I picked up a sampler 12-pack of Big Sky beers today, and I'll be giving some of them a taste test tonight. It has 3 bottles each of Moose Drool Brown Ale, Trout Slayer Wheat Ale, Scape Goat Pale Ale, and Big Sky India Pale Ale.

From the same store I got a sixer of Michelob Original Lager. They claim it's their St. Louis recipe from 1896, and it's GOOD.

I first tried Michelob O.L. a couple of weeks ago, and I was surprised that I enjoyed the heck out of it. Major brewers can make real good beer if they want to, and in my opinion this is what mainstream American beer oughta taste like.

If the big boys would only start canning beers like this, I think the whole country would switch over to better quality in time. I doubt they'll do it though - there's probably more profit in the watered-down beer people are used to.