Posted on 02/24/2006 5:41:30 PM PST by Mount Athos
Almost a tragedy ping.
If it had been Guiness, THEN it might have been serious.
Miller Light?
Ewwwwww
Cheers,
knewshound
http://www.knewshound.blogspot.com/
[I don't know how much hops costs these days, but it must be more than American brewers will pay.]
As a home brewer, I grow my own Cascade hops (a climbing vine, native to North America) and they practically take care of themselves, yield more than I can possibly use in a year, and cost me nothing but the few hours required to pick them.
I also make a tea out of them that combined with honey is a good, relaxing, bedtime tea.
Here's wha they look like and how to grow your own.
http://my.vbe.com/~hawley/hops.htm
Don't know how it would do in Florida. All I can figure about most popular American beer is that tastes must be changing. Beer seems to get sweeter every year, and less like beer.
I'd be looking for the Bandit and Cledus:
It's not quality, it's quantity.
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