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A Kelowna brewery is jumping on the \u201cBuy Canadian\u201d bandwagon with its latest offering, Local Lager.<\/p>\n
Copper Brewing<\/a> owner Sean White says many people don\u2019t realize a lot of \u2018domestic\u2019 brands have international owners.<\/p>\n \u201cMolson Canadian is not owned by a Canadian company. It\u2019s a domestic beer, it\u2019s branded Canadian and yes it is brewed in Canada but all the profits that are made from that company leave this country,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n \u201cThat\u2019s the awareness that I\u2019m trying to build because there isn\u2019t very many domestic beers out there that are actually Canadian. That\u2019s why we came up with Local Lager. Because it is a local company. All the money stays here in Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n He points out that even smaller, regional brands like Okanagan Springs have foreign ownership. Okanagan Springs is owned by Sleeman, which in turn is owned by Japanese brewing giant Sapporo, although they do brew their product in Vernon.<\/p>\n White says that since launching Local Lager, \u201cWe\u2019ve seen an incredible response from customers who are fed up with the disconnect between marketing and ownership. They want to know where their dollars are going, and they want to support local without having to sacrifice on price or familiarity.\u201d<\/p>\n Copper Brewing Co. has significant capacity, with 21,000 litres of tank space. The new beer is currently stocked in about eight liquor stores in the Southern Interior, but White says Copper products can be found from Prince George to Osoyoos to the Kootenays.<\/p>\n He also helps other local craft breweries with production.<\/p>\n \u201cWe\u2019re doing a beer for Barn Owl next week. The smaller breweries that don\u2019t have the tank space to do their bigger volume, moving beers in the summertime, we do contract brewing for them just to help them keep up with the demand,\u201d said White.<\/p>\n \u2014This story originally appeared on Castanet<\/a><\/em><\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/bc.thegrowler.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/01\/CindyWhite-1687459459.jpg\")
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