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Originally posted by Traianvs
For instance Hoegaerden, a Belgian beer, had its production facility transplanted to another city. The mistake was that the beer could only be brewed at Hoegaerden due to particular environmental conditions in order to obtain the specific taste.

Now they've revoked the decision and the brewery is back where it had been for so long I have to agree that recent Hoegararden hasn't tasted the same. I recall reading that some European cities have been brewing beer for so long that even the wild yeast are mostly just traditional brewer's yeast which has gone wild. In fact supposedly some brewers use wild yeast to ferment their beer and it works just fine. In the rest of the world wild yeast would result in something funky and undrinkable.