Given the vast amount of stale or soon-to-be-stale beer in the marketplace, Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau said it was waiving the requirement that brewers submit a Notice of Intent to TTB to destroy taxpaid beer in the marketplace. The waiver also alleviates the 12-day waiting period required under TTB regulations.
This includes beer in kegs that may be destroyed by a wholesaler on the brewer’s behalf, as well as the transfer of taxpaid beer to a distilled spirits plant, which the distillery may use in the production of hand sanitizer, TTB said.