and more beer

[Guest guest]

First, in response to Blonde, I have found the

exact opposite to what you describe--but I also know

that lots of folks just aren't beer lovers (which I

am). I rarely get a craving for anything else

alcoholic except wine with pasta. But I laud you on

mentioning Hoegarden, such a lovely Hefeweisen and great in

the summer sun.<br><br>Thank you Alan, for bringing

up the quality issue (for one of my dreams is a

walking tour of Germany and Belgium to sample local

beer!) However, it is true about the poor quality of

mass-marketed beer in Canada as well as the States and almost

anywhere for that matter. The smaller breweries that have

sprung up all over North America--both Canada and the

US--make some incredibly delicious brews and use none of

the chemicals permitted in big brew beer.<br><br>The

Pacific Northwest (and I will include BC for these

purposes) has some great microbrew beer--and more variety

perhaps than anywhere else in the two countries. Yum! And

remember folks--it's got lots of B vitamins.

[Guest guest]

Yes. Come to not-always-so-sunny Belgium, the

home not only of Hoegaarden but of other even better

"witte" - and other - beers. A very underrated country

with varied scenery and superb gastronomy (not often

vegetarian however!)<br><br>And while you're here come to a

class or two with Jean Claude Garnier, an excellent

teacher who started studying with guruji back in 1981.