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Helen.
They may have classy imports like Grolsch though. ;-)
you won't find beer in the states that is more than 6% unless you are at a specialty restaurant or brewery.
look for 'samuel smiths', it is available nationally.
have you ever tried hard cider? i hate it but it's a bit stronger and some people love it.
too bad the 'brooklyn monster' isn't widely available!
i'm drinking a 'yuengling lager' right now, very good not very strong.
Samuel adams?
It's not that I'm looking for super-strength stuff - far too old for that - just wondering if all that's on offer is likely to be 3.5% fizzy yellow water. Not that that doesn't have a place in the sun, but I was kind of hoping to have a good pint of brown beer - don't even have time for that during the connection at London.
As for cider - grew up in a part of England that produced something called Green Monkey - cider that would make you blind if you drank it for years. Weaned on that, find it hard to drink much, if any cider these days.
Ol' Number 7 - what's that then?
Thanks.
I have heard that you get excellent microbreweries in the US. I did have the luxury of trying a few, of the few, in and around berkely sanfrancisco and marin county once.
But for real ale I think Orlando would be a non starter.
Mivox - you like Grolsch? I'm surprised - maybe the import you get in the US is better than the sour stuff we get on tap in pubs in the UK.
The finest lager I have tasted was from a family owned brewery in Kinsale Southeren Ireland - 4 or 5 pints of that and you *know* about it! Headdy stuff with a subtle honey aftertaste.
Is a dream of mine to run my own brewery - the whole process is facinating (with added bonuses) - perhaps I could set up a conglomerate import/export business through WW members - seems to be quite a following for the amber nectar here.
Jack Daniels Tenessee Whiskey :)
Except that it's mass produced and probably brownish due to food coloring, rather than tasty beer ingredients.
Nope, I'll stick to beer and maybe some top-shelf Zinfandel - will the local 7/11 stock Ridge?
so I'll match you pint for pint on a real whisky
Pints of whiskey - thats what they call tots - right ;)
like samuel smiths it is available nationally, a bit pricier than the yellow 3.5 fiz but well worth it.
Marketing. Make it half as potent, sell twice as much.
Not all of us. We have our fair share of some durn fine micro-breweries here in the States and they have a fine body and flavor. Samuel Adams is ok but has slipped some since going mainstream. Magic Hat, Otter Creek, Anchor Steam, Pete's, Geary's ... yum.
Aw but then there's the fine small batch whiskey's. Did I hear someone say Knob Creek?
Thats all we drink over here at NZ :)..you do get other stuff, but me and my mates prefer Speights..Pride of the South :)
Sid
Mivox - you like Grolsch? I'm surprised - maybe the import you get in the US is better than the sour stuff we get on tap in pubs in the UK.
No, I don't. ;) That's my point. Don't get your hopes up for good beer in Florida.
There are more good microbreweries on the west coast of the US than you can shake a stick at, and even some in the north/northeast... but Florida, in my experience, is a microbrew/import wasteland.
And a chain hotel bar in the US or the UK, in my experience, is several notches worse than thew local stores' selection will be.
Is a dream of mine to run my own brewery
Join the back of the line pal!
TJ
(I thought packing clothes and a laptop would be sufficient planning for pubcon. I had completely forgotten about making drinking arrangements.) :)
Personally, I prefer Hacker-Pschorr but in the entire Tampa bay area, there's only one bar that has it on draft.
Love Hacker-Pschorr and I know of at least three places in St Petersburg that have it on tap.
I read the Clarion's online bar menu and all it said was domestic beer. Although I'm American I don't drink domestic beer and am hoping that doesn't exclude imports. Don't have any use for the micro breweries either.
Re finding good imported beers and ales in the U.S. in general in most areas of Florida you can find at least Newcastle, Bass, Harp, Guiness, etc. on tap in some bars... which makes for a good black & tan anyway. However, I prefer and can find McKewans, Old Peculiar, Pilsner Urquel and other more esoteric (for America) beers and ales. There's also a Foster's bitter (dark) beer in the familiar oil can, but haven't found it in Florida. Negro Modelo's a good alternative. Notice I usually only drink dark beers and I haven't found any U.S. beers to fill the bill...yes, even Samual Adams.
Anyway, hard to imagine a PubCom (although this will be my first) in a venue devoid of good dark beers and ales. Otherwise a trip to the supermarket will be in order.
Notice I usually only drink dark beers and I haven't found any U.S. beers to fill the bill...
yuengling porter on draft, not the bottle. this brand has become quite popular, in the northeast anyway. doubtful that it is in florida though.
You, son, need an education in what the NE microbreweries have to offer! :) We have a few darkies up here that'd knock your socks off. Magic Hat's 'Heart of Darkness' comes to mind as does Otter Creek's 'Stovepipe Porter'.
Geesh, maybe I'll just bring a couple six-pack samplers.
