Local beer Vailima

Confirmation Samoa's Vailima national beer is shifting overseas upsets locals

It comes after 42 years of local production, and the news has sparked a social media backlash.

Local beer distributor and owner of the Y-Not Bar in Apia, Jay Schuster, blames foreign ownership for the relocation.

"It's sad but it was always going to happen. The managers that were there weren't local.