Okay... I decided to take the advise and try Samuel Adams Beer.... so off
I went to the specialty beer store.... nope ... they don't stock it.. no
requests. They told me to try the local provincial Liquor Store. There I am
in the Import Beer section... there are shelves and shelves of brews...
labeled by region and country. Mexican, European, British, Brazilian,
Australian etc.... I mean most everybody and nation on the planet was
there..... guess which one was conspicuous in their absence.... you got
it... the USA!!!

So I asked the manager if they had any American Beer.... He started
laughing out loud! I kept looking at him in all seriousness... this
caused a pregnant pause and a reply of .... "Oh! you're Serious??"

I explained to him that I had been referred to try this brew by some Yankees
who had enough of me slagging their brewing abilities. He looked at me
sternly and replied... " Well you tell those good ole boys we had a shelf of
American Beers.... Samuel Adams included... we sold 3 six packs and the
rest went stale on the shelf..... So we dumped the lot and refused to
order anymore until they learn to brew decent beer" Well... we both had a
good laugh and I still haven't found that Samuel Adams that they couldn't
pawn off to the drunks up here.... even on a half price sale???

What's Up with Dat???

CM

Overproof wrote:
... Well... we both had a
good laugh and I still haven't found that Samuel Adams that they couldn't
pawn off to the drunks up here.... even on a half price sale???

Why bother sending it to Canada when yuppies line up for it down here?

BTW the fact that it didn't sell doesn't mean it's bad... just that
nobody who walked into the store knew what it was.

If you're bragging about your choice of beer, is it because you don't
have anything else worthy of mention in your life?

DSK

"DSK" wrote in message

If you're bragging about your choice of beer, is it because you don't have
anything else worthy of mention in your life?

Oh My... such tender sensitivities harboured by a nation bent on global
domination!!

CM

"DSK" wrote in message

BTW the fact that it didn't sell doesn't mean it's bad... just that nobody
who walked into the store knew what it was.

BTW - Samuel Adams advertises here because we get most of your TV
channels..... nobody knows about Belgian Beer... but the local Private
Outlet authorized to import it is consistently sold out... why is that???

Let me explain it to you.... you guys know **** when it comes to beer!
That's why!

[It's about beer.... it's about sailing]

CM
Proud Owner of a Canadian Vessel

See... even Loco understands the importance of a good beer! :-D

CM

"SAIL LOCO" wrote in message
...
The absolute best American beer is New Amsterdam. Micro brewery in New
York.
S/V Express 30 "Ringmaster"
"Trains are a winter sport"

Overproof wrote:
Let me explain it to you.... you guys know **** when it comes to beer!
That's why!

Well, it it makes you feel better....

Did it ever occur to you that your opinion of a particular beer (or
anything else) doesn't change what it is?

Did it also ever occur to you that you have no clue what my choice of
drink is, yet you feel some emotional need to diss it? What's up with that?



[It's about beer.... it's about sailing]

Beer & sailing... proof that God does love us!

DSK

What the beer drinkers of other countries beside the
good ole USA don't seem to realize is that more is not
necessarily better.

More alcohol in beer is definitely not better. If I
want a bunch of alcohol, I'll drink Jack Black on
the rocks.

When I drink beer, I want to be able to drink a whole
bunch of beer without getting drunk nor do I want to
taste a bunch of heavy alcohol which ruins the fine
taste of hops and barley and malt.

Beer over five percent alcohol is not real beer at all
in this sailor's opinion. It is an alcoholic's idea of beer.

CN


"Michael" wrote in message ...
That's cause Canadians have this born to it, built in disdain for anything
not made in Canada. At one time US beer was known for being weak and
insipid, Snipped remainder

"Overproof" wrote in message
news:dp5sd.227537$df2.96016@edtnps89...

"DSK" wrote in message

BTW the fact that it didn't sell doesn't mean it's bad... just that
nobody
who walked into the store knew what it was.

BTW - Samuel Adams advertises here because we get most of your TV
channels..... nobody knows about Belgian Beer... but the local Private
Outlet authorized to import it is consistently sold out... why is that???

Let me explain it to you.... you guys know **** when it comes to beer!
That's why!

A Belgian once took me to a pub in Antwerp which sold every brand that was
brewed in Belgium - 1,100 different beers IIRC!
He ordered the strongest for me. It was like syrup. For our second
drink, I requested the weakest.



Regards


Donal
--

Although I can concur on your previously stated opinion regarding personal
tastes in beer, and I'll admit, as I have in the past, that I have not
sampled more than the commercial variety offered by your nation.... but,
I'll have to disagree with your premise on alcohol content. I normally drink
a beer that is 7.5% alcohol. It's a fine tasting brew and has a nice
slightly bitter after taste. Now I don't consider a beer to be strong unless
it approaches 9 %. The typical 4.5% offered by American beers is not
considered an alcoholic beverage up here... it's barely palatable if served
very cold and you can consume it all day in great quantities without
suffering any intoxication.

The true test of a beer is if it is still enjoyable at room temperature. I
don't personally like Ice cold beer unless it's a very hot day.

My current alcohol tolerance as tested by the local constabulary with a
breathalyzer is below the 0.5 PPM reading after 8 of my usual brews within
4 hours.

When I want to get drunk... I really have to turn to 151 proof rum or the
Alcool offered in Quebec that clocks in at 96%

CM





"Capt. Neal®" wrote in message
...
What the beer drinkers of other countries beside the
good ole USA don't seem to realize is that more is not
necessarily better.

More alcohol in beer is definitely not better. If I
want a bunch of alcohol, I'll drink Jack Black on
the rocks.

When I drink beer, I want to be able to drink a whole
bunch of beer without getting drunk nor do I want to
taste a bunch of heavy alcohol which ruins the fine
taste of hops and barley and malt.

Beer over five percent alcohol is not real beer at all
in this sailor's opinion. It is an alcoholic's idea of beer.

CN


"Michael" wrote in message
...
That's cause Canadians have this born to it, built in disdain for
anything
not made in Canada. At one time US beer was known for being weak and
insipid, Snipped remainder

Overproof wrote:
The true test of a beer is if it is still enjoyable at room temperature.

Why? Refrigeration is hardly cutting-edge technology.

... I
don't personally like Ice cold beer unless it's a very hot day.

Well, there you go. In a climate where it tops 100 regularly for 3
months out the year, you'd probably acquire a taste for beers you
currently disdain. Who knows, you might even learn to like iced tea.


When I want to get drunk... I really have to turn to 151 proof rum or the
Alcool offered in Quebec that clocks in at 96%

Is "151" the number of functioning brain cells?

DSK