Breaking News – American Craft Beer Should Say No To The BEER Act

We just received a statement from Bob Pease at the Brewers Association and if you care about craft beer and/or work in the industry, this warrants your attention. It’s about competing legislation – the recently introduced Small BREW Act, which the BA and we 

support, and alternative excise tax legislation entitled the BEER Act, which was introduced in the House today and the Brewers Association seriously opposes.

Bob Pease, CEO of the Brewers Association, issued the following statement on the BEER Act:

“While the Brewers Association supports lowering excise taxes for small brewers, the BEER Act is not the way to do it. There are several problematic issues with this legislation including cost to the country, job creation and fairness.

“The BEER Act gives further tax advantages to multinational brewing companies that not only already pay lower rates than purely domestic brewers, but also have cut thousands of U.S. jobs in the past six years and export and shelter their U.S. profits.

“We stand firmly rooted in our support for the Small BREW Act, fair legislation that will allow small brewers to remain competitive in the marketplace, reinvest in their businesses, reinvigorate local economies and continue their role in rejuvenating the job market in the U.S.”

This is a call to arms people. If you agree with us and the Brewers Association, call your representatives in Washington NOW and urge them to do the right thing.

Ask them to vote YES to the Small BREW Act

And….

To say No to the BEER Act that was introduced today.