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From the beer blogs: Proposed federal beer tax

Posted by admin | News | Posted on June 9th, 2009

The News Review:

- From the beer blogs: Proposed federal beer tax
- Delaware Introduces Beer and Wine at Grocery Bill
- Britons couldn’t give a XXXX for Australian beer
- Beer run on a lawn mower leads to UI charge

From the beer blogs: Proposed federal beer tax
Baltimore Sun
If you take a spin through some of our favorite beer blogs it’s no surprise which interpretation you’ll find. Here’s the background. In a recent closed-door meeting of the Senate Finance Committe Senators Max Baucus (D – Montana) and Chuck Grassley (R – Iowa) pitched a tax on alcoholic beverages and soft drinks as a way to help fund the growing cost of providing health care coverage for the uninsured a cost estimated at $1. 5 trillion over the next decade. What would that mean for beer wine and liquor drinkers? The excise tax on a case of beer would rise 145 percent to nearly $3 per case.
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Delaware Introduces Beer and Wine at Grocery Bill
Supermarket News
The measure could result in $10 million in revenue for the state that currently prohibits alcohol sales at grocery according to reports. It would be funded in part by a $5000 renewal fee due every other year.

Britons couldn’t give a XXXX for Australian beer
AFP
Castlemaine XXXX marketed with a slogan that played on four-letter swear words is to be quietly withdrawn from Britain after a drop in profitability its brewer said. “The main reason is that the mainstream lager market in the United Kingdom is subject to challenging market conditions” James Tait a spokesman for brewers Lion Nathan told AFP. “The profitability available to us was insufficient to justify continuing the brand. “The trans-Tasman brewer will instead export Steinlager Pure to Britain hoping for greater returns.

Beer run on a lawn mower leads to UI charge
guardian.co.uk
Police say 51-year-old Danforth Ross of Vassalboro was charged May 29. Trooper Joe Chretien had been flagged down by several motorists warning of a wayward mower and made the arrest after Ross and his friend emerged from a variety store with two cases of beer. Ross’ driver’s license had been revoked so the pair opted for the lawn mower. Ross couldn’t be reached for comment.