Hello Maurice.

11 Jun 05 09:53, you wrote to me:

 RT>> From memory it is a pleasant beer, but nothing to get excited
 RT>> about, and too darn expensive,

 MK> Right.  Economics outweighs taste in this case.  Still it was good
 MK> when it was there.

Well, here, the prefered brew (Windoek) is also cheaper, which explains why it 
is so far back in htime that I last had, out of curiosty mostly ...

 RT>> on the odd occasion I buy some beer these days, I
 RT>> prefer
 RT>> Windhoek Export either a larger or pilsner, brewed in the German
 RT>> tradition.
 RT>> Brewed in Namibia of all places.

 MK> That sounds odd to me.  Namibia doesn't sound like the hotbed of
 MK> German beers to me.

Nope, Namibia is what used to be German South West Africa, way back when ...

 RT>> The beer produced by the local South African Brewries, leaves a
 RT>> bloke with a "funny" aftertaste,

 MK> I've never had a South African beer or any beer from Africa now that I
 MK> think about it.  I hear South African wines are okay though but have
 MK> never had any of that either.

Now you are talking about some really good stuff, trouble is the prices keep 
on increasing, and these are now at the stage where I buy only for special 
occasions. :-((

 MK> I don't like American beers.  We have a saying in Canada that drinking
 MK> American beer is like having sex in a canoe; F***ing close to water.
 MK> :-)

Not a great fan myself, of American beer that is, SAB South African Brewries 
has been buying into a lot of brewries in America/Canada also if I am not 
mistaken, so if you run across labels like Castle lager, Lion larger, or Black 
Label, you know you are drinking South African ...

Russell

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