I keep hearing about Monk's Cafe in center city. I was there when it was the 16th Grill or Pub, something like that many years ago. Anyway Monk's has the largest beer menu of any Philly restaurant/bar/pub. That's their claim to fame as I'm told.
PGW
Unfortunately, the "well lit" part is the thing I *dislike* about Shangy's (along with a tendency to have old stock of some beers that should really only be consumed when fresh). Light is the enemy of beer and it's such a shame to see some beers that are packaged only with stretch wrap or in six-packs with bottles exposed stored under windows- St. Peter's from the UK (in green glass no less), Einbecker, the late Worthington White Shield & some others I've had (or passed on). It's a nice looking place, granted, but the design ignores the product they're selling.
I stand corrected...LIGHT EXPOSURE+BEER=VERY BAD!!!
PGW
I'm pretty sure that the Stella sold in Canada is imported from Belgium.
But like some other imports, it's possible that they brew in Canada for the US market so that they can sell it down there as an "import" but save a load of cash on the shipping.
Greg
; I'm pretty sure that the Stella sold in Canada is imported from Belgium. ; ; But like some other imports, it's possible that they brew in Canada for the ; US market so that they can sell it down there as an "import" but save a load ; of cash on the shipping.
I'm pretty sure that Stella sold anywhere is imported from Belgium. Food Network's "Follow That Food" once "followed" Stella, several months ago. According to the show, the beer they sell in the US is brewed in their brewery in Belgium, and is bottled in a different color glass. IIRC, their domestic batches are bottled in clear, whereas for the US, it's bottled in green. I don't recall if there is any difference in the brewing itself.
Jeffrey Kaplan wrote on 09 Aug 2003:
This is indeed the case. Foster's and Guinness are much the same in that respect (as you allude to), though I don't know offhand whether Canada drinks locally-brewed or home-country-brewed versions of these beers.
Easy way to check. Look at the label.
Even so, anecdotally Belgian-consumed Stella Artois is no better or worse than North American-consumed Stella Artois. Not a good beer to Belgian beer snobs either.
Witzel
"Greg Clow" wrote on 10 Aug 2003:
Guinness Extra Stout, specifically. Don't know about the widget bottles, but I suspect that those are filled in Ireland or the U.K. (the cans were filled in the U.K., I seem to remember, because they had facilities for producing widget cans lacking in Ireland).
Irish also in US. Labatts only bottles non-Labatt products for export to the U.S.
Indeed. Maybe I need to side-by-side Fosters and Stella to see which I "like" better (or dislike less).
Witzel
I'd easily take Stella over a Fosters any day. It's not a great beer by any means, but the couple of times I've had it recently, I found it pleasant for what it is, and better than some of the other ubiquitous Euro-lagers. Fosters, however, is assjuice.
Speaking of mediocre contract-brewed "imports" - I noticed last night when I was out for sushi that the Sapporo I was drinking was brewed in Guelph, Ontario. I found this strange until I remembered that Sleeman has been brewing Sapporo for the US market since last fall. I guess that this deal was extended to include their Canadian sales as well.
Greg
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