Yeah, there are a lot of great German and Belgian beers.

Also, beers from Eastern Bloc countries tend to be great but very hard to find.

British beers in the USA/Canada will most likely be shit, though according to wikipedia Boddingtons is served in plenty of bars.
I saw a site that listed the top 10 English beers (that these people could get in the states) and number 4 was Newcastle Brown. So yeah, if that's the 4th best then the choice must be shit.