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When I graduated HS, I went to live with a Belgium family for the summer as an exchange student. We visited many Belgium cafés to have a beer, but at the time, I didn't like beer and drank warm Coke instead. Today, I LOVE Belgium beer. I've made it in the past too (home brewer-haven't brewed any beer for many years though).
I don't drink any domestic beer (Bud, Miller, etc..) except Sam Adams or a local beer/Micro beer. I simply don't like the taste. In Cleveland, we have a local brewery called Great Lakes, who make an outstanding beer, no matter what style they produce. I used to work at a micro beer/restaurant as an assistant brewer. The place (Burkhardt's) was a former brewery with a history dating back from the late 1800's. It no longer exists, but I can still make my favorite beer in small 5 gallon batches called "Mug Ale".
Making beer is kind of like making orange juice: you can make it the short way, sought of like OJ "from concentrate", or the long way, from actual squeezing of oranges. Beer can be made from already prepared cans of sugar (like HiC cans filled with a thick syrup similar to Molasses), or from scratch: crushing grains to get started. We made beer for the restaurant the short way.
I don't drink alcohol very often anymore because my body just doesn't tolerate it well, even in small amounts. I often fall asleep easily but wake up a few hours later and can't fall back asleep. I'm starting to like wine a little, and would like to learn more about it. I made apple cider wine many years back (horrible), but nobody carries non-pasteurized apple juice anymore because of E-coli fears.
I'm glad you started this thread, as it brings back many fond memories.
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