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Alternative title: How to trigger all Europeans with one map

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Czech here, I’m fine with that.

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Czechs: there’s beer here, so I’m happy either way.

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Paddy Irish man here: Guinness is loved here and would be my weapon of choice in the pub.

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As a fellow german I disagree, if someone would give me Becks I’d refuse to drink it. Are you from greater Bremen area by chance?

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Proof that America isn’t the only country with bad mass-manufactured beer brands.

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Whoever even thought that to begin with

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American beer gets ragged on pretty regularly by Europeans, but I doubt many of the thousands of independent microbreweries in the US have much international distribution.

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Most of there are one of the cheapest beers you can get. I’m sure that is a major factor.

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I think it’s more of who puts most money into marketing.

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Yeah def the cheapest and most likely to drink watching a match. Out of all of these I’d probably go with Peroni (Italy) as the best tasting, maybe Stella Artois (Belgium), 1664 (France) as a runner up.

Guinness is probably the best standards, I just don’t drink it often.

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Probably most of them are pilsners that taste the same too.

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It might be interesting to look at the parent brands and see if this more a matter of who has the most resources for marketing and export sales.

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I can attest that the one for norway certainly matches what you might be hinting at. Ringnes is by far the biggest brewer in norway. And while they do own some relatively OKish brands, the one pictured here is by far the blandest one that is not that far removed from water. It’s only popular because it’s cheap. And its cheap for a reason.

It wouldn’t surprise me if a dane would chime in with a similar statement about Carlsberg, although that sentiment could be more suitable for Tuborg. I’ll defer to Danish input on this.

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In the UK, John Smiths is a fucking awful beer. There are so many independent breweries that there are many good beers to choose from. John Smiths is literally the bottom of the list!

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Lower than Carling? I dunno

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