FEDS TAKE TEETH OUT OF MALTERNATIVES

TREASURY TO RECOMMEND 90% ALC FROM MALTBeer Business Daily has learned that the United States Department of the Treasury, Tax and Trade Bureau (successor to the ATF) will recommend that malternatives' alcohol (by volume) content must be 90% derived from a malt base, rather than the liquor-based "flavorings" that many malternatives use now to add alcohol. There will be a 90 day comment period for industry participants to offer their thoughts on this proposal. It was previously thought by many