
Now don’t get me wrong, I do love a good hefeweizen!
2 German beers=1 American Six pack
It’s common in England, and even Ireland, to find Budweiser on draft. I’ll never figure that one out.
As a matter of fact PBR does exist. Not in its original form, I might add.
But.
The old Pabst brewery in Milwaukee that was shuttered many years ago just got a new lease on life.
They are planning on brewing good old PBR in its rightful home in the near future.
The owners (Pabst family and some deep pocket investors) signed up to bring it back.
Yes, but there will always be a market for cheap, tasteless beer.
Lighter beer is preferred in hotter places. I moved to a much colder place and stopped drinking alcohol. It’s colder here than most populated Canadian areas (high elevations here). It’s also noticeable, that in cold climates, people descended from Germany, eastern Europe and Russia drink much more than most.
Thank you. Indiana has several micro-brew pubs that make delicious beer.
Im guessing they’re limiting their taste tests to Bud and Miller light.
I will say though, my absolute favorite beer of all time is Seemans Honey Brown. As far as I know you can only get this in Canada, but I haven’t checked my local liquor store for it in a long time.
Meanwhile, Kalik is a perfectly acceptable local Budweiser clone. Not bad for drinking ice-cold in hot weather, but not a real beer by any means.
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