On May 20, 10:09*am, notbob > wrote:
> On 2009-05-20, phil..c > wrote:
>
> > not wishing to upset our north American cousins.
> > But yet to find ONE American beer that tastes half decent *.
>
> > Stella......
>
> You gotta be kidding. *Stella is the Bud lite of Belgium. *Probably the only
> beer from Belgium I won't drink. *If you haven't found one decent beer from
> N America, you're not looking very hard. *Both Canada and US make some
> killer Belgian-style beers. *Now, if you mean "American-style" beers, I'll
> hafta agree with you, although micro-brewers are beginning to create new
> American styles. *Double IPAs and barley wines come to mind and are quite
> popular, here. *There's supposedly a style called American Lager, a
> throw-back to the pre-canoe Prohibition days, but I've yet to run across an
> example. *

I agree about Stella.
Am I to understand that you don't like the Cascade hopped American
Pale Ales?
>
> nb

--Bryan