You know, while it's commonly called "rice wine", sake is actually beer under the usual definition. Wine is made by fermenting fruit while beer is made by fermenting grain.

So, is rice a fruit or a grain?

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why not a sake submarine...?

Bitburger Pils (wouldn't drink it over there, but the best example of a German-style pils widely available)
Staropramen (ok in the bottle, but outstanding on the rare occasion it can be found on tap)

Can you get Austrian Goesser in the USA...???

Yes, but not too commonly. I had a bottle of their lager at the Beergarten in Asheville, NC. The place stocks over 150 different beers. I also brought home a couple bottles of their dark from a beer shop down the street that carries around 500 labels. Never seen it anywhere else in the US, but I don't generally look for it.

I live about 6 miles distant from where Newcastle Brown Ale is produced. It seems to be popular in the USA, particularly in Florida, but imho it is a very mediocre brew. My favourite beer, which is available at a few outlets in the USA, is Morland Old Speckled Hen.

Most Saisons. Saison Du Pont is solid.

The first pils just was the one from Pilzn in Czech republic. So I'd always vote for "Pilsner Urquell"

It's not as sweet as the american beer and even though not as bitter as the german pils - here the best one is and will always be the "Jever" and it's much better than Bitburger (sorry for that one but it's just cheaply brewed beer ;)

Bavarian beer is as it is well known brewed differently and has a total different taste :D

BTW I hate begian and french beer, they can not brew but sweet beer.

Put me down for Stella as well.

Carlsberg also goes down nicely

Perhaps the best beer ever. If only it were easier to get in the U.S.

I must say that the amount of bubbly yellow fizz in this thread is slightly disparaging!

Some however have the right idea, some good Belgians mentioned already.
Guys, as a non US person, it almost pains me to admit that for variety and number of high quality beers, you are perhaps the best country in the world for beer (Belgium is there and thereabouts though with lower variety). This is not to forget that the average beer consumed in the US is dishwater of course.

I'll add some beers for you guys to try if you can get them there.
Try some of the BrewDog beers from Scotland. They can be a bit hoppy and bitter but are in the vein of a strong IPA.

Try Saison beers from Belgium. They are lighter than your average Belgian beer, though more hoppy (more aromatic than bitter). Really refreshing summer drink.

Bellhaven (Scotland). I can find it basically nowhere, except my golf club.

Unless you have a hookup for Westvleteren 12*, pretty much this; however, it really comes down to personal preference on type.




*Some people say that the reason W12 beats out the Rochefort 10 because of its exclusivity and that may be true. I haven't done a side by side comparison yet to give an opinion one way or the other.

Yes, this thread is sad.
The U.S. is the best country for beer, simply because of the size and selection of brewers. Some (certainly not all) of our breweries can do Belgian, German, Czech, and other styles, almost as well as the Europeans. Belgium makes amazing beer, and most American brewers just can't get up to that standard. But, we have numbers on our side, and some excellent brews.

Luckily, the only segment of beer that has seen growth in the past few years is craft beer. People are drinking less fizzy yellow stuff, and more good stuff. This is great! We're coming along...

My choices for best Non-US brewed beer:
Anything from Cantillon, 3 Fontinen, Fantome, or Tilquin.
Orval

...and if I want something fizzy and yellow, Pilsner Urquell, when fresh.

I'm honestly not drinking imports much these days... We have a really good wine shop in our neighborhood that also has a huge beer room. They have all of the Boulevard Smokestacks (750 ml bottles) plus probably 100+ American craft beers. This particular shop seems to always get first supply and continuing good supplies of the Boulevard Seasonals as well.

When I buy an import, it's usually because I want one of my British college beers. Boddington's or something other mainstream macrobrew. I can't find Brains anywhere - that's the import I'd buy if I could find it.