> Gerald :
>
> > > What's an "excuse for beer"?
>
> American beer AKA beer for wimps
> is a sorry excuse for the noble beverage
> in question.
>
Now that's just not true.
You surely mean that American Mass Market Beer is an abomination,
barely fit for human consumption. Just like "English" lager.
OTOH, I've spent many a merry hour in the company of some rather
nice microbrews in San Francisco and Seattle.
Graeme