[Phantom51]

Amongst all the crazy comments made in that 'discussion', the one that bothered me most is the crack about American beer. Watery beer has a place in life. Whether it's Bud or Blue, Molson or Coors. Sometimes you need a lighter beer to gulp down. Do I want a hoppy beer at the beach? A heavy wheat beer at a ball game? No and no. Give me something light and slurpable. And if you have problems with American beer, then I'm guessing you've never had a Brooklyn Lager Pennant Ale, a Fat Tire, or hell even a Sam Adams Boston Lager. But I digress; back to the topic at hand...

No worries man. Canadian beer is way overrated anyway. I can't even drink it any more. except for a few smaller producers, the Molsons, Labbatt, lakeport Sleeman etc of canada is swill. There are some great american beers in addition to the ones you stated.

I stick pretty much to european beers now. YOu don't feel like crap after drinking a good number of them.

[mastodonfarm]

Ha, fucking close to water! Nice.

Like I say, I love me some swill. And I love ordering some Blue. It's one of those touristy things that make me happy when I'm in Canada! That and ordering my coffee light and sweet, or double double as you crazy kids say...

[Billy]

Amongst all the crazy comments made in that 'discussion', the one that bothered me most is the crack about American beer. Watery beer has a place in life. Whether it's Bud or Blue, Molson or Coors. Sometimes you need a lighter beer to gulp down. Do I want a hoppy beer at the beach? A heavy wheat beer at a ball game? No and no. Give me something light and slurpable. And if you have problems with American beer, then I'm guessing you've never had a Brooklyn Lager Pennant Ale, a Fat Tire, or hell even a Sam Adams Boston Lager. But I digress; back to the topic at hand...

What do American beer and making love in a canoe have in common?

They're both fucking close to water?

Correct

[PatrickTheLion]

Here is the funniest snippet of the bunch
"the HIP "brilliant"???? - I don't think they can touch Beethoven."

I agree!!! I liked it so much, I had to steal it for my signature!!!

I could not give a duck's nut about...

A duck's nut!!!??! That's a first for me and quite friggin' funny! I'm stealing that line too...

[skippy the wonder dog]

Watery beer has a place in life. Whether it's Bud or Blue, Molson or Coors. Sometimes you need a lighter beer to gulp down. Do I want a hoppy beer at the beach? A heavy wheat beer at a ball game? No and no. Give me something light and slurpable.

One of the most memorable moments I've seen on television was a segment on CBC's business-news show, Venture, where they interviewed the brewmaster for Molsons, and asked why they make insipid beer.

"Well," he said, "for years now, we've done exhaustive market research, and what we've found is that the average North American beer drinker doesn't actually like the taste of beer."

[BakersBrew]

I don't think the Hip are pretentious. For the most part they are pretty down to earth guys...with the exception of Johnny Fay. He certainly fits the rich kid stereotype and certainly be classified as pretentious. Rob and Gord D might be characterized as eccentrics...but that is pretty common with most musicians.
I do agree with the opionion of the Hip not being much without Gord Downie...although I don't think Gord Downie would be much without the Hip either. I've seen him play guitar...he really isnt very good.

[PatrickTheLion]

I wish I was light and slurpable...

OK...one out of two isn't bad!

[The Horrible Esthete]

Amongst all the crazy comments made in that 'discussion', the one that bothered me most is the crack about American beer. Watery beer has a place in life. Whether it's Bud or Blue, Molson or Coors. Sometimes you need a lighter beer to gulp down. Do I want a hoppy beer at the beach? A heavy wheat beer at a ball game? No and no. Give me something light and slurpable. And if you have problems with American beer, then I'm guessing you've never had a Brooklyn Lager Pennant Ale, a Fat Tire, or hell even a Sam Adams Boston Lager. But I digress; back to the topic at hand...

I still cannot understand, for the life of me, what leads to this kind of nationalistic chauvenism in regards to beer.

Oh wait - yes I do:

STUPIDITY and IGNORANCE.

[skippy the wonder dog]

I still cannot understand, for the life of me, what leads to this kind of nationalistic chauvenism in regards to beer.

Perhaps the fact that American mass-market beer is even worse than Canadian mass-market beer?

Your crap is crappier than my crap.

Nyah-nyah.

[NegPhil]

Canadian beer is skunky. Yep, P.U.! It has its place and all but in general you guys make bland stinky beer. American beer is way better these days. On a hot day I'll take a bottle of Pete's Wicked Summertime over a Kokanee or Labatts. If I want skunk I'll smoke it! 8)

[mastodonfarm]

Uh-yeah. I was dead serious about all this too. Luckily, you're not IGNORANT or STUPID, so of course you already knew that! You were going for more of an ironic response, mm?

[mastodonfarm]

Crap offs are the best kind of offs, Skippy!

[Tthip]

My name is Patrick The Lion

Every time I see a post from you, it gets me singing.
I sing:
"I am Patrick The Lion..."

[PatrickTheLion]

Every time I see a post from you, it gets me singing.
I sing:
"I am Patrick The Lion..."

No Chaquita Banana song? No Peanut Butter and Jelly Time song?

In hindsight, I like the way you think and I should get one of the moderators to change my screen name!!! PatrickTheLion - I love it!!! Mods - any way of doing that?!?!

[edgoffin]

As this has turned into a beer discussion, micro-brewery is the only way to go. I am hoping for a Hip show in the fall/winter at Higher Ground in Vermont, so I can load up on my legal cross-border limit of Magic Hat beer. I'd likely head back to Ottawa through Vankleek Hill so I could stop at Beau's and buy a few jugs there, too. I don't care if it's American or Canadian, so long as it's made by a brewer who loves beer and not a chemist whose directive is to make some mass appeal swill at the lowest cost/highest profit margin.