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The beer is VASTLY overrated. The Molsen factory in Toronto looks like a Chevy plant. I ride Mtn bikes with a lot a Canadians and a running joke when I see a "sketchy" move is "You guys ride like you have free health insurance".Ususally good for a laugh.But I've seen in the past few years of racing and riding with this team: 25 stitches, broken ribs,pulled off the race course dehydrated and heading towards coma.This is just on my team of 5 guys. Meanwhile the lone Yank hammers on healthy and usually faster.

At a ride last October, as the US was gearing up for Afgahnistan I was warned that the Soviets were there for 10 yrs etc.I replied " we are not the Soviets,we are not conscripts looking for Empire".I explained we had to kill some folks and come home.I think there is the same feeling towards us as we get when Barbara Streisand starts talking. A little prayer of "PLEASE F*** Up big, please make an ASS of yourself".Most of 'em don't hate us, they just enjoy seeing us knocked down a notch.When they do I try not to mention Maggie Trudeu (sp?) and the Stones, or the quintuplets that were taken from their family and put in an amusement park.

Maybe that's why their beer sucks..

While I can't and won't defend Canadian beer, I'd be careful making such statements if I were an American ;). While there are some microbrews that with enough willpower can make it down this (two thumbs pointing at self) throat, American beer isn't much to cheer about. My advice for all beer-loving Americans is to take the next flight to Prague and by bus or other transportation (NOT car, as it would make the mission a lot harder) drink themselves around the region. Then come back a talk beer :)

There's a riddle over here in the old world that goes something like this:
Q: What's the similarity between American beer and making love in a canoe
A: [censored f-word] close to water