BillD - Sorry mate, I allowed myself the luxury of an attempt to provoke old Martin! LOL!

A thousand apologies - there are indeed some nice American beers, my personal favourite being one called Shiner (I think that's its name - it's all so hazy now!) of which sampled a few during a hot & humid stay in Houston a while ago. I rather like Moosehead too, but I think it's Canadian, not American?

But sadly they don't compare to Guinness - or to Monkey Wrench, Black Sheep or Tom Woods. :-)
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