A Beer related thread.

[rogerw]

Huge fan of Belgian and micro brews here. I generally won't touch anything that is mass produced in the U.S. as they all tend to give me a head ache regardless of the qty consumed; with a direct relationship between the size of the brewery and its ability to impart pain in a short time period.

Currently have some Mc Chouffe and Chimay chilling in the fridge. Since I travel a lot for work, I've had the pleasure of tasting some great micros from around the US. My staple where I live is Victory hop devil; http://www.victorybeer.com/hopdevil.aspx . When in Oregon, I always check out Mcmenamins http://www.mcmenamins.com/ as they always have a great selection of fine micros. If I'm in the east bay of CA I'm all over the Hoptown IPA that can be found at the Hopyard in Pleasanton; http://www.hopyard.com/index.htm