On Tue, 1 Sep 2020 12:28:42 -0400, Dave Smith
> wrote:

>On 2020-09-01 11:21 a.m., Bryan Simmons wrote:
>> On Tuesday, September 1, 2020 at 6:41:48 AM UTC-5, Bruce wrote:
>
>>>> I said that here long ago and someone claimed BS and asked for
>>>> proof. I didn't have one. I just watched that show and that's
>>>> what they said. Might have been a Modern Marvels documentary.
>>> I'm sure those are all wonderful beers, but have you ever tried a
>>> Belgian beer? A Westmalle, for instance?
>>
>> Bud Light isn't wonderful. It's ****ing garbage. You can keep those
>> hopd deficient Belgian beers. Give me a New England Pale. People
>> drink Budweiser because they're ****ing sheep, and that's what the
>> advertising tells them to drink.
>
>
>One of the the best beers I ever had was in Belgium. It was on tap in a
>restaurant and I regretted not asking what kind it was.
>
>Advertising does seem to be a lot more important to beer sales than
>product quality, and a small increase in market share translates to
>millions of dollars in profits.

There is no more decent beer/ale, for a long time now it's all brewed
in stainless steel. Beers/ales today are as different as formula is
from breast milk on tap.