So what about this article then. Is it not true ?

http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandstyle/wordofmouth/2011/jun/24/american-craft-beer-hippest-hops


>>Beer made in the United States? What is that? Chemicals, contaminated water, and extra large bubbles! Have some commercials on television and pass the swirl off as “Beer”. Americans cannot spell beer! They do not know what good beer is.
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>You must've read my mind, even though I made an effort not to write it down.
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>>My great grandfather (Rudolph) and his brother came to San Francisco from Poland to make beer. I have lots of pictures and Rudolph held many patents which I have copies of thanks to the Polish Club in San Francisco.
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>There's a similar story on the labels of Schiner, about a german family which wouldn't survive in Texas without proper beer, so they imported a brewer family from home and started a brewery. The only american beer I'd drink anytime. Of course, it was on the grocery shelves only sometimes.
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>>Years ago I had beer from Yugoslavia, and I think that the name was Marcus? Now that was a good beer! A bit dark, with an excellent head that lasted to the bottom of the glass, and a great taste.
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>No clue. Beers used to be rather local here, so it was quite possible that there were beers of which I never heard.
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>>I like Spaten from Germany. My Brother in law was from North Germany (Neuss) as are his friends. Whenever I would order Spaten, his group would jump on me with, “What? That water from the South”? They drank beer that was almost black and I did not enjoy the taste as it was very bitter. Now Guinness is almost black but I love it!
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>In Neuss we drank, IIRC, Hannen Alt, or at least that's the inscription on the bottle opener I stole as a souvenir. And, frankly, I didn't notice much of a difference between that area and the south. OTOH, it was all more than 20 years ago, when we were much younger and each beer was good.