I've had beer all over Europe, and I had no trouble finding beer I liked - except in England. I'm sorry, but I just couldn't develop a linking for "bitter" beer. People there insisted I should have lager since I'm an American and that's what Americans like, but it was awful - worse than Coors. American folkies don't drink Coors or Miller Lite or Budweiser, and they're not going to like English Lager (which usually turns out to be Stella Artois, which doesn't sound very English).

I've always liked Newcastle Brown Ale, but I didn't have any in England because it's readily available here in California. I found a wonderful English beer called Grouse Beater, but it was available only one or two days of my three-week stay. The rest of my UK experience was extraordinary and I really loved the music - but not the beer.

Sorry.

-Joe Offer-