reading over some beer stuff this morning, and realized i should finally open it up and discuss it.
i have never tasted almost any of the most iconic and famous american craft brew beers, even ones that have been out for 20 or 30 years.
ive never had a single product from russian river, 3 floyds, bells,
i've had 2 or 3 stone beers, one sierra nevada (PA), 2 or 3 DFH
etc. they were just never available in canada, or perhaps some of the lesser beers of these breweries were available in toronto/montreal for higher prices, anyway i didn't have them.
i will admit ive had a lot of famous european beers and a lot in general, but it used to frustrate me a lot that despite being so close geographically to america, ive never had so many famous examples of certain beers.
it's definitely impacted my brewing, as i'm pretty sit in my ways now about which hop varieties im familiar with and use, though i do occasionally try out some newer american hops.
from what i've read and from occasional visits to the states though i think i did get some better experience to decently-transported/stored european beer than americans. though as well, i haven't been to europe in person yet.