à Flannagáin
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I was just reading the introduction post from peter, the Irish fellow, and it made me think. He was saying his interest in homebrew was sparked while in Oregon... I know Oregon is one of the top states for micro-breweries, but micro-breweries are quite prevelant in the states.
On my worldly travels, I have had a hard time finding brews from small, micro-breweries. In Germany, all I can find is paulaner, franziskaner and a few other hefeweizens + a ton of "pils" which are not that flavorful.
In Ireland, All I saw was Guinness, Murphy's, Smithwicks, Carlsburg and budweiser.
In England, I saw a few more options, Young's seemed to have a variety at some of the pubs, there were a few different ciders, etc...
...but for the most part, I've been to many, many bars in the states where they have 50-100 beers on tap, all micro-brewed... tons of barley wines, ipas, stouts, rye, specialties, so on and so forth...
I guess this is just an observation, hoping to spark a little discussion on the matter. America seems to be accepting the broad variety of beer, where other counties seem to stick with what they are known for. PURLY, my opion based on my experiences... maybe I've just hit up all the wrong spots.
On my worldly travels, I have had a hard time finding brews from small, micro-breweries. In Germany, all I can find is paulaner, franziskaner and a few other hefeweizens + a ton of "pils" which are not that flavorful.
In Ireland, All I saw was Guinness, Murphy's, Smithwicks, Carlsburg and budweiser.
In England, I saw a few more options, Young's seemed to have a variety at some of the pubs, there were a few different ciders, etc...
...but for the most part, I've been to many, many bars in the states where they have 50-100 beers on tap, all micro-brewed... tons of barley wines, ipas, stouts, rye, specialties, so on and so forth...
I guess this is just an observation, hoping to spark a little discussion on the matter. America seems to be accepting the broad variety of beer, where other counties seem to stick with what they are known for. PURLY, my opion based on my experiences... maybe I've just hit up all the wrong spots.