Bobo Bonobo® wrote:
> 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
Actually I do like hoppy tasting beers and tend towards what we call
bitter beers here

When in Tasmania one of the mates used to go sailing with was bremaster
for Boags (when it was independent of Cascade) Topper L also Brilliant
Footy Player (Aussie rules) and they used REAL hops in those days not
extract and was topped brewed not bottom brewed. Thus became loyal to
Boags even through its many incarnations I still like the taste
see http://www.boags.com.au/

Now cascade premium is almost the same brew and is from the southern
end of the state see http://www.cascadebrewery.com.au/home.html

Hahn is the other choice http://www.lion-nathan.com.au/home.aspx
made my Lion Nathan a Kiwi company that is just a monster in the Oz
market and has acquired many good (and not so good) brands

Another I never mentioned before but have the odd gift case arrive
as the company uses Barley grown in our district
is Kirin Group now part owned by Lion Nathan and Asahi group
who also take a lot of our malting Barley as does Lion Nathan
along with Tasmanian Franklin Barley (also US & Canada for the higher
end quality brands) and those who want GM free grains

But as said to not bob on a hot day all COLD beers are good just some
better than others

Cheers
P