It's a bit stronger, Bob, at around 5% ABV, but there's a bit of
plastic in the taste just like back across the Pond :-)
I had some a few weeks ago while waiting for fellows to arrive at the
Chicago Ribshack in Knightsbridge -- it was the only draught beer
there. As soon as some students of mine arrived I took advice and
switched to mojitos: much, much better tasting ...
Chris
On 11 Jul 2009, at 12:44, Bob Whitmire wrote:
> I wondered about that when I was in the UK a few years ago. Bud signs
> were everywhere, but I avoided ordering any. Too many other beers to
> try. <g> But I did wonder if it's brewed in the UK to a different
> standard than the swill that passes for beer over here. But then when
> I was first acquiring my beer taste, many years ago, there were no
> microbrews, and I was a Schlitz man. Never did cotton to Bud. But then
> I pretty much quit drinking beer for decades, until we moved to New
> England and I got my first Sam Adams. (Before it went big-time.) Then
> the microbrew explosion, and now I rarely let more than a couple of
> days go by without having a pint or two of something truly obscure.
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