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Who makes better beer? Belgium or U.S.?
By now you’ve probably heard that Belgium brewer InBev will be purchasing Anheuser Busch, the largest beer company in the United States, for $52 billion dollars. If you haven’t, click here for the full story. This deal will make InBev (brewer of brands like Stella Artois and Becks) the largest brewer in the world. Do you think the Anheuser Busch beer brands will change any? Who’s beer is better - U.S. or Belgium? Will this mean a new “King of Beers?”
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By Oscar
July 14, 2008 9:05 PM | Link to this
Belgium beer, hands down. The Belgium monks perfected beer.By peter133
July 15, 2008 6:28 AM | Link to this
BY my view Belgium beer is better than u.s.They have a quality in there beer. peter Knox LeonBy Ryan
July 15, 2008 6:46 AM | Link to this
As an American living in Belgium, it is no contest. Belgian beers all the way. You could sample a different beer here every day for two years and still not try them all. Lots of flavor and variety!By parental
July 15, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this
By any measure, American beer is the best and most varied in the world. Not Budwieser, Miller or Coors. The CRAFT brewers are kicking butt with the great beers they brew. Anyone who thinks only European beers are automatically better is uninformed. We have more brands, more styles and variations on style than anywhere. American craft beer is the best.By victor mickunas
July 15, 2008 1:07 PM | Link to this
There are some excellent American microbrews. Some of them are actually decent replications of the finest brewing craft anywhere; that would be the beers of Belgium. They have been brewing beer in Belgium for 1000+ years. Craft brewing in America died during Prohibition. In the last 30 years it has been revived but we are rank amateurs compared to Belgian brewers like Blanche de Bruges, Corsendonk, Chimay, Lindeman, etc. Perhaps in another 500 years or so we might be able to be competitive.