The yeast is still just yeast, though. With all of the examples you gave, the "thing" underwent some sort of transformation and created something new.GuingesRock wrote:If Randy propagated the yeast himself, got it from a previous batch even, I think he can call it Nova Scotian. Just like the hop plants and the seed for the malt might have come from somewhere else.
Most beer ingredients originate from Europe. Most Nova Scotian people are of European decent also. I'm not Nova Scotian because I was born in the UK, but I think my son is. Wife is also Nova Scotian.
A well known company legally advertises that their power tools are made in the USA. As far as I know, they have an assembly plant in the USA, putting together bits and pieces from China. That's not right in my books.
Randy is promoting his own beer for sure but is also promoting local products. Just like the local wine industry, which is becoming big business, uses NS grown grapes, I think it's good.
Rhizomes became hops, seeds became malt, seeds became grapes, bits and pieces became a tool, etc.. It's the transformation into something new that makes it "made in NS".