Beej1
Senior Member
When I was there (US) in 2011, the common (boring) beer section containing Millers, Budweiser, Pabst etc was about 1/5 the size of the craft beer section in most supermarkets I went to. That's CA, UT, CO & AZ. Same for BC in Canada. Admittedly I was probably going into slightly more upmarket supermarkets ... but still. And as rednighmare states - it's ridiculously cheap: Sierra Nevada Pale Ale was my yardstick ... $8 there, $23 here. Expensive boat trip & trip through customs I guess?
I discovered this Porter in Utah. Wasn't great but the tagline and artwork was spot on for the location:
Last night I drank one of these:
Very much liked it. Close to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in flavour but slightly less bitter, which was what I felt like.
Probably the best beer I've had though, was some completely unknown beer in Hakuba, Japan during a ski trip in 2004. Never found out what it was ... the best they could do in English was "local beer". But I've never found it online again. A dark ale served not-too-cold in a snow-filled valley at a really nice, not-too-strictly-conservative Japanese bar with a hot spring running through it's outdoor area. Probably the atmosphere made it taste better, but the thread title was for best beer I've ever had.
I discovered this Porter in Utah. Wasn't great but the tagline and artwork was spot on for the location:
Last night I drank one of these:
Very much liked it. Close to Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in flavour but slightly less bitter, which was what I felt like.
Probably the best beer I've had though, was some completely unknown beer in Hakuba, Japan during a ski trip in 2004. Never found out what it was ... the best they could do in English was "local beer". But I've never found it online again. A dark ale served not-too-cold in a snow-filled valley at a really nice, not-too-strictly-conservative Japanese bar with a hot spring running through it's outdoor area. Probably the atmosphere made it taste better, but the thread title was for best beer I've ever had.