Category Archives: beer

For 1st Time Since Civil War, Excise Taxes May Drop

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

There’s a chance that – for the first time since the Civil War – excise taxes may be reduced, thanks to the Craft Beverage Modernization Act. To help move from” chance” to “certainty,” Distilled Spirits Council members will call their … Continue reading →

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Add Butler University’s Hinkle Fieldhouse to List . . .

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

. . . of collegiate venues when alcohol can be sold.  The permit, granted on Oct. 27, allows Butler to sell alcohol at any event it holds inside Hinkle Fieldhouse.  The permit is valid for one year. It will expire … Continue reading →

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Mass Bay Brewing to Acquire Clown Shoes Beer

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Employee-owned Mass Bay Brewing Co., brewers of Harpoon and UFO beers, acquired Clown Shoes Brewing. Clown Shoes, launched in 2009 in Ipswich, Mass., is a nationally distributed

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BA Funds USDA Public Hop Breeding

Posted on November 1, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Brewers Association is funding public hop breeding through the U.S. Department of Agriculture. The goal is to develop disease resistant aroma hop cultivars into the public domain, in support of hop growing efforts throughout the

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Gluten-Free Diet? No Worries with Wine, Spirits

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

It’s a lot tougher for someone on a gluten-free diet to drink beer than wine or spirits. That’s because beer is made from hops, which has gluten.  But there

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A-B’s U.S. Sales Fall Twice as Fast as Industry’s

Posted on October 30, 2017 by Donna Whitaker

Anheuser-Busch InBev said its sales to retailers fell 3.4% in the third quarter.  That’s twice the decline of the beer industry as a

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