@very-musty saidAn American criticising British beer is an odd thing to see, especially considering the stuff you get to pour down over there. I can’t speak for the other countries of the Kingdom but I would suggest that English brewed beers are up there with some of the best in the world.
... said the guy who probably drinks dark beer from the British Isles which is like drinking rotten skunk piss.
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People want a nice beer.
Not black tar that smells like skunky beer.
Since you don't have skunks over there a skunky beer is that bad smell...like it went bad.
Whenever I see pics of beer over there it is darker than my coffee. Oh I've tried it and it is 🤮
30 Apr 21
@very-musty said@Enihkela,
I'm a Pilsner kinda guy I am told.
How much Canadian beer have you drank and what kind?
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Years ago I started trying beers, that I could get my hands on, from around the world. I would buy a new one (usually bottled, though expanded to cans) every time I'd see one that I hadn't tried. I started saving the containers thus beginning a collection. By the time I stopped I had amassed a collection of 600+ each a different one. In all the 600+ there was only one of them that I didn't finish drinking. I took a "slug" and promptly spit it out, pouring the remaining contents down the sink. It was one of St. Peter's Brewery's offerings, the name of which escapes me, though I'm guessing my brain (such as it is) removed it from my data base. As an aside...at one point, I think when I got to about 100 beers, I started putting the names, alphabetically, on a computer list so as to try not to duplicate any. It worked, for the most part, except when I'd forget to bring along my tablet when making a purchase. I once remember looking up how many beers were made in different countries and was astounded at the numbers. My 600+ collection was dwarfed by just a couple of those countries (combined I mean).
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@very-rusty saidI have drunk vast quantities of Canadian beer.
@Enihkela,
How much Canadian beer have you drank and what kind?
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Mainly in BC and Quebec.
All of it was fine but I can't remember any names.
Just the usual stuff you get in every bar.
Did the job of getting me squiffy.
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@divegeester saidthey call all american wallop beer when we know its a lager, Where I live if you are talking beer its Newcastle brown,old peculiar will lay you out after a few, bombadiers a good supp,speckled hen it a sweeter beer,but my wife enjoys a bottle of barley wine(its a proper beer)
An American criticising British beer is an odd thing to see, especially considering the stuff you get to pour down over there. I can’t speak for the other countries of the Kingdom but I would suggest that English brewed beers are up there with some of the best in the world.
@the-gravedigger saidThere are different brand names even for their draft beers.
I have drunk vast quantities of Canadian beer.
Mainly in BC and Quebec.
All of it was fine but I can't remember any names.
Just the usual stuff you get in every bar.
Did the job of getting me squiffy.
Our alcohol percentage is around 5%
When you're dealing with mainstream beers, those with the highest alcohol are generally stouts, porters and pale ales, with alcohol by volume (ABV) contents typically ranging between 4% and 10%, though most mainstream beers tend to stay in the range of 4%-6%, such as Canada's popular Labatt (5% ABV), which edges out ...Nov. 14, 2014.
It doesn't take Most American long to get drunk on our beer and they don't have to drink very many. I remember my cousins bragging they drink 12 beer. I think they made it to about 6.
Today, most American beers also use the ABV method. Using the same measure, full-bodied lagers in both countries tend to be contain between 4.0 and 6.1 percent ABV. ... Some American breweries produce beers with less than 5 or 6% ABV because of restrictions imposed by laws.
Back decades ago I think they were around 2% alcohol and we had been around 5% for years. So of course they would get drunk quick.
Today I can't stand the smell of it. My favorite drink wasn't beer it was V0 whiskey with a sprinkle of water in it, no ice.
40%
The Seagram's VO blended Canadian whisky carries an alcohol strength of 40% ABV (80 US Proof), the standard permissible limit for whiskies in North America (United States and Canada).
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30 Apr 21
@great-big-stees saidMuch stronger than anything around 30 years ago.
I remember a brewery, near Montreal, produced a beer with an AVB of 25% a "few" years back. I just can't remember it's name. Before anyone says that I might have consumed too many of them, I did try it and I have to say it did "pack a punch".
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30 Apr 21
@very-rusty said4% to 6% is perfect for me.
There are different brand names even for their draft beers.
Our alcohol percentage is around 5%
When you're dealing with mainstream beers, those with the highest alcohol are generally stouts, porters and pale ales, with alcohol by volume (ABV) contents typically ranging between 4% and 10%, though most mainstream beers tend to stay in the range of 4%-6%, such as Canad ...[text shortened]... of), the standard permissible limit for whiskies in North America (United States and Canada).
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Any more than that and I degenerate into a man of no fixed intelligence after a few hours of drinking.
Any less and I'm going to the toilet too much.
30 Apr 21
@great-big-stees saidDang, that's twice the strength of wine.
I remember a brewery, near Montreal, produced a beer with an AVB of 25% a "few" years back. I just can't remember it's name. Before anyone says that I might have consumed too many of them, I did try it and I have to say it did "pack a punch".
30 Apr 21
@badradger saidMy choice would be bombardier or hen.
they call all american wallop beer when we know its a lager, Where I live if you are talking beer its Newcastle brown,old peculiar will lay you out after a few, bombadiers a good supp,speckled hen it a sweeter beer,but my wife enjoys a bottle of barley wine(its a proper beer)
Never really enjoyed Newcastle brun.
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30 Apr 21
@divegeester saidWell, they are, but...
An American criticising British beer is an odd thing to see, especially considering the stuff you get to pour down over there. I can’t speak for the other countries of the Kingdom but I would suggest that English brewed beers are up there with some of the best in the world.
English beers do not always travel very well. American beers sometimes do. Anchor is rather nice, even in a bottle in Europe. I've drunk a lot of good English beer in England, but not as much outside of it. Speckled Hen... don't make me laugh! And Newcastle Brown is... not actually bad, but pathetic. Compared to the locally brewed beer in your local pub, nothing the English export is worth considering.
The USAnians used only to export the rotten stuff, but these days they send a lot of good beer abroad. Of course, they also brew, and export, 95% of completely tasteless horse piss, but there's a lot of good in that 5%. The English have not caught up to that. They still limit their good beer to casks, and to their island.