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As Laws Loosen Distillery Bar Restaurant Hybrids Emerge
Distillery/Bar/Restaurant Hybrids Emerge Call them gastro-distilleries, still-bars or distillery pubs, there’s a new concept emerging in the on-premise cocktail arena. These are hybrid operations combining a fully functional distillery with a bar and restaurant service. There are just a handful of these crossbreeds scattered around the country. But as...
2017 Annual Report
We’re very pleased to present the first American Craft Spirits Association’s Annual Report. Our fifth full year as an organization has been quite a momentous one. The number of craft distilleries in the U.S. cracked the 1,500 mark, as reported in our Craft Spirits Data Project. You can find all...
Monthly Mash June 2018
The Monthly Mash Volume 3.6 Member-Owned, Industry-Driven ACSA Mission: To elevate and advocate for the community of craft spirits producers. From the Desk of Margie A.S. Lehrman, Executive Director Dear Friend in our Industry: This business is not for the faint of heart. In fact, it’s downright hard. Making a...
America’s booming bourbon business caught in the crosshairs of Trump’s trade war
In the wake of tit-for-tat tariffs, America’s beloved liquid spirit is caught in the crosshairs of Washington’s escalating trade battle. In a collective strategic political punch, China, Mexico, Canada and the European Union have all slapped tariffs on America’s booming bourbon industry. The duties came in reaction to the...
China Joins Whiskey Trade War With New Tariffs on Us Exports As Distillers Pay the Price
Source: WhiskyCast Mark Gillespie June 18, 2018 The list of countries scheduled to impose import tariffs on Bourbon and other American-made whiskies has grown again, with China becoming the latest nation to challenge the Trump Administration’s hard-line stance on global trade. Over the weekend, Chinese officials announced plans to...
Trump’s Trade War Is Already Hurting American Whiskey Distillers
TIME.com – The consequences of the Trump administration’s steel and aluminum tariffs are already being felt across global markets. But the makers of one iconic American product say they stand to suffer more than most: bourbon whiskey distillers. The European Union said yesterday that it would impose tariffs on...
