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Thread #112030 Message #2367886
Posted By: WFDU - Ron Olesko
17-Jun-08 - 12:05 PM
Thread Name: Folklore: Pewter Tankards
Subject: RE: Folklore: Pewter Tankards
Silas - I appreciate your offer, and I don't blame you for not wanting to visit the U.S. In recent years, our government has not made it easy or desirable for people to travel here - and that is a real shame. Hopefully that will change soon.
I hope my comments were not taken as a slap at British beers. I think your ales are wonderful, and the few cask conditioned ales that I've had the opportunity to sample were very good.
It is a language difference. I think I understand what you mean by "proper" beer, but I hope you understand my point that the world of beer has much more to offer. What I am reading from comments are that choices have been limited. It would be like living in certain regions and only drinking the wine produced in that area. Beer is very complex. For wine, you throw some grapes in a vessel and sit back until it is ready. With beer, the process is quite complex and the variety and styles are much wider. There are more "notes" in the tasting of beer then there are in wines.
Sorry if I've gone off on a tangent, but when I hear words being used that might be correct regionally but incorrect in the global application, I feel a need to speak up. Don't judge us by Budweiser and I won't judge you on your Watney's Red Barrel!
By the way - a plastic tankard would be preferable to a pitch-lined leather or a pewter tankard. Taste the beer, not the vessel.