I like to travel as much as i like to try new good beers. Next weekend i will spend in France. Do you know any name or kind of beer in France?
I'm the founder (I used to say president, but we've never had elections and I'm not as active as I used to be) of the Paris Homebrewers Club. I've seen the French beer scene explode over the last six years, with pretty decent (although not quite "American" numbers), growing from 200 to more than 600 breweries over the last ten years, with a very large portion of that growth over the last four years. Quality used to be an issue, and understanding that volume is important (do not spend 6 hours brewing 5 hectoliters when you could spend 6 hours brewing 50 hectoliters) is still an issue, but there are some truly great beers here.
I could go on for a long time about the craft scene here, but it'd be better to just show you - are you going to be in Paris at all next week?