Poll: Best Beer Country?

[Diplomat]

Exactly. 5 years ago it was different, but now it's sort of...meh.

There are some original ideas here and there, but no overwhelming trend.

-Diplomat

[ThaSaltCracka]

I don't think I have ever had any Candian micro brews, so I can't really comment, but the U.S. micro's kill the majors, I would guess its like that in Canada as well.

[Phat Mack]

I'm not trying to be contrary, but the answer is Mexico.

As for the US, for every decent boutique beer, there are a million barrels of Miller Lite.

[Leo99]

SK,
Are you from Denmark? If so you might not fully understand the high reverance given to Pilsner Urquell by the so called "beer experts" in the US. I find the Czech beers a bit boring with too much saaz hops taste for my palate. And everyone I've tasted is skunked. Give me some good American Cascade hops.

[Leo99]

Hmm, add some smokey, peaty taste to beer and you've got Scottish beer. Not bad but it's only one style.

[Leo99]

In my beer cellar now:

Sierra Nevada Celebration Ale USA
George Gale Xmas Ale England
Liberty Xmas Ale USA
Anderson Valley Winter Solstice USA
Wyerbacher Winter Ale USA
Liberty Xmas Ale USA
Young's Old Nick England
Ebulum Scotland
Rudolph's Reserve USA
Bell's Cherry Stout USA

[Arm187r]

My father is from Germany and has been drinking beer for 4 plus decades. He took me to Germany when i was 16 and i got to try all sorts of beers in many different cities around the fatherland during my month and a half stay. Most were good but some were bad. The most interesting thing is even though my dad enjoys his own local brew. He believes the czech's make some of the best beer. After that trip though i didn't really like drinking miller, or budweiser. That all changed when i joined the army out of high school when i used to drink just to get drunk. Now that i'm 26 and just recently quit smoking i've taken a new found joy to drinking different beers and i found a site that had hundreds of beer ratings. I believe the highest rated beer was a belgium beer. So far I haven't found a local liquor store (twin cities) that carries belgium beers. I would really like to try them and see if they are as good as some people think. My own personal choice I enjoy a good Pilsner. I think Bitburger and Pilsner Urquell are fine beers. Some of my friends don't though. They prefer domestic, which to me even though i used to drink alot of MGD, Miller Lite, tastes so watered down, its pointless.

Just my 2 cents

Arm187r

[DCJ311]

I havent sampled a wide variety of beers, but in my experience Belgian ales are by far the best. Even the New Belgium 1554 Ale brewed in Fort Collins is darn good. I also like English ales, as well as stouts. Samuel Smith and Young's Stouts to name a few are quite good. There are quite a few good microbreweries in the US; I am a big fan of Dogfish Head (www.dogfish.com) personally.

[Skjonne]

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What would make the list, Tennants?

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Not on top of it at least. But Scotland has many great breweries:

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[*]Orkney (with beers like The Red MacGregor, Scull Splitter, Dark Island, Raven Ale)[*]Broughton (Greenmantle IPA, The Ghillie, Border Gold)[*]Belhaven (Robert Burns Ale, St Andrews Ale)[*]Caledonian (Deuchars IPA, Edinburgh Tatoo Strong Ale)[*]Isle of Skye (Cuillin Beast, Black Cuillin, Red Cuillin)[*]Inveralmond (Lia Fail)[*]Harviestoun (Bitter &amp; Twisted, Old Engine Oil, Navigator)[/list]
just to mention a few.

And the worst bear I ever tasted is Scottish too. Beside Tennent's Wellpark Brewery makes 'Sweetheart Stout' which is a 1.5% kind of mix between a very very mild stout and coca cola. OMG!

[Skjonne]

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For me it is LaTrappe Quad, they don't make it any more, I think the LaTrappe monastery sold their brand to a larger brewery a few yeras ago, but this was phenomenal.

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Right and wrong. They sold their brand to a brewery called Koeningshoeven if my memory is right, but they still make the Quadrupel. Or at least they did half a year ago when I last had that appr. 11.5% devilish beer.

Oh and it's Dutch btw.