When "buy local" movement is going too far...

If it's good, drink it. If it's not good, don't drink it. That's my practice.

 

Signs like this aren't targeted toward a BA type consumer. The BA consumer walking into that store knows craft beer and knows if local is good/bad. These types of ads are targeting a macro or import consumer which if it works, regardless of the quality of local, is a good thing for craft beer.

 

Move to Chicago and drink local. We have a few good breweries around here!

 

I think this was more a come on to get you to step inside and buy beer
Not so much about the buy local aspect.

 

I'm from NY and I know of no great NJ beers. Please enlighten me so I can seek them out

 

The only states I've ever lived in have been Delaware and Florida...get my drift?

 

Ramstein, Kane; Carton and exit series of flying fish are great. Although Kane and.carton aren't bottled. Cheers

 

How on earth are you going to get two and a half breweries to fold?

 

http://crickethillbrewery.com/home.html

I just tried the bourbon barrel imperial porter and was very impressed.

 

I support all 4 of my local refineries. I don't play favorites.

 

A better question the gas station (and everybody else) should be asking itself is what does local mean? Arer they defining the term as all the beers from the Phoenix area? All the beers from the state of Arizona? Or anything within a five hours drive? I've seen the term used in one instance at a place in Santa Cruz which prides itself on a "local" product...from Humbolt County, which sits 350 miles away. If the term can be used loosely like that, then product made in the cities of Chicago, Milwaukee, Nashville, Louisville, St. Louis, Columbus, Cincinnati, Detroit, and Cleveland must be "local" to Indianapolis!

 

I won't personally do that. I have no control. The locals with the uneducated palates and hard on for local beer will keep them in business.

 

Made a thread about this a while ago. I don't buy into the "drink local" movement. If you make good beer I'll support you whether you're down the street or on another continent.

 

YUP.

 

Th

thanks guys

 

So, when their local beer distributor gives a gas station or any other beer retailer a Budweiser or Coors Light sign to hang in their window, should they also ask themselves what does it mean to be "the King of Beers™" or have "the taste of the Rockies™" , too?

 

It's a simple advertisement, not a command to only buy local. To me it's saying, "hey, consider the local guys before you make a decision." If you're a knowledgable beer drinker, then it doesn't matter, it could be an advertisement for Bud Light or Cantillon and you wouldn't make a decision based off an advertisement alone.

Of all the advertisements to be bothered by...

 

Local has a good price point and is always fresh so when that's what I'm looking for, that's what I get. But, it's laughable to consider mostly drinking local beers to sustain them. If they make what I like, I'll drink that.

 

It would be nice to be able to have the option of buying beer at a local gas station! Living in PA, forget that!