Originally Posted by Duncan Roberts

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.

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by Celsius

Depends on where in the US one lives and the tastes of the locals. Bigger/more cosmopolitan cities/regions will probably have a better choice of microbrews than any podunk town or even small college town/city.

Originally Posted by 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.

Originally Posted by rushman

I lived in Italy for 2 years and got pointed towards these two local red's.

Valpolicella
Monte Pulciano D' Abruzzo

Originally Posted by Mick Travis

The range of microbrews here in the US is far better than the range of ANY beer available at home.

Originally Posted by Triumphrob

Abso****inglutly

Originally Posted by Duncan Roberts

Well I wouldn't go that far, but it is good and a lot better than people give credit.

Originally Posted by snowbunny

There are always several American beer threads going on here at the same time.

Mercy me.

I do what syllk and walla do -- drink wine.

Originally Posted by jjw152

Following on from Pulaski's Budweiser thread, and the general consensus that all Corp American beer is sh1t (which it is)
I was wondering which beers you DO drink and/or which you think are half decent.
Being an American married to a Brit, I can honestly say that when we go over to visit her family, the time I look forward to the most is spent in supermarkets picking out beer to try ie, Theakstons Old Peculiar, Spitfire, Brains etc or sat in a pub cradling a glass of Caffreys or Murphys. I could cry thinking about it!

Some of the beer I don't mind in this country is - Yuengling is probably one of my fave of the US beers, Sam Adams Summer ale is another fave, Blue Moon is light, fruity, different and far more drinkable than all the regular crap. I have to say, when travelling in the south 3 years ago I found the beer in Alabama, Louisiana, Texas, Georgia to, in general be of better quality than what we get up here in the north east coast.

Anyone got any good recommendations?