Uncle Bob
Chef Extraordinaire
Selkie said:The brewerys are regional in order to cut down on the shipping time. It's chilled at the end of the brewing process, it's chilled during brewery storage, it's chilled in refrigerated trucks between the brewery and the stores, and then placed into refrigerated display cases.
No large retailer or Convenience Stores have the refrigeration capacity/space to display the volume of beer they move...That's why you see end cap, wing, and free standing displays all over stores in non refrigerated areas. Distributor and store personnel routinely move beer from these displays in to refrigeration. Also it is not uncommon to see pallets/cases of beer in retailers store/back rooms...Again this beer is moved by distributor/store folks to where it is needed...refrigerated or dry. HTH!