I was recently watching a reel on Instagram from The Beery Godmother where she gave the 411 on the science of drinking on planes. Several lines and control points later at the Shannon Airport, I saw two beers on tap steps from my gate. One for Carlsberg and one for Beamish.
The Beamish, inexplicably, was 20 cent Euro cheaper. But on my flight over Aer Lingus was passing out Carlsberg like water and charging extra for Heineken.
And when one travels, which gate you land at will dictate what beer choices you have. Whenever I fly into PDX, I have limited beer choices because I generally use Alaska. I do have Westward Whiskey, which is a positive.
Cities should be demanding that the airports have local craft beer, spirits, heck even kombucha which I can’t stand. Don’t wait for someone to have a strange beer choice and diminished flavor on a plane.
Get ’em arriving and departing instead. That is just economic science.