Gatekeeping beer ruined the hobby for me. People like pumpkin making moronic blanket statements like he did show's how little he knows. So many middle/old aged people acting exactly like a subsect of society they often complain about hating; hipsters. "I was brewing beer before it was cool." "IPAs suck." "Lager's are trash." "Oh you like ___, name 5 styles of ___" yada yada yada. People should drink whatever they like, and everyone else should shut up. I rarely profess to be an expert about anything, but the thing closest to it is beer. And no, I've never brewed my own, or worked in a brewery. Been invited to taste from foeder's of some of the finest in the world though. And those brewers hate people like I noted above as well.
So trendy to trash on the US nowadays, so no surprise it continues with beer. But you ask anyone who knows anything, and they'll tell you the craft beer explosion in the US helped save some, and boosted the profits of nearly all, of the flagship Euro breweries. And that increased business, even if it's making beers they aren't most excited to make, gives them the revenue to pursue experimenting on things they really want. And please find me any list, by any site/organization of the "best breweries in the world" that isn't filled at least 50% with US breweries. Or will you gate keep and rationalize that too? Cause no one knows what good beer is but you? From Australia of all places LMFAO. Yeah.... ok.... Find me a brewery anywhere on your continent with accolades like Hill Farmstead or Side Project or Tree House. Ironic you crap on US beer, but try to copy Evil Twin recipe in the picture you posted. I clinked glasses with Jeppe at Evil Twin in Queens when he opened there a few years back. I'm confident in saying he'd not like you or your attitude too much.
Stop being a jerk. It's not cool. Nor is it cool trying to rationalize that it's some type of "cultural thing". Traveled to NZ and Australia a few times now, and can confirm; you're not representative of the population there. At least not this schtick you continually pull on these boards with your hypocritical passive aggressive nonsense. After frequenting the bars there and seeing quite a few tussles, you're the wanker that would be getting learned up if you ran your mouth in public the way you do on here.
Reply what you like, or get sensitive and report me to mods even after all the inflammatory crap you've posted here. I really don't care what you have to say in reply. But I believe this needed to be said to you, and figured I may as well be the one to deliver the message.