[gmku]

I love my homebrew but the last batch I made was about two years ago. I got kind of burned out on it. It's a lot of work to do it right.

But my homebrew, quite honestly, was some of the best beer I've ever tasted. I'd like to do it again some day when I have more time and energy.

The big mass-produced American beers ARE awful. Budweiser, Millers, et al. But there are a surprising number of excellent small brewers all over the country that make really tasty beer. Sierra Nevada is almost a big beermaker now but they still manage to make good craft beers. There are probably too many great ones to even start listing, but a lot of them are located in Colorado, California, and Oregon. My favorite companies include Rogue, Flying Dog, and Three Floyds.