Dear ProBrewer Family, First and foremost, I hope each of you and your family are holding up well and are healthy in these trying times. The COVID-19 crisis has changed our businesses and the world around us. I am hopeful that we will indeed return to normal sometime soon, but for now we need each… Read More…
Ken Grossman – COVID Crisis ‘Most Stressful Weeks’
In a new NPR podcast Ken Grossman, founder of Sierra Nevada Brewing Company says that dealing with the current Covid crisis is at the pinnacle of challenges he has faced since founding the brewery 40 years ago. “It’s been one of the most difficult and stressful weeks in our existence,” he explains. “There’s been… 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…
Reyes Acquires Another CA Wholesaler
Reyes Holdings has acquired yet another beer distribution company. Golden Brands, a subsidiary of Reyes will acquire the brands of Sacanni Distributing based in Sacramento, California. Saccani is an “all other brand’ distributor which was founded in 1933 at the repeal of Prohibition. They carry a wide selection of craft beers and non-alcoholics brands. Craft… 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…
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