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"dgs" > wrote in message
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> dug88 wrote:
>
>> a 6 pack in alberta is 6 to 11 dollars, typical for domestic.
>> Some german imports are 4 dollars a bottle.
>
> Damn. You folks up there can pay a lot for a beer sometimes.
> Does this included provincial tax and GST? Ouch.
>
>> dollar price really has nothing to do with FLAVOUR.
>> USA beers tend to be a watery style.
>
> They do? It's true that the American mass production breweries make
> beers that are deliberately light in flavor, which is perceived as
> watery in style. This is typically done by substituting adjuncts
> for grains, while still retaining the same overall amount of
> fermentables to acheive a given alcohol content.
>
> OTOH, considering the beers on tap at my local, I'd like to know how,
> say, Grant's Perfect Porter or Hale's Pikup Andropov Imperial Stout
> could in any way be considered "watery."
>
>> canada beers tend to get you hammered.
>
> They do? Perhaps you could educate us further on the differences in
> alcohol content between the typical mass-production Canadian beer
> (y'know, from the likes of MolBatt) and their American equivalents
> (from the likes of BudMillOors).
>
>> BUY a single from your beer shop, and let us know how it was for you.
>
> That's good advice in any case. Even better is to find a local
> that has a given beer on tap, and see how it tastes there.
> --
> dgs
>