Wasatch Brewery owner Greg Schirf will step back in time this week to protest a tax bill that raises already high beer taxes in Utah. He plans to dress up as founding father Ben Franklin on Thursday, and in an updated version of the Boston Tea Party, pour the first kegs of his new 1st… Read More…
Fish Brewing Co. Announces USDA Organic Certification
Fish Brewing Company has announced the release of Fish Tale Wild Salmon Organic Pale Ale, the Brewer’s latest certified organic product. Fish Tale Organic Amber Ale and Fish Tale Organic India Pale Ale earlier earned USDA Organic Certification. These three year-round products have been Certified Organic by the Washington State Department of Agriculture. “We feel… Read More…
Malternatives May Be Impacted by Proposed Federal Regulations
Malternative producers may be required to make changes in its formulation, labeling, and advertising as a result of new regulations proposed by the U.S. Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau. The proposals would limit the alcohol contribution from flavors and other ingredients containing alcohol to 0.5 percent by volume. It also proposed that the… Read More…
La Crosse’s City Brewery to Sell Beer in Chicago Area
City Brewery, the successor company that has taken over the former G. Heileman brewery facility in La Crosse, Wisconsin, has been expanding distribution of its own beer brands into the Chicago area. Metropolitan = Chicago was the G. Heileman Brewery’s largest market. Jon Reynolds, City Brewing Co.’s director of sales and marketing predicted last week… Read More…
Wynkoop’s Hickenlooper Runs for Mayor of Denver
John Hickenlooper, well known in the craft beer industry as brewpub pioneer and industry supporter, is running for election as mayor of Denver. There are numerous candidates on the ballot, but the race has boiled down to what the Rocky Mountain News calls a “three-way horse race” – with Hinkenlooper as one of the top… Read More…
Utah boosts beer tax
Utah legislators have approved a beer tax increase the goes into effect May 1. The tax on beer will increase from $11 to $12.80 per barrel, down from the $14 increase originally contemplated. Some of the revenue from beer sales and increased license fees will go to combat overconsumption and underage drinking. Lawmakers also pushed… Read More…
Utah boosts beer tax
Utah legislators have approved a beer tax increase the goes into effect May 1. The tax on beer will increase from $11 to $12.80 per barrel, down from the $14 increase originally contemplated. Some of the revenue from beer sales and increased license fees will go to combat overconsumption and underage drinking. Lawmakers also pushed… Read More…
Washington brewers protest tax proposal
Small brewers in the state of Washington went to the state legislature this week to protest proposals that would significantly raise taxes on beer. House Bill 1255 proposes to double the tax on selling bottled and canned beer from $1.30 to $2.60 per barrel. The bill would raise another tax imposed on all beer from… Read More…
Wyoming defeats higher beer tax
Legislators in Wyoming have voted against raising the tax on beer in that state, but in New Mexico a state senator has proposed a new tax and backed it with anti-alcohol rhetoric. All this comes at a time when state governments are face tax shortfalls and looking for additional revenue. Proposals have recently been put… Read More…
Historic Washington brewery doomed
Miller Brewing company said Thursday that it will close its brewery in Tumwater, Wash., ending a 106-year brewing legacy and eliminating the last major brewery in the Northwest. Nearly 400 workers will lose their jobs. The brewery is probably best known nationally for the brand of beer long produced beside waterfalls on the Deschutes River… Read More…