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As crazy as not being able to get Belgian beers readily in Germany <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->

&amp;quot;Adeptus&amp;quot;:fhuv3v6f wrote: As crazy as not being able to get Belgian beers readily in Germany <!-- s:( --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_sad.gif" alt="" title="Sad" /><!-- s:( -->[/quote:fhuv3v6f]


And a lot will tell you that English beer is dishwater, while they do have great beer I found them to be jingoistic towards non German beers.

I should really be posting the gems I've heard about "foreign" beers on my blog. Belgian beers are particularly distrusted by some because of the fruit "[i:22s71y54]It's not really beer[/i:22s71y54]". And one person told me he heard there were fish tails in English beer. Well, the situation wasn't improved when I told them it wasn't tails but dried swim bladders... <!-- s:D --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_biggrin.gif" alt="" title="Very Happy" /><!-- s:D -->

But they aren't all like that. In fact, I'm heartened by how many progressives I've met. Usually the ones who want to try my homebrew <!-- s:P --><img src="{SMILIES_PATH}/icon_razz.gif" alt="" title="Razz" /><!-- s:P -->

&amp;quot;dave cork&amp;quot;:ggh5azrt wrote: anyone know who supplies mchughs with these sierra nevadas leffes
wouldnt mind getting some of those in here[/quote:ggh5azrt]

I think there are two new lads out there just getting into beer distribution, they have a range of US beers I think they were previously US wine only.

Could be them.

&amp;quot;9BeanRow&amp;quot;:1w3in58i wrote: Could be them.[/quote:1w3in58i]It's not Jonathan. The beer end of his business model seems to be undercutting the Sierra Nevada, which has passed through several hands before it reaches here. His range centres on Gordon Biersch and Speakeasy.