r/torontocraftbeer • u/helikoopter • 3d ago

Continued Collabs with US Breweries

Is anyone bothered by the fact that Canadian (Ontario/Toronto) breweries continue to collaborate and include US breweries?

I received an email from Blood Brothers today, and within the email was an ad for the Spectapular Beer Fest. The beer fest is including 2 US breweries. While I don’t know what beers those breweries will bring, they may very well be collab beers, the idea of promoting US breweries right now feels off.

Bellwoods had a recent collab released, I see Counterpart at my local watering hole with collab beers. Just brewery after brewery that is promoting US breweries.

Can’t one of them take a stand? Can’t one of them say “if they’re in, we’re out”.

We see people making an increased effort to buy local, people supporting more local businesses with local products, and the breweries saying “yea, we don’t care about that…but please buy local”.

Just a rant, but it’s something I hope others can take a stand for. I hope people can start boycotting places that are promoting US breweries.

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u/mMbagelrino 3d ago

Not everything in the US is related to Trump.. I would assume most breweries in the US are progressive / left leaning like they are here. If they are good people why should Canadian breweries stop collaborating with them?

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u/helikoopter 3d ago

Why?

I think people have forgotten the constant 51st state comments.

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u/mMbagelrino 2d ago

Did the breweries make these statements…?

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u/helikoopter 2d ago

Did the wineries that got pulled from the shelves at the LCBO make the statements?

No. But every single American has played a role in Trump getting elected. Whether they voted for him or not.