Subj : Re: Amsterdam
To   : Kurt Weiske
From : Ward Dossche
Date : Tue Feb 20 2024 10:44 am

KW> I look forward to trading American wasserbiers and the Pacific
KW> coast IPAs oversaturating the market for a nice hand-pulled pint of
KW> bitters. Or a proper Guinness, not some simulacrum brewed in Canada and
KW> "imported" into the US.
 
Those hand-pulled British 'beers' is probably why the English are so weird. I 
rate them higher than anything brewed in the Netherlands, the USA and for sure 
Canada. But not by that much.
 
But a Guinness, now that is something else, especially the generically brewed 
in Ireland because they still use copper vats where-as the British Guinness 
(and the North American brewed at Coors) uses stainless steel (there is a taste 
difference). Once in Donegal Ireland I asked if they had Guinness on tap and I 
was nearly escorted out of the premisses.
 
Alas, so you have never tasted the Trappist ales. I just drink the WestVleteren 
abbey's output. The friars there brew to sustain their monastic work ... not to 
make money ,,, and you need to pre-order and pre-pay. You need to be a 
registered customer, tell'm the make of the car you drive to pick-up the beer, 
the license-plate and the card used to pay. If any of these fail on pick-up 
day, you'll walk away empty-handed. These friars are not dumb, they control the 
market of their product,
 
Tomorrow's an on-line sale ...
 
https://www.trappistwestvleteren.be/en
 
KW> We're in dark days for beer over here. Even the cheap mexican beers that
KW> were like American beer but better and cheaper are trying to position
KW> themselves as "premium" beers.
 
Just so you know Corona is no longer Mexican, but owned by a Belgian brewer. 
Perhaps that explains the better quality, but I think their clear-glass bottles 
are ridiculous.
 
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