Bob

yup, not cheap...but it's got to be selling as it is in a few of the shops in town....500ml bottles and all...hmmm....

and while we're on cheap...anyone know any half decent, yet cheap bottles of wine? and not the two buck chuck as we can't get that over here...

Bob

Just found some on sale at my local, $7.25 for a 6 pack, retail price of $14 though...so once the sale's over with, won't be getting that *l*

Elvira

My favourite is Youngs Special Bitter , which I haven't seen here

But today I noticed that our local Coop sells Youngs Oatmeal Stout. Anyone tried that - what's it like?

NC Penguin

Red or white? Old world or new world? You've gotta give us some clues.



NC Penguin

gruffbrown

How cheap? $6.99 will get you some very nice bottles of Lindemans Cabernet or Shiraz

Rompers

American beer? an oxymoron surely.

Triumphrob

Abso****inglutly

Bob

Anything really...did have a really nice bottle from Chile, but the price went up from $4.99 to 11.
Though I do prefer red wine, also better with the cooking.

Bob

thats' about my price range

Maz

Just jumping in wherever here

I really like Adnams Ale from Suffolk. I'm a bit of a wine snob, though, very particular about my cabs and merlots, and prefer NZ Sauv Blanc for my whites, from Marlborough, naturally.

Pimpbot

$3.99 at AJ's also. I've got a few in the fridge.

Rushman

Glad I'm not the only one.

As if regular beer isn't weak enough they even make "light" beer??

WTF is all that about?

Bob

But it's cheap.....needs to be really, but i still haven't gone and gone for it, $11 for a 30 pack of coors though is tempting...but there is decent beer to be found, just not the big mass made shite, shame really as tehre so cheap.

Duncan Roberts

It's very good. Word of warning though. Youngs seem to have been shipping cans here rather than bottles, no matter what people say there is a difference and the cans are no where near as nice as the bottled stuff.

I will stick my neck out here. America has a generally better range of beer than England. If you steer clear of the Bud/Miller/Coors type stuff the brewing industry is growing hugely where in England it is shrinking and you can get a far wider, more varied and more experimental than in England. You also can get a very good selection of other European beers fairly easily which just rounds out the entire range of beer you can get.

Hiro11

I just had an insanely good "Holy Moses" witbeer from Great Lakes Brewery that might change your mind.

It seems that most people here like to bash American beer without ever having actually tried the good stuff. Yeah, Bud suck ass, but so does almost any macrobrew lager from anywhere in the world. Basing your opinion of American brews on Coors or Miller is like basing an opinion of UK brews on Tennant's Super.

It's not difficult at all to find excellent national brands like Rogue or Victory. In addition, every state has a variety of more regional micro or midsized brews, there are literally thousands of breweries producing quality beer. Just stay away from buying beer in most supermarkets (Whole Foods excepted) and try some stuff you've never heard of. It will definitely be fresher than bottled imports and will probably surprise you with quality.