Beer

[GreggC]

This is a good subject. I used to make my own. I also used to consider myself a beer expert. I stayed away from commercial types of beer because of what I perceived to be and do to this day a lack of true beer flavor. American beer is like water with fizz, unless of course you are referring to one of our fine microbrewed varieties. Because of these, the big American breweries are coming out with all of these beer variations that still taste awful, but they have tried to change them so that they won't lose market share. In the recent past, I have sampled somewhere between 200 and 300 microbrews and imports, some of which I did not like, but most of which I thought came closer to tasting like real beer should according to the German Purity Law of 1516, which states what should be in beer, and only those ingredients-water, yeast, barley and hops-that is it and nothing more.