Declan Murphy <declan_murphy@hotmail.com> wrote:
> On Jul 11, 10:37?pm, CL <flot...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> > On 07/11/2011 06:35 PM, Declan Murphy wrote:

> > Belgians, yes, I do have them and enjoy them often, but let's face it,
> > most of the Dutch beers have been reduced to a uniform horse piss status
> > by Stella Artois through their numerous takeovers and quality
> > devolutions, much like the reduction of most champagne to porcine wee
> > status through "quality standardization." ?A decent Asti or cava is much
> > better than anything the French produce and charge 3x for.

> For Belgian beers I tend to stick to Chimay, Orval, Delirium, Pauwel
> Kwaak and Duvel, though having the Leffe on tap makes a huge
> difference. Problem is getting through the 30L kegs quickly. !st half
> keg is fantastic. 2nd half of a keg, I tend to start thinking of
> stewing a rabbit etc.

Tangential, but I wonder when the Japanese craft beers are going to 
start becoming more available. Some of the few I've  had have been very
good, but are nearly impossible to find.

Mike