All that brewing history and their mostly widely known beer is either Kronenbourg 1664 or Fischer. Shameful....

You'd think they could've gotten one right by now.

quote: Originally posted by Stoutlover72 All that brewing history and their mostly widely known beer is either Kronenbourg 1664 or Fischer. Shameful....

Meh, Germany's most widely known is... Beck's? England's best known is... Bass? USA's best known is Bud Light? France makes good beer, but like most (all?) beer-brewing countries with a long history, you have to look deeper than the most widely known. Oops, I've come too late to defend France, they've already surrendered to Garrett's comment and have changed their name to Garrett's Republic of France.

Dirty, stinkin' fargingbastiges...

quote: Originally posted by Cottrell quote: quote: Originally posted by Stoutlover72 All that brewing history and their mostly widely known beer is either Kronenbourg 1664 or Fischer. Shameful.... Meh, Germany's most widely known is... Beck's? England's best known is... Bass? USA's best known is Bud Light? France makes good beer, but like most (all?) beer-brewing countries with a long history, you have to look deeper than the most widely known. Oops, I've come too late to defend France, they've already surrendered to Garrett's comment and have changed their name to Garrett's Republic of France.

I used to lambast the French more than most... until I remembered that the French where one of the main reason we won the Revolutionary War and helped gain Liberty from Great Britain. So... Vive La France! Plus I recently had 1664 on tap and realized it is an alright brew. And my name I go by is French. And I took 4 years of French in school. Merde... tmi.

quote: Originally posted by Cottrell quote: quote: Originally posted by Stoutlover72 All that brewing history and their mostly widely known beer is either Kronenbourg 1664 or Fischer. Shameful.... France makes good beer...

Having a few (10 or less) good-great breweries is a piss-poor showing in a country the size of France, especially with their fondness for fine cuisine. With Belgium so close by and in proximity to other brewing greatness, it's startling how crappy the beer scene is in France. That's all. Brasserie Theillier (sp?), Choulette, and Castlain are the best of France that pops in my tiny brain when I think of good/great French beer.

In all fairness to France... I've had a total of 4 beers from the country. There are 137 French breweries on BeerPal. I'm betting that most people here have not tried more than 10% of those. Does French beer suck? Maybe. Can we really know for sure? I don't think so. Don't be surprised if the French bandwagon makes its way over here in the next 10 years.

i'll be surprised. [;)]

quote: Originally posted by Flashpro In all fairness to France... I've had a total of 4 beers from the country. There are 137 French breweries on BeerPal. I'm betting that most people here have not tried more than 10% of those. Does French beer suck? Maybe. Can we really know for sure? I don't think so. Don't be surprised if the French bandwagon makes its way over here in the next 10 years.

quote: Originally posted by Flashpro There are 137 French breweries on BeerPal.

That is quite a suprise to be honest.