This year, Redhook Brewing celebrates 30 years of brewing. In their 30th year, Redhook is deciding to unveil a new look.
What you need to know:
Redhook first starting brewing in 1981. It’s not just the labels that will be spruced up. Expected bottle caps, packing, even the bottles.
A quote from Robert Rentsch, brand manager of Redhook: “There seems to be a movement within the craft beer community where a lot of breweries are trying to ‘out craft’ each other. Redhook isn’t about that. Of course we’re brewing great beer, but we’re just as interested in having a great time. We think our new look reflects our personality well.”
Finally out of committee!!! From the Peach Pundit:
Sunday Sales advocates rejoice. The Senate Republican caucus has just voted and SB 10 will be allowed out of Rules and will be voted on as a stand alone bill, not as Continue Reading →
Kiuchi Brewing – best known for Hitachino line of beers suffered some damage in the recent Japan quake. Posted to their website since the quake –
A big earthquake happend around our brewery. It will take a long time todo our ordinary job including export to foreign countries. We will do our best to reconstruct our brewery, so please wait for a while.
In leiu of brewing, Kiuchi Brewing is has suspended production of beer and is bottling water to help the victims of this terrible tragedy.
Creative Loafing’s “Fresh Loaf” is reporting that the Sunday Sales could see a floor vote today, but not as SB 10. Apparently there are enough senators demanding sunday sales see the light of day, so it has been attached to Continue Reading →
Dogfish Head Brewing just announced on their blog that they are going to pull out of 4 U.S. markets.
What You Need To Know:
Due to production issues, Dogfish Head Brewing is pulling out of 4 states – Wisconsin, Rhode Island, Tennessee, & Indiana. Also the United Kingdom, and Canada.
Senators John Kerry (D-Massachusetts)& Mike Crapo (R- Idaho) have officially introduced the BEER Act, that would lower the beer excise tax on small brewers in America. BEER stands for Brewer’s Employment & Excise Relief.
What You Need To Know:
The BEER Act aims to create close to 1,600 jobs in the small brewing industry. There are close to 100,000 jobs already in craft brewing. The senators have met with breweries in their respective states discussing finances, supply & demand, taxation etc. Introducing this beer will keep the industry thriving in rough economic times. Small brewers incur higher costs for production, raw materials, & packaging than the large breweries, and multi-national competitors. The BEER Act also stimulates barley, wheat, & hop growers.
Current Tax Structure:
– If the small brewery produces less than 2 million barrels, the excise tax is $7 a barrel on the first 60,000 barrels
– Over 60,000, excise tax is $18 a barrel.
Proposed Tax Structure:
– Reduces the excise tax from $7 to $3.50. The difference gives small breweries an estimated $19.9 Million for expansion & employment.
– Excise tax for barrel production from 60,000 barrels t0 2 million barrels would be lowered to $16 a barrel. An addition of $27.1 million for growth & development.
The current tax structure and legislation has not been updated since 1976. Read on for the full press release
This year, Redhook Brewing celebrates 30 years of brewing. In their 30th year, Redhook is deciding to unveil a new look.
