Is imported beer, like Heineken, shipped already bottled, or is it transported in kegs or something even larger and then bottled here?
I think that some of it is liscenced and locally produced… look carefully at the label, and it might say…
[Homer]Mmmmmmm! Heineken[/Homer]
I doubt it. If it was locally produced I don’t think they could have “imported” stamped all over it. After all, if it is made here, what exactly would be imported about it?
I know for many years Miller made “Lowenbrau” under license, but the word “imported” was not on the label.
Heineken bottles clearly states that it is imported from Holland, a magical land of Heineken, Amstel, Grohlsh, and Swinkles Beer, as well as “sort of legal” weed.
MMMMMMMMM. Holland!
Hmmm… good point! When I posted, I was thinking of Coke, which is produced locally… but it doesn’t have “imported” stamped on it, of course…
Astro swears that he will think before he posts, next time!
Imported beer arrives in containers aboard ship as general cargo. Some imported wines arrive in refridgerated containers so that the temperature can be controlled.
Some beer is imported as “beer concentrate” to reduce shipping cost. It is then reconstituted and bottled locally.
Here is an ATF ruling.
http://www.atf.treas.gov/alcohol/info/revrule/rules/94-3.htm
It came up as an issue with “ice beer”, where you add a small amount of water back to beer. This is supposed to be different than making beer from concentrate.
A Yahoo search on “beer concentrate” will give you more information.
Is Grolsch a Dutch beer?
My understanding is that Heineken was made en route on the ships, in the urinary tract of surgically modified horses. Come to think of it, this may explain why lots of Europeans drink their beer warm.
Hey! It’s only us Brits who drink our beer warm. Those swarthy Continental types drink the same frigid nonsense as Americans.
pkbites, why asking? your not planning to intercept a shipment are you?
Just because the bottle says “imported,” it isn’t necessarily imported from the country you expect. The last time I bought Fosters, I saw in big lettering IMPORTED, so naturally I assumed it was imported from Australia. Upon closer inspection, I saw in tiny lettering:
[sub]Produced and bottled in Toronto, Canada[/sub]