Question: Beer Wars is a 2009 documentary film about the American beer industry, in particular, it covers the differences between large corporate breweries, including Stone Brewing Co., a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, in which country?
Context: Christian Moerlein Brewing Co. is a private beer company that began production in 1853 in Cincinnati, Ohio by German immigrant Christian Moerlein.  Before closing its doors in 1919 as result of prohibition, Christian Moerlein was among the ten largest American breweries by volume.  In 1981, the brand was revived by the Hudepohl Brewing Company as a "better beer" a precursor to the current craft beer category and is considered a pioneer craft beer of today's craft beer movement.  In 1999, Hudepohl-Schoenling Brewing Co. sold out to a group of out-of-town owners, a sale that included the famed Christian Moerlein craft beer brand.  In 2004, Greg Hardman a Cincinnati resident purchased Christian Moerlein, as well as 65 other historic Cincinnati brands, returning local ownership to Cincinnati in a move that included a plan to return Cincinnati's grand brewing traditions.  The four phase plan was, 1) return the local ownership of Cincinnati's great beer brands to Cincinnati; 2) build their base of sales to; 3) open local brewing operations in the heart of Cincinnati's historic Brewery District and; 4) open a World-class Moerlein Lager House on the banks of the Ohio River to act as a signal that beer is back in Cincinnati. San Diego County, California has been called "the Craft Beer Capital of America."  As of 2016 the county was home to 125 licensed craft breweries - the most of any region in the United States.  Based on 2016 sales volume, three San Diego County breweries - Stone, Green Flash, and Karl Strauss - rank among the 50 largest craft brewers in the United States.  San Diego County brewers pioneered the specialty beer style known as Double India Pale Ale (Double IPA), sometimes called San Diego Pale Ale.  Its beer culture is a draw for tourism, particularly during major festivals such as San Diego Beer Week and the San Diego International Beer Competition.  San Diego County breweries like Stone Brewing Co., AleSmith Brewing Company and Ballast Point Brewing Company are consistently rated among the top breweries in the world. Heavy Seas Beer is brewed by Clipper City Brewing Company, in Baltimore, Maryland.  The brewery was established by Hugh Sisson in 1995.  Previously, Sisson operated Maryland's first brewpub, Sisson's.  In 2010, the brewery rebranded.  While the name of the company remains Clipper City Brewing Company, all of its beer falls under the Heavy Seas brand.  Heavy Seas hosts tours on most weekends.  It is located at 4615 Hollins Ferry Road, Suite B, in the Halethorpe section of Baltimore.  Heavy Seas currently offers a variety of beer styles in approx. 18 states within the United States.  Several Heavy Seas beers have been awarded and include the following: Cutlass Amber Lager (a repeat medal winner at the Great American Beer Festival from 2006-2010, bronze medal winner at the 2010 World Beer Cup and silver medal winner at the 2012 World Beer Cup as Heavy Seas Märzen), Powder Monkey Pale Ale (silver medal winner at the 2008 Great American Beer Festival and bronze medal winner at the 2010 World Beer Cup as Heavy Seas Pale Ale), Small Craft Warning Uber Pils (bronze medal winner at the 2004 Great American Beer Festival), Gold Ale (gold medal winner at the 2010 World Beer Cup, bronze medal winner at the 2010 Great American Beer Festival and bronze medal winner at the 2014 Great American Beer Festival as Heavy Seas Gold Ale) and Winter Storm Imperial ESB (gold medal winner at the 2008 World Beer Cup). This is a list of articles and categories dealing with beer by region, including breweries and brewing in general.  Beer is the world's most widely consumed alcoholic beverage, and is the third-most popular drink overall, after water and tea.  It is thought by some to be the oldest fermented beverage.  A brewery is a dedicated building for the making of beer, though beer can be made at home, and has been for much of beer's history.  A company that makes beer is called either a brewery or a brewing company.  The diversity of size in breweries is matched by the diversity of processes, degrees of automation, and kinds of beer produced in breweries.  A brewery is typically divided into distinct sections, with each section reserved for one part of the brewing process. Beer Wars is a 2009 documentary film about the American beer industry.  In particular, it covers the differences between large corporate breweries, namely Anheuser-Busch, the Miller Brewing Company, and the Coors Brewing Company opposed to smaller breweries like Dogfish Head Brewery, Moonshot 69, Yuengling, Stone Brewing Co., and other producers of craft beer.  Also covered is how advertising and lobbyists are used to control the beer market, implying that these things harm competition and consumer choice. Great Basin Brewing Co. is a brewery headquartered in Sparks, Nevada.  It is Nevada's largest and oldest currently operating brewery - though not the state's longest operated.  Great Basin beers are available as draught beer and in bottles at over 400 locations in Northern Nevada and the surrounding regions, including Aces Ballpark.  They also serve beer at many special events, such as the Best in the West Nugget Rib Cook-off and The Great Reno Balloon Race.  Growlers and kegs may be purchased or filled at any of the company's tap rooms. The Gage Roads Brewing Company (Gage Roads Brewing Co. Ltd) is an Australian craft brewery located just outside the city of Fremantle in Palmyra, Western Australia.  It is one of Australia's largest independent breweries.  In 2016, it's New World Pale Ale - "Little Dove" - was awarded the Trophy for Champion Australian Beer at the 2016 Australian International Beer Awards.  In 2015, it was runner-up Champion Large Brewery at the Australian International Beer Awards. Stone Brewing is a brewery headquartered in Escondido, California, USA.  Founded in 1996 in San Marcos, California, it is the largest brewery in Southern California.  Based on 2016 sales volume it is the ninth largest craft brewery in the United States. The Blue Mountain Brewery in Afton, Virginia is a brewery which forms, along with Starr Hill Brewery, South Street Brewery, Wild Wolf Brewing Company and Devils Backbone Brewing Company, an integral part of the Brew Ridge Trail.  Blue Mountain was the first brewery to open in Nelson County.  They cultivate 1/3 acre of mainly Cascade-variety hops.  One of their seasonal beers, Blue Reserve, took home the first-ever medal (Silver) for a beer hopped solely with Virginia hops at the world's largest beer competition, the Great American Beer Festival, in 2011 for the American-Belgo Ale category.  Blue Mountain is also the only Virginia brewery to hold back-to-back Gold medals at the 2010 and 2011 Great American Beer Festival.  In 2012, a new sister brewery, Blue Mountain Barrel House, was opened by two of the founders of the original Blue Mountain Brewery. A microbrewery or craft brewery is a brewery that produces small amounts of beer (or sometimes root beer), typically much smaller than large-scale corporate breweries, and is independently owned.  Such breweries are generally characterized by their emphasis on quality, flavour and brewing technique.
Answer: USA