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Message: [QUOTE="Waquoit, post: 2111666, member: 50"] Ain't that the truth. And for the most part, the stuff isn't awful, just nothing special and usually not worth the price. I got to the point where I started doubting myself, they all can't be meh, can they? I just returned from a nice vacation and have renewed vigor thanks to a happy discovery. For the most part the craft beer I sampled fell right in that dreck line. Just to digress, I was at the local watering hole a few months back when a guy I didn't know came in and sat a couple seats down. His first two choices weren't available so he asked me what I was drinking. "Sip of Sunshine, I think you'll like it." I go back to the TV when I hear the guy say loudly, "This IS the beer!" I turn my head and he's holding the beer in the air and gazing at it. That's how I felt when I had the IPA at Good George's in Hamilton, NZ. It was love at first sip. My last two beers before I left were a Julius and an Alter Ego, so my taste buds were honed. This stuff belongs the pantheon. And I don't think these guys know what they have. I tell the bartender that this is the best beer in the Southern Hemisphere. He starts talking about their stout. They had an American Pale Ale that cost more. I gave it a shot, but not comparable. I go up for my final, final and the new bartender asks me. "Is it still the best beer in the Southern Hemisphere?" I wouldn't kid about beer. [/QUOTE]