We are in a kind of Golden Age of beer in the US with more imports and "microbrews" in bars and resturants.

Rossj wrote:

blindlizard wrote: I just had my first Newcastle Brown Ale, and I have to say that is one great English beer


I have a long and chequered history with the old bottle of dog (long story) .. my personal favourite used to be Brains SA (the SA stands for Skull Attack), with the odd pint (or three) of Dog Bolter.

I take it Newcastle brown is available in the US?