Your Comments, Criticisms and Contributions - May 2006
Great Web site! Quick question; What is going on with Guinness in Ontario and or Canada? There are many rumours flying around about who and where it is being made. Can you help? Thanks.
- Glenn Edward
Locally, Guinness on draught and in the can and widget bottle still come from Ireland, while the bottled Guinness Extra Stout sold at Ontario's Beer Store is brewed by Labatt. Mind you, if you like the taste of Irish stout, keep your eyes open for the arrival of O'Hara's Irish Stout this fall.
Dear sir: do you know the supplier of Zlaty Bazant in the U.K.?
- Regards, vahe
Since this beer, also known as Golden Pheasant, is produced by Heineken's Slovakian subsidiary, I'd say they'd be the place to start.
I wanted to clarify a response from WoB to one of your readers. It was concerning Bahia Beer found in Palm Springs, and you answered that "Bahia is brewed by Cerveceria Centro Americana of Guatemala (www.cerveceria.com.gt) and imported by Central Beer of Florida (www.centralbeer.com)."
Bahia is indeed brewed and bottled by Cerveceria Centro Americana in Guatemala. However, as the reader could see on the back label, it is not imported by Central Beer, but by our company based in Irvine, California. We are G.K. Skaggs, Inc., 24 year old import company specializing in premium imports and specialty brews. For future reference our information/customer service number is 1 800-578-7521 and the line is answered by a real person.
Bahia is not everywhere, but it is being sold presently in about 15 states. The Publix chain in Florida carries it in all their stores (starting this month).
We think the brewery in Guatemala has a great formula in Bahia and most often we receive positive comments. By the way, the brewery tells us that the fish is a Marlin and not a Swordfish; in case anyone wants to know...
Regards,
Gregory Skaggs
Thank you for your correction, Greg. Incidentally, I took the importer's name from the Centro website, so you may wish to have the brewery update that information.
Regarding the Glasgow glass ban, what about the environmental impact of changing all of the glass to plastic, which will no doubt increase the amount of garbage that will end up in the land fills? I'm sure the pubs won't be recycling that plastic and this will lead to more manufacturing of glasses and on and on. I don't want to sound like a paranoid hippy, but it is obviously a concern.
- Tracy
That's an important concern, Tracy. I focused my story more on the beer implications, because that's what the site's all about, but the environmental impact of all that plastic wasn't lost on me. Makes you wonder even more what the city burghers were thinking!
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