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From: mcq@druxt.UUCP (McQueerRL)
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Subject: BEER - more musings, and a question.
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Date: Sat, 25-Feb-84 01:27:08 EST
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Posted: Sat Feb 25 01:27:08 1984
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More beer talk in the wine group.

A couple of people have been raving about Anchor Steam beer - I had tried it,
thought it not too terribly exceptional.  Saw some of their porter, though,
so I picked it up.  Good.  Maybe worth the $6 a six-pack when I feel like
having a very heavy dark brew like that.  You say they make an ale.  OK, I'll
keep an eye out for it.  Thanks.

After I got out of school and had money to buy high-priced beer, I undertook a
long experiment with different brands.  I came to the following conclusions:

	1) Most German/Dutch imports don't live up to their reputation.

	2) I like a lot of British imports.

	3) The Mexicans know how to brew beer also.  My normal buying habits
	   now include Dos Equis as kind of my "standard" for a darker, heavier
	   beer (I buy Canadian lighter lagers and ales a lot).  I also like
	   Indio, which is hard to find.  Incidently, that same Consumer's
	   Report article which favored Anchor Steam was lukewarm about Dos
	   Equis, so maybe I have wierd tastes.

What I really wanted to ask concerns 2).  Why are British imports so
outrageously expensive, even compared to other imports?  special duties
imposed somewhere?  it's what the market will bear?  high cost of production
in Britain?  Britishers I've run into assure me that the imports we get
here don't include the best ones made in Britain (I've been told that
Watney's is fit only to wash one's socks out in.  I like it anyway, but
not for its usual price.)

			"It's tough to argue over a Utica Club"
			(rotten beer, but they had clever commercials)
			Bob McQueer
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