[Elecraft] [OT] American Beer, was: 2M module

[Stewart]

My first visit to the US was in 1971. I spent 9 weeks in Anaheim CA.
Too much fun to be homesick. The only thing I missed was decent beer.

Apart from a pint of Watneys Red Barrel on the QE2 at Long Beach and some 
Guiness in a bar that a sales rep had left a crate on approval, it was a pretty 
dry time.

Since then I have been back to the US many times both on business and pleasure. 
Whether the UK Real Ale movement can take any credit I don't know, but each 
visit gets better beer wise. Micro Breweries and locally produced  beers are 
making a big difference.

This year we managed to travel to Chicago, Vegas, Memphis and Nashville 
"sampling" great beers at every opportunity...

Cheers & Beers
Stewart G3RXQ

On Fri, 23 Aug 2013 07:39:36 -0700, Bill Frantz wrote:
> I was in the Czech Republic last month for a caving conference.
> A large number of us were traveling on a railroad from Prague to
> Brno in a hired dining car. The only beer available on the menu
> was Budweiser. We Americans almost rioted until the Czechs
> explained that the beer was Budvar, a German light larger whose
> maker is in a trademark dispute with the American Budweiser.
>
> American craft brewers, a movement started by Fritz Maytag's
> Anchor Steam beer, make creditable beers. This movement is
> similar in goals to the British Real Beer movement. Good locally
> made beers are available almost everywhere in the US these days
> at small breweries with attached pubs and in stores.
>
> Cheers - Bill, AE6JV/1
>
> On 8/23/13 at 12:28 AM, m0afj at yahoo.co.uk (Tim Hague) wrote:
>
>>Everything is an acceptable alternative to American Beer lol
>>
>>
>>On 23 Aug 2013, at 07:53, Stewart <stewart at twinwood.me> wrote:
>>
>>>It's an acceptable alternative to American Beer...
>>>
>>>:-)
>
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