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The beer biz never sleeps at American Craft Beer. And here’s more of what’s been happening in the beer world, while you were drinking your way into December.
Melvin Brewing Enlists The Aid Of An Industry Legend (Alpine, WY) – Besieged by a storm of controversy surrounding a sexual-misconduct allegation in Bellingham, Washington and the company’s purported ‘bad-boy’ culture, Melvin Brewing is still being boycotted by some in the craft beer community. And now Forbes is reporting that New Belgium’s former Brewmaster Peter Bouckaert is lending his support to the fast growing organization and has joined the board of Melvin Brewing,
Satisfied with the corrections that the award-winning brewery has put in place in the aftermath of the incident, Bouckaert, an industry icon who basically was the first craft brewer to champion sour wild blends in America, retired from New Belgium last year to open Purpose Brewing and Cellars in Ft. Collins.
And according to Tara Nurin (one of our favorite beer journalists) the controversy that Melvin has generated is part of what attracted him to sign on to this new role at a brewery that many are still troubled by…
Words To Drink By (Ft Collins, CO) – “It’s a motivator for me to see an organization learning. I really believe I can add a lot…and learn a lot from this position.” Peter Bouckaert, Purpose Brewing and Cellars
New Brewery Taproom Tax In Pennsylvania (Harrisburg, PA) – According to the Philly Voice, the new state tax which specifically targets brewery taprooms and breweries that sell beer from their premises is set to begin on January 1 2019.
The new law would impose a tax of 6 percent on every retail dollar generated at a brewery taproom in Pennsylvania and would, for example, add 42 cents to the cost of a $7 craft beer.
