RE: [OpenHeroQuest] Re: Beer

From: Paul Watson <thorrbjorn_at_RVM9y7Knd-dM4-yRTygZ2RIgC_Kh_XdkOdDpc1lfrv765oafVsyLXw6TMC0NkHl7V>
Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2003 19:27:04 -0700


> > You surely mean that American Mass Market Beer is an abomination,
> > barely fit for human consumption.

As the boys from Monty Python would say, it is a little like making love in a canoe; it's fucking close to water.

> So ? there are some fine microbreweries in France too,
> including one place in Britanny that markets traditional celtic
> "cervoise" (the stuff that Asterix drinks), but that doesn't
> magically turn French "beer" as a whole from swill into gold ...
>
> Much as the fact that there are some dismally bad English, German,
> and Belgian beers does nothing to alter the fact that these are the
> three great beer-producing nations of the world. (Ireland, Holland,
> Czechia, Austria are notable runners-up, it has to be said).

I'm hardly impartial, but Canada's micros produce some very fine beers, such as Moosehead and Big Rock. My personal favourite is Unibroue, a micro out in Quebec.

Take care,
Paul
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