Re: SOT: best beers?

On 10/13/07 8:03 AM, in article otm1h39mh61vjpbrj62grojvdlpuuca13v@xxxxxxx,
"default" <default@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 07:18:43 -0000, mrdarrett@xxxxxxxxx wrote:

Shamelessly Off Topic: La Rossa Doppio Malto from Trader Joe's -
really good stuff.

What beers do you guys recommend?

Michael

Home brew? Belgian ales? micro brews?

I was down to the local brew pub and talking to the brewmaster and
criticizing (what I thought was) his best effort. It seemed a little
bland for my taste - then he rolls out his own favorite and it was
excellent - but he doesn't sell it because the patrons don't like it.
They want a light, weak, nearly tasteless, beer with minimal hops, and
no hop aroma . . .

We Americans don't appreciate real beer.

Please don't attempt to speak or all Americans. We appreciate them enough
that we can tell when a highly touted European beer is crap.

I remember reading something about engineers and beer. Story went
something like engineers were the specialists in mechanical warfare
when siege warfare and black powder were being introduced. The
engineers drank a lot of beer because they said (or justified) urine
made the black powder more energetic, and beer produced the best
powder.

May be some truth - since urea is used in some explosives.

I brew my own - but it helps to have goals, so I like tasting the
exotic stuff.

.

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