Wolfgang, I note you say the ingredients COULD be different. Any evidence that they are? I am not convinced. I believe it is the same stuff and it still tastes equally "whatever" wherever it is drunk. (And I do not include the bottled stuff and certainly not the stuff brewed in Nigeria.

As for American beer - I subscribe normally to the above prejudices. I used to believe "Why is American beer served so cold? To distinguish it from Gnat´s piss!"

Having said that - I visited Oregon and was pleasantly surprised by the range and quality of the craft brewers there.

Wolfgang makes a suggestion that the ingredients are different for the UK and Ireland. Does anyone know that this is so?

And then people will say the Guinness at (e.g. Fagan´s/Dog and Partridge in Sheffield) is better than anywhere else. Likewise the Irish will make a name for particular bars having better Guinness than others.

If so why? Personally I can´t see it.

Dave