There has never been anything like the current pandemic to compare consumer trends in the alcohol beverage sector to. This is new territory. With the vast majority of the on-premise business now closed across most of the country, purchases have shifted to the off-premise. Early data appears to show that the uptick in off-premise may… Read More…
TTB Postpones Tax Payment and Other Filing Due Dates
The Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) announced today in a circular that they will be postponing several filing and payment due dates for 90-days where the original due date falls on or after March 1, 2020, through July 1, 2020. Postponing tax payment due dates for wine, beer, distilled spirits excise… Read More…
Pantry Loading Pops Off-Prem Beer Sales
The numbers are starting to come in, and no surprise, off-premise sales captured by scan data are showing a pop in beer sales due to the dramatic increase in sales at grocery stores across the country due to the COVID-19 crisis. According to an article in Seeking Alpha, Nielsen scan data shows beer sales… Read More…
TTB – COVID ‘Special Edition’ Posted on Website
The Alcohol, Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) has created a new “TTB Updates and Guidance on COVID-19” website page. They have posted a number of “Special Edition” newsletters and other information specific to the COVID-19 crisis.
Small Business Owner’s Guide to the CARES Act
The U.S. Senate Committee on Small Business and Entrepreneurship released a comprehensive guide to the various programs being offered to small businesses through the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security (CARES) Act. The programs and initiatives in the CARES Act that was just passed by Congress are intended to assist business owners with whatever needs… Read More…
Brewpub Lifeline –Take Out Service
As more states issue shelter-in-place orders due to the COVID crisis, breweries with a kitchen and food service have found a lifeline; providing food to go orders. It can be enough to keep some employees working and enough revenue coming in to pay for some of the fixed costs such as rent, insurance and other… Read More…
Worldwide Beer Collaboration to Support Hospitality Workers
New York’s Other Half is asking brewers from around the globe to help them raise money to support the hospitality industry, which has been devastated by the COVID crisis. The project is called All Together and will be a global beer collaboration with individual breweries brewing the same beer from a single recipe, similar… Read More…
Congress Close to Passing Economic Relief Package
The Senate passed the Coronavirus Aid, Relief, and Economic Security Act to address the economic crisis facing the country due to COVID-19. The bill is being heard on the House side today with hopes it will be passed by the House and signed by the president tomorrow. Details on how the bill will benefit craft… Read More…
Conferences Begin to Go Online
Without the usual assortment of industry conferences, beer festivals and other gatherings, the online world is beginning to provide digital alternatives. The Virtual Brewers Conference will take place April 21-23, 2020 in…..the digital space. It will be a free virtual platform that will present a series of webinars that discuss a variety of… Read More…
GoFundMe Page for Restaurant Workers
SipScience, a national data analytics hospitality company for consumers, bars, and restaurants will “commit to working towards raising $100,000 dollars to support the fabric of what makes our beloved local restaurants, bars, and pubs so great: the people,” according to a SipScience GoFundMe page. As a result of COVID-19, many states have mandated the… Read More…