Beer Infinity Beer, Brewing & Beyond
| I just spent the better part of a week in the state of my birth, Idaho. Much of Idaho rests under the shade of vast pine forests, but the part where the people live is in the high desert in the south, land of brown, sage-covered hills with river valleys quilted with squares of green potato fields. Idaho, like Washington and California, borders Oregon, and so there’s every reason to believe it should be a great beer state.
It is not. It’s not that there aren’t that many breweries–at 35, it boasts a brewery for every 46,000 citizens, which is more than Wisconsin. Rather, it’s the way local beer is completely marginalized in favor of large brands. Taplists feature mass market brands with only a gesture to the craft segment with a tap from one of the bigger, out-of-state producers like Sierra Nevada and Deschutes. (Or in many cases, just bottles from these breweries.) Grocery stores might have two or three Idaho brands, but no more. Unless you’ve traveled through or live adjacent t … |
Source: Beervana
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