beer column
When I first heard about the price hike on 87% of the beers available in this province I, like most people, grumbled about it. But I said that I didn’t think the price hikes would keep most people from drinking craft beer, and in the short term, I still think that’s the case. But if the government raises prices, without notice to the brewers or the consumers, what’s to say that they won’t do so again soon? If prices keep on rising that WILL make a difference in how many people drink craft beer, and how much of it they drink. Craft beer is a booming industry. It employs people, it brings tourists to our province, and it brings in tax money to the province. So why does government seem to be trying to destroy the industry? I’m no financial wizard, but even I can see that making craft beer unaffordable for the masses will keep them from buying it. If people aren't buying the product, fewer craft breweries will open, which will result in few...