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In North America often considered an evil drink ranking up there with stronger spirits and probably just about anything likely to make you talk a lot and feel good, Beer is still treated as a soft drink in many European regions: personally, I tend to have more sympathy for the latter view, but that's not really important. What is important is that beer has been part of our lives for a long time, even longer than spirits, and possibly as long as wine. It plays an important role in the identity of many nations and its story is often tied with the local history of those nations, both the old and the young.

Sadly, we have found that keeping this section up to date is almost impossible, as we drink many more kinds of beer than we do spirits, and, by the end of a night out on the town, often aren't quite clear on which beer tasted like what. We have therefore decided to limit ourselves to rather sketchier comments than those we write in the other sections, unless a brew should catch our attention especially. As a way to make up for this, we are going to attempt to give a rating from one to five (one being horrible and five being delicious) on the logged beer, in hope to keep a somewhat accurate record of their relative merits.

Well, as even that has proved impossible, we have now relegated the beer to the Etc category until we figure out what to do about it: hopefully, it will regain a category of its own very soon. (2007-04-04)

Enjoy your pint!