Often not, actually. There are some relatively local and craft-y brands, but a lot of the time it’s imports or local industrial brewers like Beck’s trying to capitalize on the hype.
Granted, if I lived 500km to the southeast, I’d probably complain that every craft beer is bavarian weissbier or helles - those are local, craft (bavaria has a ton of small breweries) and at least not quite as offensive to my tastebuds as pale ale, but still fairly boring.
Local stores around me: IPA and pale ale, take it or leave it.
Local stores around me: Only cheap domestics and Mexican imports, sometimes Red Stripe or XX Amber, take it or leave it.
Hope it’s local and craft though.
Often not, actually. There are some relatively local and craft-y brands, but a lot of the time it’s imports or local industrial brewers like Beck’s trying to capitalize on the hype.
Granted, if I lived 500km to the southeast, I’d probably complain that every craft beer is bavarian weissbier or helles - those are local, craft (bavaria has a ton of small breweries) and at least not quite as offensive to my tastebuds as pale ale, but still fairly boring.