Bryan > wrote:
> On Dec 5, 6:41 am, Dan L > wrote:
>> "N_Cook" > wrote:
>>> Christopher Helms > wrote in message
>>> ...
>>> On Dec 4, 7:03 pm, "(PeteCresswell)" > wrote:
>>>> Per Peter Lucas (SAS RET):
>>
>>>>> What do Urine and american Beer have in common?
>>>>> They both taste the same going in and comming out!!
>>
>>>> The German side of my family refers to our beer as "****wasser".
>>
>>>> Bad rap as far as I'm concerned bc the most noticeable fault of
>>>> American beers like Bud and Coors is the *lack* of taste - ****
>>>> or otherwise.
>>
>>> We Americans like our beer mediocre. At the end of Prohibition there
>>> were something like 700 commercial breweries operating in the US.
>>> Today if you don't count the micros, there are what? Three big
>>> nationals? Anheuser Busch, Coors and Miller and they are owned by
> > > huge
>>> conglomerates. There are a few medium sized regional brewers like
>>> Linenkugel and Yuengling still around, but I don't know if they're
>>> still independent or not. We Americans don't really do beer anymore.
>>> Or anything else, for that matter.
>>
>>> &&&&&&
>>
>>> The beer in the Simpsons is Duff, is that a joke for the Brits or
> > > does
>>> the
>>> word duff in the USA have the same meaning
>>
>> In find all alcoholic beverages tastes horrible. The goal to
> > consuming
>> beverages that contain alcohol is to get drunk! Otherwise i would
> > rather
>> have a glass of ice tea if I wanted taste. The lighter tasting beers
>> makes it easier to get that buzz.
>
> For the most part that's true, but some do taste good. In Michigan
> you have Bell's products, even fresh on tap. This is my go to beer:
> http://www.schlafly.com/logos/apa.html
>>

The good beers in Michigan are gone. Stroh's beer company had flavor.
Goes to show that people mostly want water down beer just to get drunk!
Yeh, I'll have one slice of pizza with that six pack. However, local
micro-brewers are everywhere here in Michigan, sold by the glass, not by
the bottle. Some have flavor.

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Enjoy Life... Nad R (Garden in zone 5a Michigan)