Jim Koch Gives the Industry a Wake-Up Call

Dear Client: You will recall, malt/beer-based RTDs/Seltzers/FMBs enjoy a significant federal excise tax differential (as well as in all states) compared to their wine and spirits based counterparts. (FET is $1.31 a case for beer/malt base, $2.41 a case for wine base, and $3.04 a case for spirits base). In addition, most states have stricter rules about which classes of trade can sell wine and/or spirits based products, no matter the ABV.    DISCUS is working with their state operations  to