FlyerTalk Forums - Sam Adams is am imported beer??

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Originally Posted by CessnaJock (Post 8931314)

Wow. In Germany or Belgium, you can't walk down a street in a town of any size without encountering a working brauhaus with food on the tables and a brewery in the back. In places like Muenchen, Berlin, and Koeln, they're two to a block (Duesseldorf: 3). In the U.S., the situation isn't quite like that, but within ten miles of my house you will find[/url]

You7ve picked virtually the only two countries in Europe with that.

Try the same in England, I can tell you that 90% of pubs will have the murderers row of chemical swill (Stella-Guiness-Carling) in their lineup and little else. This despite the incredible diversity of small brewers in England.

In Denmark, Carlsberg continues to dominate share and volume, despite the recent growth of microbrews, who just dont have distribution on any decent scale.

In Norway there are great craft-brewed beers like Håndbryggeriet and Nøgne øl or even a legit large scale brew like Aass, brwed to german purity laws, but in 95 percent of pubs you will find chemical swill made by Carlsberg under a variety of "local" names, such as Rignes, Hansa, Frydenlund. E.C Dahls, and Borg.

Worse yet, when I was in Prague last summer, I was surpised to find that real true brewers like Budveiser Budvar and the other small guys where not that easy to find on tap. What was VERY easy to find on tap was multinational swill like Pilsner Urquell and Staropramen, both of which have bough respected brands, .......iesd the brewing process and still selling under the old name.

That is the way Europe is going. Sad, but just plain true.