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Small Brewers Caucus

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With competing beer tax acts trying to make the leap into law. It behooves us beer lovers to make our voices heard to those in DC who have joined the Small Brewers Caucus. You can write Congresman Peter DeFazio (D-OR) and/or Congressman Jim Gerlach (R-PA) the Co-Chairs of the Caucus. But better yet, figure out who on the list below represents you, here in California, and voice your concerns and kudos to them.

CALIFORNIA
Doug LaMalfa CA-01
Mike Thompson CA-05
Zoe Lofgren CA-16
Michael Honda CA-17
Lois Capps CA-23
Grace Napolitano CA-32
Linda Sanchez CA-39
Ken Calvert CA-44
Loretta Sanchez CA-47
Darrell Issa CA-49
Duncan Hunter CA-52
Susan Davis CA-53

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I’m Just a Bill

Here we go again for the 4th time.  That’s the charm, right?

The Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act – Small BREW Act for short – was re-introduced by Representatives Erik Paulsen (R-MN) and Richard E, Neal (D-MA), (That’s both sides of the aisle, how did that happen?)

The goal of the Small BREW Act will help the lower production tiers in the brewery world. The tax rate on a brewery’s first 60,000 barrels goes from $7 to $3.50. If you are between 60,001 and 2 million barrels, the excise tax rate from $18 per barrel to $16 . You do have to brew under 6 million barrels to qualify and anything between the 2 million and 6 uses the current tax rate.

Any tax relief will be of help for those in the affected production brackets.  Those are financially hard areas to break even.  But I wouldn’t hold my breath.  This legislation has gone further than others but still has fallen short.  Maybe it can get attached to a non-attention getting Omnibus bill and slide through that route.

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