Damn you, Ingham - I was on a roll of centuries then!

You know what though - In some ways I agree with you. All the real ale I got in the US from at least half a dozen different micro-breweries was absolutely top class. There is stuff here that equals or beats it but there is an awful lot of bilgewater served up as real ale as well:-( I think that because it is a relatively new 'real ale' market there people realy do care more than some of the established brewers here.

Where I disagree is that in the main the US 'domestic' beer is not as good as the ordinary beer here. Even the worst that Scottish and Newcastle can throw at is usualy better than Bud or Miller. One I did enjoy oddly enough was Blue Ribbon (Pasche?) But then again I upset the CAMRA guys here by alternating my pints of old bishops scrotum with Carling black label.

:D (tG)