On Fri, 24 May 2002, Paul Johnson wrote: > There's just not a lot you can do with an American standard or a lager > beer to make it better. Canadians just manage to do a little better > than Americans do at both, though. But then again, there's very little > that Canada doesn't do better than the US...
Roger that. Sleemans (Ont/Quebec) is a respectable brew with an amber to it. It's not Newcastle (UK) but will do in a pinch. ;-) I compare Sleemans to Lagavulin (a single malt of the Islay variety) and Newcastle to the superior Talisker (Isle of Skye), the best scots whisky, period. If you fancy Weizen (from Bayern) Erdinger is not bad. Here in the States we are now seeing Bitburger (a superior Northern German pils) pop up in all the stores. It is not bad for a pale beer. And surprisingly, it tastes the same here as it does in any bar in Berlin. But returning to your cental point: you are correct that most of my countrymen regard Budweiser (or Bud Light - unbelievable) as beer. This is obviously absurd. It is more akin to "near beer" - an alcohol free pale yellow organic suspension whose sole purpose seems to be its function as a diuretic. Perhaps it was spawned from the same mentality that produced such wonders as "naugahyde" and fake leather (leatherette?) jackets. In fact I easily envision a bar full of vinyl clad patrons sipping Bud light...perhaps I read this somewhere...Dante? ----------------------------------------------------------------------- Thomas Good e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Programmer/Analyst phone: (+1) 718.818.5528 Residential Services fax: (+1) 718.818.5056 Behavioral Health Services, SVCMC-NY mobile: (+1) 917.282.7359 -- -- SQL Clinic - An Open Source Clinical Record www.sqlclinic.net ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]
