And a ‘different’ different and better in Australia.
When I was in London, U.K. I would buy at the corner off-license Guinness Foreign Extra Stout brewed in Nigeria. 7.5% alcohol. Great stuff! The Guinness we buy here in Ontario is made in New Brunswick.
This doesnt relate to PBR, but I read a book on AB a few years ago in which Busch family members could tell from the taste which brewery location the beer was brewed at. There were slight differences in the water quality from different locations and a Busch family member, if involved in the business could tell the difference.
Ed
I’ve heard that some soda/pop/etc manufacturers actually tune their product to local tastes. But I’m sure that water also causes differences there. Any Coke bottle collector can attest to the fact that Coke (like most others) was bottled in small local factories for many years.
And then there were the racy stories involving Harry Caray and the Busch family!
There may be something to that. Years back on a trip to Maine the wife and were having our daily “fix” of Coca-Cola (I’m being careful here and spelling it out!) and noticed a difference in the taste from the product in New Jersey. The Maine stuff had a bit more “snap” to the flavor and texture, if you follow my meaning, and was slightly less sweet. Good stuff though!
I tried “Moxie” while I was up there too. Don’t ask.
Well, you can if you want to, I’m over it now.
There is a bagel restaurant called Brooklyn Water Bagel who claims to be able to create the same type of water found in NY.
They’re just doing what the Sparklett’s Water people did decades ago: adjusting the proportions of the various salts and other trace minerals in the water. In the Brooklyn case they’re matching an analysis of the Catskill water that comes down the aqueducts from upstate. Sparklett’s was cagier: they figured out what combination gave the best taste at ‘water cooler’ temperature, then set their proprietary coolers to that temperature…
Doesn’t quite come up to to Glen Summit Springs water, but it is the next best thing…