Comments on Yours for Good Fermentables ™: Support American LOCAL beer

Great post, and I agree wholeheartedly on the focu...

2009-05-11T16:41:00.000-05:00

Great post, and I agree wholeheartedly on the focus on local beers.

From that "declaration": "I want to know why so ma...

2009-05-11T13:44:00.000-05:00

From that "declaration":
"I want to know why so many of my local beer brands are not available in many of my favorite
restaurants, bars and beer stores"

Pretty damned simple answer, if you happen to live in, say, Mississippi, West Virginia, South Carolina, or the like........... there just ain't that much local beer to offer. And frankly, much as I support the cause of

I echo the sentiments of the author and the above ...

2009-05-11T10:40:00.000-05:00

I echo the sentiments of the author and the above comments.

I'll also declare my independence from facebook.

I also take issue with the self-serving, protectio...

2009-05-11T09:37:00.000-05:00

I also take issue with the self-serving, protectionist rhetoric in this document:

"... beer made by American craft brewers helps to reduce dependence on imported products and therefore contributes to balanced trade ..."

I agree with everything you've said. I think the B...

2009-05-11T08:56:00.000-05:00

I agree with everything you've said. I think the BA also runs a site with the goal of supporting your local brewery.

One of my locals in Chicago, is Goose Island. But because they have a distribution deal with Widmer (AB) and because Widmer owns a portion of Goose Island, they are no longer brewing craft beer according to the Brewers Association. We won't even get into the fact that