"Jay Honeck" wrote in message news:MKdsb.174142$Tr4.466739@attbi_s03...

Until a few years ago, Sprecher didn't even pasteurize the stuff, which
meant it had a shelf-life similar to milk. This was the absolute best beer,
but it didn't keep well, and it couldn't be transported -- so he now
pasteurizes it.

You know, this puzzles me immensely. We home-brew, although we're
far from experts. We don't pasteurize our product before bottling
it *shudder*, yet it keeps for months. Actually we usually keep
a few bottles back to see how it ages, and it sometimes improves
with age!

So I must admit to being puzzled by the "shelf life of milk"
and "couldn't be transported" concepts.

Cheers,
Sydney