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"KeeganAles":22zmbsjs wrote: Are the brewmaster, and his recipes, nationality, sensibilities more important than where the beer is actually made?[/quote:22zmbsjs]I certainly don't think so. Part of the reason "local" is a thing people support is the trickle-down effect: that as much of the money as possible circulates locally. You get less of that effect from beer brewed abroad.

"KeeganAles":22zmbsjs wrote: So are Mikkeller not Danish beers?[/quote:22zmbsjs]I certainly wouldn't regard them as such. And I would regard Budweiser brewed in Kilkenny as Irish, not American.

I've a vague memory that EBCU were putting together a policy on this, but I don't know if anything came of it.