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Personally I think local brewers come up with some amazing stuff
Sure, as long as they adhere to the purity lawn.
Are you German? The reason the US has been kicking ass in microbrews is because we don't have beer purity laws. We can do some crazy shit. I absolutely hate sours. A lot of people enjoy them, I'm not going to complain about them being made. Because there are thirty other breweries in my town. Some breweries keep things tame and you always know what you're going to get when you go there. Some have weekly small batch releases (those can get crazy) and if you're adventurous, a fun place to try new things. Those breweries honestly brew for their own pleasure. If people like something, they're happy but they're making crazy things to try new profiles to expand the breadth of more mainstream beers.
If your imported beers aren't available you might look to tariffs over the microbrew scene.
What gave it away?
Very much in the same way you kicked traditional pizza's ass by turning it into pizza pockets, sure.
America's greatest strength was always how immigrants came here and adapted their traditional cuisines with resources they had at their disposal when they got here. You complain about American beer, but i am sure you have no issues with German curry wurst.
I know what you mean.
But curry wurst is an original German dish, so not sure that was the best example. Döner Kebab would be a better one, since that is very much a German variation on the original Turkish dish. And yes, German Döner is better. I never said I wasn't a hypocrite.
Yes, the very German foods of curry powder Worcestershire sauce, and ketchup.
No one in the US confuses pizza pockets for pizza. Pizza pockets are pizza flavored snacks. They took off because we had an entire generation if not generation and a half of latchkey kids who were coming home from school to an empty house.
We did however create Chicago style, New York style, California style and my favorite, Connecticut style pizzas that seem to be enjoyed the world over to my knowledge.
I love the staunch tradition that goes into German and Belgian beers. As well, the tradition in French wines and champagne. The makers and growers should be damned proud of their heritage because they nailed some shit. I think laws protecting or defining them are goofy and have kept tradition at the cost of experimenting. I love to see people in the UK buying backyard smokers and doing Texas style BBQ. I love that Guinness has remained true to itself and popular and don't care for the Gonster myself but I love that they're putting it out there. It's just food. It's okay to be playful in my opinion.
The lack of humor, mostly
Perfect, that's what I was going for.