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Victory Brewing does not seem to know how to make a bad or mediorcre beer.:cheers1:
This and their Taddy Porter were my introduction to unusual (not Heineken or Molson) foreign beer, about 20 years ago.carter said:Brewed and Bottled in Tadcaster, Yorkshire, England. The Samuel Smith Old Brewery is independently owned and operated. Lovely English Pale Ale. One of my all time favorites.:cheers1:
rumblefish said:This and their Taddy Porter were my introduction to unusual (not Heineken or Molson) foreign beer, about 20 years ago.
tortswon said:I have tried a number of the Sam Smith products and have not generally been happy with them on this side of the ocean. The beers are good when they are fresh in the UK but here in Philly, I just cannot find a fresh one. Maybe it is our distributor but in this neck of the woods these beers always seem to fall short for me.
And sometimes everything works out well. I recently had a visitor from Munich, and we went to a local Seattle establishment and had a Franziskaner Hefeweizen. He was surprised, 1) because it was here, on tap (served in the correct glass), and 2) because it tasted just like back home.carter said:Even if the distributor handles everything correctly, the local operator/barkeep/restauranteur must have their draft system at optimum efficiency. It's most often the operator's system(s) that are the problem.
tortswon said:Having enjoyed a great many hop monsters, I find that I am moving toward the more balanced beers. I used to love all that bitterness but it no longer agress with me. These days I am partial to the Belgian beers that are more yeast driven and to the German malt driven beers. Best, Sam