On the wordy label of Ommegang's "Hennepin", you can read that the beer is not pasteurized, and will improve in quality if properly stored for as long as 5 years. Budweiser, on the contrary, makes the amazing claim that its pasteurized beer begins to decline in quality the moment it leaves the brewery (I say "amazing" because surely its quality is already minimal when it is at its freshest.)
However, I wish to ask a few questions of the cognoscenti here.
Do all pasteurized beers say "pasteurized" on the label?
That magnificent head, the foam that can be eaten with knife and fork, can it be produced by pasteurized beer, or is its presence a proof on non-p?
Seems to me that when I drink unpasteurized beer after a while without, I get gas. I assume that this is because the yeast is settling into my gut and providing me with healthful B vitamins. Right? If so, can pasteurized beer make any meaningful contribution to your B-vitamins?
Yeungling's Lord Chesterfield Ale is not pasteurized, right?
Are any good beers pasteurized?