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AB American Ale is decent brew, but a little too sweet for my taste.

You won't be embarrassed bringing this brew to a party. As mentioned above, AB makes products for the mass-market, not niches, but they are fanatics about making decent, affordable brew. AB distributors turnover their stock quickly, so the AB American Ale won't be skanky and stale, like the dust-covered bottles of Newcastle, Sam Adams and Old Speckled Hen you find in the back of most liquor stores.

I am not sure anyone could make a mass-market craft ale. As you can see from the comments above, most craft beer drinker are just like their beer, bitter with thick heads.

I include myself in this group, by the way. If I had my way, all beers would be craft beer; however, the majority of beer drinker hate craft beer. All they remember about craft beer was that they drank it during the summer while water skiing, and spent the rest of the day vomiting. Stop acting like chumps and admit it. When its hotter n hell and you are working outdoors--you drink light beer. Or maybe you never work or go outdoors in the summer.

And by the way, nhfoodie, InBev makes Stella and Becks, which are both better lager beers than Heineken ever was, which is why they outsell them in Europe by such a wide margin.

jj