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Beer Price Crisis On the Horizon

Posted by timothy on from the overarmed-and-overreaching dept.

Rambo Tribble (1273454) writes "The aficionados of beer and distilled spirits could be in for a major price-shock, if proposals by the Food and Drug Administration come to pass. Currently, breweries are allowed to sell unprocessed brewing by-products to feed farm animals. Farmers prize the nutritious, low-cost feed. But, new rules proposed by the FDA could force brewers to implement costly processing facilities or dump the by-products as waste. As one brewer put it, "Beer prices would go up for everybody to cover the cost of the equipment and installation.""

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  1. Re:Don't worry Americans... by jklovanc · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Guess you have not been to Canada in the past 20 years.
    Swans
    Spinnakers
    Canoe Club
    Philips Beer
    Vancouver Island Brewing
    Moon Under Water
    Lighthouse Brewing
    Hoyne Brewing
    That is just in Victoria BC a small city of 300k. There are many more across Canada. By the way the craft brewing trend started in Canada and spread to the US. American craft beers have improved over the last ten years as have Canadian craft beers. Lets not get into a pissing match. That could be a long battle with all the beer involved.

  2. Re:So - who's in love with the government again? by rolfwind · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Reading this on ethanol made me lose any hope in the government being anything but Oligarchy run:
    http://www.mossmotors.com/Site...

    AFAIK, putting 10% ethanol in gas drops the mpg of cars more than 10%. At least according to a Consumer Reports article I read years ago and they went by rule experience. Basically it means that if they took all the ethanol out of the gas, and gave you 0.9 gallons pure gas instead of 1 gallon adulterated, you as a driver would be better off.

    So the entire industry is completely taxpayer supported bullshit. We're carrying an industry that has no use. And this in an era where water table is decreasing (corn is unbelievably thirsty), food prices and meat rising astronomically, etc.

    I have friends in the corn states. The corn farmers (and usually farm corps) are well off... at the expense of everyone else.

    And there are hundreds of other examples like that. For every 1 good thing the government does, it seems there are 4-5 examples of overreach which costs everyone and only benefits a small segment.