I learned a very very sad thing when I was back in the good 'ol US of A. EVERY BEER reguardless of origin, sold in the US is pastuerized.
After my first week back in Oklahoma, I went straight to a liquor store in Norman, and got a 6-pack of Warsteiner. Now just having drank one 12 hours earlier (I brought some back with me) with my brother-in-law, who inherited the most of the three 6-packsas a gift from Frankfurt, delivered yours truly.
The US version had a 'funny' taste to it. Iwas A-DISAPOINTED B-Curious C-Dumbfounded.....................until I read the iddy-biddy, teeny weenie letters............." pasteurized"
Nnnnnnnnnnoooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo! Why Lord in hevan, why! (as I dropped to my knees, realizing I really needed to go on a diet-my poor knees-ouch!)
But all beer in the US has to be pasteurized, because of all the cheap route 'cold brewing' has to be pasteurized because the water never boils. So EACH AND EVERY beer in the US has to be pasteurized, beats me why...............to screw with the taste, and make Jon (me) miserable for 14 months, until my return to Germany. So no import is going to taste right
But for the last few years I have been making up for my lack of bier in the US. And I put a big dent in the Budwar, at 17Kronen per 500ml (half liter, a bit more than a quart) or $.95, it was hard not to go too far
Well not too hard
