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Eichenlaub: well send me some of those exotic sounding Dutch beers and I might just be converted!! :p Dutch beer is my favourite. Used to be German, then I ventured onto Dutch and never looked back. Dutch beer has the same strong flavour of hops I love but without the bitter aftertaste I find I get with German beers. Lovely! 
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Yes, I enjoy Dutch beers very much myself! A majority of people in the Netherlands would agree with you by the way, and prefer Grolsch over any other standard beer. Me, I prefer Bavaria because I think the aftertaste is smoother than that of Grolsch. Plus, it's quite cheap. As a matter of fact, many would agree with me that Bavaria has the best price to quality ratio of all the standard beers.
It's amazing that foreigners take a liking to Grolsch I must say. Not that they couldn't appreciate a fine beer if they tasted one, but because most foreigners' only acquaintance with Dutch beer is through Heineken. And despite what they say in the movies, that beer simply sucks! Trust me, Heineken's global popularity is a result of clever marketing, not quality.
Hmmmm, now that I think of it, an alarmingly high proportion of bars I frequent actually serve Heineken...
Well, it must be the atmosphere then.
Kind regards,
Eichenlaub