Red Stripe Beer- the best stuff is not imported

You got that right......

Prove that this exists. Photos, web site, anything.

Red Stripe is boring lager no matter where you are.

Ten years ago (or so, might be a little less) I had a beer in this range from Desnoes & Geddes called Crucial Brew; labeling was similar to Red Stripe. Maybe this is what he's hearing about?

You're not looking for an argument here, are you?

Could be, could be. No mention of such a beast in Red Stripe's print and other media advertising. Mind you, if this is nothing more than stronger Red Stripe, it still sounds like crap, much like those British "strong lagers" that are loaded to the gills with non-malt adjuncts (to say nothing of American "malt liquors").

Obviously not. Not much bait on that hook.

I officially DON'T get it! What is the mystique attraction people have with "other" (i.e. foreign) breweries supposed penchant to make a 9% lager and NOT export it? As though everyone else in every other country walks around quaffing malt liquors all day. I heard this guy at the Gingerman the other day talking loudly to some poor hapless couple that: "Budweiser in England is FOUR TIMES as strong as it is here!" I couldn't take it so I said: "Wait... That would put it above

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_Randal

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snipped-for-privacy@swbell.net (Randal Chapman) wrote in news: snipped-for-privacy@posting.google.com:

Oh yeah, that's true, it's all inspired by Dogfish Head. It's new World Wide Bud, 16.666% alcohol.

Gee, even higher than Belzebuth Pur Malt (15%).

-Randy

Yeah, that's pretty much what it was. Better-tasting than malt liquor, though; and yes, I do know -- had to taste five of them once. This was much better, and went surprisingly well with a cinnamon roll that was just crying to be eaten. One of the strangest successful beer-food pairings I've ever had.

I was at the Saranac Fall Fest (on the Matt Brewery grounds in Utica, NY) last weekend, and overheard a guy walking by telling his friend "Yeah, Matt uses hop pellets, but Budweiser uses just hop oils." I couldn't, just couldn't shut up. "Hey! Anheuser-Busch hops Bud with whole flower hops, I've been in the hop store, it's true." Say what you will about how much they put in, or about their eccentric practice of cold-aging the hops for months (they say it gives them the cohumulone balance they're looking for), A-B does put whole-flower hops in there. Why lie? The guy turned around and said "Huh?" I talked to him for about 15 minutes, and managed to convince him it was true.

you ever had the Camo line of high quality "high gravity" beers? ;)

I think it even says something to that effect on their can?

maybe he was talking about Miller...don't they use some kind of stabilized hop extract to prevent skunking in their clear glass bottles?

This is not the same beer of a few years ago.......... I was at the Stuffed Sandwicch in San Gabriel and saw it there..Sam the owner does not sell any crap......was suprized....not bad and this is not my style.............Lew one day you have to check this place out......

i understand all red stripe in canada and the us is imported from jamaica and it is not pasturized which gives it a bit of a different taste

"Philippe Trottier" wrote in news:k9Nbb.1210$ snipped-for-privacy@news20.bellglobal.com:

Well, a different lack of taste, at least.