On Sun, 15 Jun 2008 17:03:23 +0000 (UTC), enigma >
wrote:

>"James Silverton" > wrote in
>news:e0U4k.37795$lE3.33265@trnddc05:
>
>> Sometimes I wonder about tales of beers tasting much better
>> in the original country! It's like some wines that are
>> said "don't travel". The ambience and the mood you were in
>> affects your memories of a first taste. It has to admitted
>> that not all imported beers have been kept properly and can
>> be a bit skunked.
>
> there is that, of course, but a beer's flavor is also
>dependent on the water used, the strain of the yeast (& that
>alone can make a rather big difference), the grains, the type
>of hop... when the hops are added, etc.
> American made St.Pauli Girl really isn't anything like
>imported St.Pauli Girl.
>lee

when i was a teen, i was devoted to schlitz, which is what my dad
drank. when i got to school in new york, it was alarming how bad the
stuff they brewed in brooklyn was.

your pal,
blake