Restaurants are open at full capacity, masks are off, and taps are open, but beer sales in Quebec are way down in 2022 with the labour shortage making it harder to stay open, inflation affecting transport and product costs and a more diluted market taking away from sales.
In addition to gas at the pump, your morning cup of coffee and burger at lunch, happy hour may be the latest place where your tab may wind up being higher than it was at this time last year, as the cost of producing beer is rising.