Beer Review Thread - Beyond Tiki

TW Trader Woody Member Tiki Manor, Forest of Bowland,UK Joined: Mar 25, 2002 Posts: 2301	TW Trader Woody Posted posted on Wed, Aug 4, 2004 10:18 AM On 2004-08-03 13:46, Tiki Bird wrote: I wonder if U.S. beers are available in Europe & how they are rated by europeans? Shitty Bud, Miller & Coors are all available, but I think they are brewed here under licence. I understand they might be brewed to a slighly different strength to their American counterparts (5%), but still taste like not much at all. You can occasionally get bottled microbeers from the US, but they are really expensive because of the extra import tax. We don't pay import tax on, say, Belgian beers, so American beers are fighting an uphill battle. Trader Woody

On 2004-08-03 13:46, Tiki Bird wrote:
I wonder if U.S. beers are available in Europe & how they are rated by europeans?

Shitty Bud, Miller & Coors are all available, but I think they are brewed here under licence. I understand they might be brewed to a slighly different strength to their American counterparts (5%), but still taste like not much at all.

You can occasionally get bottled microbeers from the US, but they are really expensive because of the extra import tax. We don't pay import tax on, say, Belgian beers, so American beers are fighting an uphill battle.

Trader Woody

Post #106207 by Trader Woody on Wed, Aug 4, 2004 10:18 AM