I have had a lot of people visit my page, and many of them have sent me mail. Some of the mail was good, some of it disappointing. I appreciate the mail with suggestions and opinions, but some of the opinions were a bit harsh. See for your self.
Last added March 28, 1997.
Mark Kinkead - "I cant' believe you give fosters a 2 and Budweiser a 3." I need to retry a Fosters, but I stand by the 3 for Budweiser.
Markus Erfert - "…I found your beer page among a list of the most useless links in the web…" I want to find that the useless page, and I'll add a link!
Michael Vetterling - "Did you ever think about the difference of a Becks Dark we Germans would send over the Ocean to some ignorant Beer-Barbarians like you, and the beers we keep for ourselves?" I mean, come on, it's only beer, and these are my OPINIONS, not rules I have sent down on stone tablets.
Christina Lumperda -: "The beers you drank were all shittttt! ..German beers you drank were middle class… If you can't separate a Weitzenbier from an Hefeweitzen you shouldn't test beers." What? I think that's why I am drinking beer. So I can tell the difference!!
Sharn Palmer - "Having perused your 'Beer Guide', I would like to suggest that you turn your attentions to some other, more palatable, tipple. Perhaps 'Coolers' or 'Club Sodas' (which I believe are popular in the US) would be more appropriate?" This is a favorite of mine. Suprisingly, it's not from an angry German, it's from a Brit! Whatever, dude.
Roald Krumpolt - "Your page was really interesting for me. But I can't agree with your opinion about forsters and heinecken. These two beers are two of worst I've ever tried. …Good luck and have another beer." I'll drink to that last sentence!
Christoph Hochste - "Your ratings for dark beers and for Guinness are not fair, because you really have to get used to the taste…" Agreed. "You really tested the worst German beers…don't know why they export them, but maybe because nobody drinks them here." I guess this is why others are attacking me.
Well, I accidentally deleted a lot of my old mail, so a few letters I was going to add are gone. However, I have been getting more and more letters.
George Saunders - "You drink too much just stop fuckhead." Tell me how an average of a beer every 3 days is drinking too much! This guy kills me!
Dan Langevin - "Don't Try: Black Label, Milwaukee's Best, and most of Schlitz...You'll puke your guts out." Thanks for the warning!
Rutger van Rossem - "I studied at weihenstephan brewing school, and the students there were never very much impressed with the weihenstephan brands. we called it "the oldest beer in the world." Good, I don't feel so bad about the ratings I gave them.
Andreas - "To test one kind of beer it is very important to [know] how it works the next morning... If you drinking a lot beer from one sort in one night - and at the next morning there is no headache - it is a better one!!!" Uh, OK. I guess that's in response to my a beer every 3 days plan.
Jason Wallock - "How could you have possibly liked Bud Ice so much? It is good if you want to get messed up, but not that flavorful." Yeah, people love beer because of the taste!
Jan Henke - "A beer every 3 days is really not too much, just try to accept the german way of life: beer is food" Spoken like a true German.
Karin - "I really like your beer tasting homepage! ...keep drinking wonderful beer!" Thanks for the compliments.
Ruebennase Pesthauch - "Have you ever been drunk by a really good beer, or what?" Nope, never been drunk! And I think the Germans are finally warming to me.
Richie Harris - "Your beer reviews are a little off…but you obviously care enough about beer to devote a web site to it." Don't I know it. But it sure is fun tasting all these beers.
Mundane - "I have a comment about your beer page: It sucks. Thank you for you time." I have a comment about your mother. She sucks. Thank her for her time!
Leo Orlandini -"I am the masterbrewer at The Brewery Hill Brewing Co. and I enjoyed reading you comments on my beers… If you are ever in Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania, please look us up." Wow, I'm surprised anyone in the biz actually checks out beer pages!
Thomas Goertz - "You have to be careful with the ratings of import beers. These beers have been modified to the general taste of the people living in the country…Belgium has over 300 different sorts of beer. (Don't bother tasting them, they are all awful" If the taste is changed, I'm not surprised. I wonder, though, about Belgian beers. I'll probably try a few and see if he's right.
Joel Matz - "…you hit the nail on the head with Fosters… not a true Australian import, but rather contract brewed in Canada. Thus it's allowed to keep it's 'import' tag." My brother went to Australia and order a Foster's, and they knew he was from the states because of it. This I did NOT know, and I'll bet the importers wished you didn't know.
Keyan Ghazi-Zahedi - "I agree with you about St.Pauli Girl... I think most other U.S. beers taste like water." Cool, but I'm not so sure about the water taste.
Richard Morehouse - "Your beer page had me literally rolling on the floor laughing." Man, I didn't know it was that funny!
Randy from Germany - "It's nice to see that an American cares so much about beer!
Cornelius Roeder - "I think you have tested a lot of bad beers (even the imported German beers), now come to Germany and try the good ones..." If I ever get a chance to go to Germany, that's probably all I'll do.
Dustin James Klopp - "I love your page, it's good to get some insight about a beer before I go and try it."
I'll add more as I find the time!