On 2008-03-12, dave hillstrom wrote:
there are actually quite a number of 9% beers in the US. in fact,
there are so many that some of the poorer, mainstream ones can be had
at any 7-11 type corner store.

They aren't beer, they are horse **** masquerading as beer. The poorer
quality strong ales are generally rank. They are usually just strong to
let people who want to boast about the strength of the beer get drunk.

this of course flies in the face of the standard british rant that
their beers are stronger than those in the USA.

That's not a standard rant I've heard. Perhaps I hang out with the wrong
people.

Having lived in both countries, and not liking crap, mass produced beer,
I've found the good, bad and indifferent in both. I have found good
beers in places such as Utah, believe it or not.

Beer lovers who rant about $OTHER_COUNTRY's beer probably simply haven't
actually been there.

"ours is stronger and better" that they are utterly and completely
full of ****.

I entirely agree. There are plenty of good quality beers in Europe,
Britain, the US and Canada. The general rule of thumb with all of them
is usually that the smaller breweries (i.e. the ones run by those who
are passionate about their product) have far superior output to mass
produced beer.

We are spoiled where I live. Three breweries and one distillery for a
population of 80,000.

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From the sunny Isle of Man.
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