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Originally Posted by the ikara cult

This conversation is why Americans will never enjoy Real Ale

that's an unfair generalization, especially these days

"americans drink terrible coffee"

not since the 90s

"americans can't make good wine"

not since the 70s, then it got better and much more common

things used to be, are not any more, things change.

there are many great beers in america. people brew at home, microbreweries continue to pop up everywhere, and we even have some mass-produced stuff at supermarkets that's really good (sam adams, sierra nevada, fat tire, shiner, etc).

it's a big country so there's plenty of room for shit drinks, but it's also big enough that you can find decent american beer in any supermarket these days.

HOWEVER, if you want to chase around good ales, and stouts, and other non-mass-produced concoctions, they aren't at the supermarket, but you can start here:

http://www.ratebeer.com/Ratings/TopAmerican.asp