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Originally Posted by Dakota

While I do like those a lot, my favorite beer in all the "known world" (known by me, which includes most of North and Central America, much of Europe including the UK, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, most regions of Germany, including Berlin, French border area along the Rhine, Black Forest region, Munich and the rest of Bavaria, Switzerland, India and Japan) is British Bitter ale, and especially "real beer" bitter (meaning unpasteurized), and especially Pedigree Bitter from the midlands. The export bitter you can get in this country is not nearly as good as the "real beer". But, due to the short shelf life, that is only available within relatively short trucking distance of the brewery.

I know what you mean. Cask conditioned ales from the UK don't survive the journey well. I have been fortunate enough to have had them in native homeland. Although, I must admit, there are some, while not cask conditioned, that do taste excellent here in the states. A local of mine has Fuller's ESB on tap, and it is pretty darn good, I must tell you.