ohmagawd ! finn actually made me
laugh !!!!
finn, there is one, teeny, nit to be picked with your post. regarding the founding of the hudson bay company. i mention it only because i was wrong in my thinking that hbc was started by the dutch. why ? hell, i dunno...
anyway, it turns out that although hbc was a brit backed enterprise, it's founders were french.
hbc heritage/history/overview
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TO englishmajor.
to honest, true, most american beers pale next to brews made by the rest of the world community. beer is one area where i usually prefer imports from germany, england, jamaica, holland, mexico and yes, canada.
but, when i'm feelin' nostalgic for my highschool days, there are a few american beers that are fairly good;
pabst blue ribbon - hasn't changed much and tastes the same on both coasts. best in the bottle (like most do).
rolling rock - from the glass lined tanks of old latrobe. what else do ya need to know ??
little kings - technically a creme ale. but, damn it's tasty ! the only hops tea of ever come across with a "spicy" finish. comes in those snazzy l'il bottles too.
stroh's - ahhhh, my first beer. this one tastes just great when sampled in the region of it's birth. when it was brought into the market here on the west coast, it failed miserably. and for good reason, it was brewed and bottled in van nuys. the water
does make all the difference.
berghoff - years ago, we were getting this at trader joe's here. it's brewed in wisconsin as i remember. hence, it is a rich, full flavored beer that echoes it's deutscher roots. the berghoff bock is one of the best i've ever tasted. sadly, we can't get it here anymore...
gordon biersch - the "marzen" kills. my german buddies swear that it's the american made bier that is closest to what they prefer back in good old g. for those with a trader joe's, the "t.j.'s" vienna, bock, and bohemian beers are in fact.... gordon biersch. at a buck or so less per sixer. yippee !
samual adams - on tap, it ain't too shabby.
mcsorley's - one of my fondest memories of living in nyc in the early eighties, is of trudging downtown, whereupon my "streetwise" pardner scored, from a street vendor, a joint of the finest pencil shavings i've ever had the pleasure to put spark to.
he redeemed himself, later that night, by then introducing me to mcsorley's pub. THE ALE ! jeez, there's a reason the place has been around for so long. it had the hand crafted qualities without that "it ain't done yet" micro brew yeasty, yuckiness. YUMM !
miller highlife - is it great beer ? umm, dunno. is it tasty ? yup, shore is.
there's a few other regional beers that i've heard tell of, but have never sampled, that folks say are pretty great. i'll leave it to them to proclaim the virtues of those gems of the brewing art.
okay. is it 5:00 yet ? surely it must be, somewhere.
