<p>There are plenty of things Americans do well. Friendliness, personal liberty and fast food spring to mind. But, by and large, beer is... not your strength.</p>
<p>I was wondering if anyone could recommed a good quality, widely avaliable beer for a fussy limey? I know that the US has many high-quality microbreweries, but in my limited experience their produce is expensive, and (understandably) rarely avaliable outside the brewery's immediate surroundings. Sam Adams seems pleasant enough, but another option would be extremely welcome.</p>
<p>I don’t drink alcohol because I am a muslim, however, ommegang has won numerous international competitions, and is one of the highest rated beers of all time.</p>
<p>Yes it most definitely it - way better than budweiser, and much cheaper. Unfortunately, it probably doesn’t qualify as “widely available”, as its only sold along the eastern seaboard.</p>
<p>Really? I’ve never tried to find it out west so I didn’t know. If you’re anywhere near the PA area it should be available though. The Black and Tan is pretty decent but I like the Lager the best.</p>
<p>Wow - thanks for all your responses this should keep me busy for a while :D.</p>
<p>Muscle7 - I’m from the UK, which produces a lot of rubbish lager, but some really good bitter (what you call pale ale). I’ve tried blue moon, and it’s nice, but witbier isn’t really something I’d choose to drink on a regular basis.</p>
<p>Vastlyoverrated (cool username, by the way) - as a fellow brit, I’m with you: the Belgians really know what they’re doing (though I shall never forgive them for Stella Artois).</p>
<p>Nuclearpakistan - I’ll have to try it, then! As I say, I’m a big fan of Belgian ale, so this sounds promising. Glad to hear from a non-drinker, by the way - you’re probably about as objective as it gets :D</p>
<p>Chuy - I’ll definitely try the summer brew - I’d imagine it’s lighter and hoppier, would that be right? I’ve seen Yuegling around - I’ll give it a go sometime.</p>
<p>ps. - IBfootballer - that literally made my laugh out loud, and congratulations on finding a monty python joke I haven’t heard :D</p>
<p>i’m taking their word on it. I’m underage, so the only beer I’ve had was in Germany.</p>
<p>But it makes sense, seeing as American beers apparently need to be ice cold to be palatable, and are deemed successful by being “drinkable.” Like our foods are deemed tasty by being called “edible.”</p>
<p>Just out of interest, Muscle7, what British beer did you try? Don’t worry, I won’t get defensive :D</p>
<p>I find it funny how here (in the UK) Budweiser is a joke, but when I mention it to American friends, they don’t really get the comic side of it. I guess that’s what the rest of the world is like for Belgians. :D</p>
<p>By the way, I just found out how to do the smiley face thing, so sorry about that.</p>
<p>budweiser is drank a lot up here. I can’t remember the names of the beers… the only one I remember is tetley, but I’m sure that’s a renowned crappy beer over there since they make tea and stuff over here.</p>
<p>edit: different brands. tetley makes tea and tetley’s makes the beer.</p>
<p>Correct me if I’m wrong, but most of the good US beers seem to come from the North and East. I’m told that Minnesota has some great beers: I guess there’s nothing like living in Minnesota to drive you to alcohol :D.</p>
<p>Only kidding, of course - I’ve never been to Minnesota - I’m sure it’s lovely.</p>
<p>Nah, we’ve got the best breweries out here in California and in the west. </p>
<p>Sierra Nevada Brewery
Fat Tire (New Belgium Brewery)
Arrogant ■■■■■■■ Ale (or anything else by Stone Brewery)
Anchor Brewery
Gordon Biersch Brewery</p>
<p>I understand where your coming from that they are not widely available and kinda expensive. The expensive part I can’t really help out (but an extra 3-4 bucks is worth it for quality brew) on but many stores are now carrying more and more microbrews as they start to gain in popularity.</p>
<p>Some good ones are already listed that I see everywhere: Sierra Nevada, New Belgium, Land Shark. Those three are widely available. Another decent brew I’ve seen in most stores is Magic Hat. They come out with a lot of seasonals and it’s always quality. Rogue is good and I can find that in grocery stores and stuff. I see Dogfish Head in a lot of cities I visit as well as Flying Dog. All of them should be very tasty for you.</p>
<p>If you check the city you’re going to there might be a microbrew store. A little internet searching led me to find a store less than a mile away that carries 1000+ microbrews and, I have to say, I’ve been quite the happy beer drinker ever since.</p>
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