Posted on 08/04/2015 10:46:30 AM PDT by C19fan
Today’s discerning beer drinkers might be convinced that America’s watery, bland lagers are a recent corporate invention. But the existence of American beers that are, as one industry executive once put it, “less challenging,” has a much longer history. In fact, Thomas Jefferson, himself an accomplished homebrewer, complained that some of his country’s beers were “meagre and often vapid” nearly 200 years ago.
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Because you’re drinking the wrong ones.
Agree, there are some beers which are American are micro what taste good, however I taste, Bud, Miller etc then it is bland and tastes like water.
We are in the golden age of microbrews and this guy is complaining? Hey, dude, quit buying Millier Lite Ferry Piss.
Because you’re drinking the wrong ones.
They should try a Bourbon Barrel Ale or a host of other beers from my new home of KY or the ones from my old home of Seattle.
The title of the article is a false premise.
One of the very few, perhaps only, good thing to come from the Carter years was the proliferation of micro breweries.
Guess he needed something to wash down those peanuts.
A teetotaler for 35 years (no particular reason, just never started), I began drinking beer in Bavaria. After a decade of hearing variants of “beer is an acquired taste”, I was startled to discover how GOOD it was, so delicious & satiating. Then I came home, spending the next decade trying to find some approximation of that goodness amid the dead-tasting ****water mistakenly labeled “beer” in the USA; I’ve only found a few, and those were at microbrew bars serving fresh from the fermentation tanks. Food purity laws can make a difference, and Bavaria’s ancient rule limits beer to just 4 ingredients. Almost enough to make me move...
I found one called “Arogant Bastard Ale”. It rocked!
Another important issue to discuss. Probably will need to appoint a committee to investigate.
However, there is a reason that America gravitated to lighter pilsner beers. The climate is suitable and its hotter over here than in Europe
Back in the 80’s I listened to an interview with the head of Ballard Bitters. They asked him if his company would ever dethrone Bud. His answer was very interesting and I paraphrase from memory:
But Ballard Bitters beers are a serious treat for many people, while others do not like the flavor at all.
So a microbrew beer with a flavor with character will never dethrone a bland beer that, though nobody loves it, nobody hates it either.
However, since then, it looks like brands like Bud are dying of a thousand cuts, Ballard Bitters being but one of them.
Oh, and after his interview I coined the phrase “politicians are like beer”. They don’t want to rock the boat. They want to be bland. ‘Cept Cruz and Trump. Which is why I like them so much.
Behind every loaf of bread there is the tragic story of grain which, due to an unfortunate set of circumstances, didn’t get made into beer.
“I have respect for beer!” —”A Beautiful Mind”
I can take Canadian beers. But, I simply don't like those fancy, European things. It's Coors Light for this old drunk.
Frankly, my favorite ever was Schlitz. But, probably because it was my first. But it tasted sweet.
I drink for effect, not taste.
...ping....
I don’t like paying so much for the “Micros.” For a North American beer, I do like Moosehead.
The guy is an ignoramus and definitely not a beer connoisseur... he’s still in the 60’s.
Europeans love american beers...
http://www.latitudenews.com/story/us-craft-beers-gain-fans-in-europe/
Do the still make Pabst Blue Ribbon? Imagine my confusion when I move out west and found out PBR means a whole different thing out here!!
If your goal is to drink large quantities, and I know people that do. Then really high quality beer is just too heavy. An ice cold coors light on a hot day is in no way “bad beer”.
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