"When asked what he was drinking for the holidays during a 1968 Town and Country interview, Newman listed St. Pauli Girl by name and saying, "if it's good enough to be my favorite for the rest of the year, it's good enough for special occasions." St. Pauli Girl had only been introduced to the U.S. market in 1965, so he'd become smitten with it pretty quickly."
"Named for St. Pauli's Friary in Germany and the brewery built next to it, St. Pauli Girl was advertised as being brewed according to the Reinheitsgebot. These German purity laws, written in 1516, governed the production of beer, its ingredients, and its price. St. Pauli Girl is brewed with a special strain of yeast, as well as glacier water and German hops."
Paul Newman became closely associated with heavy drinking and a food brand legacy. Princeton students named an annual drinking binge after him. He gave up hard liquor in the early 1970s but continued to drink beer, sometimes as many as ten beers a day. His preferred beer was the German lager St. Pauli Girl, which entered the U.S. market in 1965. St. Pauli Girl was promoted as brewed under the Reinheitsgebot and made with a special yeast strain, glacier water, and German hops. Contemporary descriptions call it a light lager with malt notes, mild bitterness, and present hop aroma. Westport locals reportedly stocked up on it because of his preference.
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