American Arrogance?

Although I'm a fan of Sierra Nevada, Anchor and the like (indeed I'm on the judging roster of the US Craft Brewers' Assoc.), I was annoyed to see some American over on alt.beer proclaim r.e. microbreweries appearing in various countries "For once, the exportation of American culture is a good thing".

The Hollywood notion that Americans captured the first enigma machine and other such nonsence came to mind.

What does everyone else think?

JP

Reply to
Jeff Pickthall
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The poster there (and why you haven't discussed this with him in e-mail, instead of retreating here in hopes that he doesn't read this, is more than a bit baffling) is well-travelled, and appreciates good beer, including the real ales of Britain. And face it: many of the new breed of brewpubs and microbreweries in the UK (and elsewhere) are often referred to as "American-style."

And for f*ck's sake, American-sourced or not, this _is_ a good thing.

And was in no way suggested by the poster on that other newsgroup.

You're making a mountain out of a molehill, and tarring all Yank beer drinkers with the same brush. Get over it.

Reply to
dgs

In message , Jeff Pickthall wrote

They did capture the first machine - I saw it in the movies. In countries other than the USA there was a correction of historical facts presented in the closing credits.

I doubt if it had anything to do with the Polish secret service.

Wernher von Braun "I reach for the stars" - but sometimes hit London

Reply to
Alan

"poster there (and why you haven't discussed this with him in e-mail,

instead of retreating here in hopes that he doesn't read this, is more than a bit baffling) is well-travelled, and appreciates good beer,"

Who says I hope he doesn't read this? Don't pretend to know what I think.

"And was in no way suggested by the poster on that other newsgroup. "

No it wasn't. I was just telling you what immeadiately came to mind for me (rightly or wrongly). The heading of my OP carried a question mark - I am questioning - is this an example of American Arrogance or not?

"You're making a mountain out of a molehill, and tarring all Yank beer drinkers with the same brush. Get over it. "

And your're the one mis-interpreting my OP as a slag-off rather than a request for opinions from this side of the Atlantic, as it is.

BTW I have a lot of respect for US drinkers. I work in the field of quality US imports to the UK (Sierra Nevada) and I judge at the Great American Beer Festival in Denver (which allows me to drink lots of different US beers). You don't need to convince me the US craft brewery movement is a good thing. You may need to convince me though that the international microbrewery movement is entirely inspired by the American example the the alt.beer post implies.

Reply to
Jeff Pickthall

You only quoted one line of his post, and what you quoted sounded both sensible and fair. It certainly doesn't imply what you suggest.

Tbh, it's hard to read your comments any other way than the way dgs read them.

d.

Reply to
davek

Without knowledge of the context, I would regard the sentence "For once, the exportation of American culture is a good thing"

to mean something like . . .

"many people from with in or without the US criticise US commercial & political foreign policy, but I think the export of our well-made flavourful craft-beers is a good thing"

& if that was the meaning intended, I would heartily agree, (but for the fact that I believe the export of a largely water-based product to be mightily wasteful use of our resources(*) - I therefore plump for the madly strong ones like Dogfish :~)

(*) see also US's non-agreement to cutting CO2 emissions)

cheers MikeMcG.

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MikeMcG

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