All Beer Blog

The last time Wisconsin’s beer taxes were raised Neil Armstrong walked on the moon. Rep. Terese Berceau is asking for for an increase of $8 per barrel, from $2 to $10. She claims that Wisconsin has a drinking problem and this would solve it.

The U.S. beer market is holding up well despite this economic crisis. Chief Executive Carlos Brito of AB InBev said that not only are U.S. beers doing just fine but imported beer as well.

On the flip, British beer drinkers seem to be slowing down. Or at least they are staying out of pubs, British pubs reported a 8.2% decrease in beer sales during the first 3 months of this year.

The New York Times reports that Yankee Stadium should be carrying American craft pilsners instead of the usual macro brews. Apparently the stadium sells “beers of the world,” if you can call Heinekin and Guiness beers of the world. For $75 a ticket, you’d have to have some better beers than that to attract me there… Go White Sox!

A dime-a-drink tax in California had been withdrawn due to lack of support. Apparently beer brewers and wine makers are big contributors to political campaigns there, either way I’m glad the tax wasn’t approved.

The Daily Northwestern reports about Evanston, IL and their boozer history. Apparently Evanston was given the option to be a “wet” or “dry” town in 1934, they chose to be “dry.” This changed after local Northwestern students fought in court to have this reversed. Nice!

How would you like a baseball game without beer? Well the Winston-Salem Dash fans have to deal with it because of the rules of the stadium they are using. I don’t know about you, but beer is part of baseball!

Beer sales rose last year while wine and liquor sales fell. Craft beer brewers and small breweries are appealing to the connoisseurs who appreciate quality beer instead of low grade cheaper beers.

The Maine Edge takes a look at some breweries that have been operating for years, some of which are among the oldest in the world.

The Wall Street Journal reports that the U.K. will increase their alcohol duty (tax) by 2%. It seems beer taxes are going up not only here, but around the world. I bet more and more home brewers will arise!

Heineken’s profits fall, reported by Bloomberg News, due to de-stocking and price increases in key markets. Consumers are switching brands; maybe if Heineken lowered their prices or made quality beer people would buy it.

The Floriday Today reports that beer generated $430 million in sales and jobs in Lee county last year. People in that county are against beer taxes and say that increasing taxes won’t help the consumer. Makes you wonder what would happen if they opened up some of the old breweries around here.

The Brewers Association released its list of the top 50 breweries in the U.S. yesterday. Among the top 50 are some local breweries, Goose Island made it at number 22 for the top 50 overall brewing companies by beer sales volume along with MillerCoors at number 2 and Pabst at number 3.

Oregon is trying to raise their beer tax, by how much you ask? 1900%, that increases prices from $2.60 a barrel to $52.21 a barrel. Apparently the new revenue would pay for drug treatment…

An increase to the Indiana beer tax draws strrong opposition. The plan is to double the exisiting taxes to pay for the bailout of the agency that handles the Indianapolis sports stadiums.