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Reopening brewery taprooms – enjoying latest “open-air” seating guidelines By washingtonbeerblog on January 14, 2021 at 8:31 AM
Business owners, do your own research. Nobody should take my word as gospel, but the latest changes to the state’s pandemic guidelines should allow many brewery taprooms and other beer-friendly businesses to reopen for “inside” seating. That is, assuming they want to reopen and can meet the latest, revised “open-air” guidelines. (Above: Airways Brewing – the brewery’s taproom, doors open wide.)
“Open the pod bay doors, Hal”
There’s a bunch of stuff to consider, but what’s new? In short, brewery taprooms with rollup doors or even a certain amount of open windows qualifies as “open-air” and could reopen at 25 percent capacity.
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Resources for breweries: Coronavirus Relief Package and PPP Loans By washingtonbeerblog on January 7, 2021 at 2:58 PM
I just got a message from the
Washington Brewers Guild. They want breweries to know about two upcoming opportunities related to COVID-19 economic relief. Specifically, two upcoming webinars. One presented by the Brewers Association for its members. The other is presented by the Washington Small Business Development Center.
Here’s the info from the Guild.
Congressional Coronavirus Relief Package and PPP Loans
Questions about the latest congressional coronavirus package and 2nd round of PPP loans? Here are two upcoming webinar opportunities to put on your calendar.
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Beer excise tax relief and COVID relief realized – CBMTRA becoming law By washingtonbeerblog on December 21, 2020 at 3:58 PM
This is good news, by all accounts and appearances. The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act (CBMTRA) is about to become law. Basically, this makes a temporary tax relief initiative a permanent change to the federal tax rate.
The CBMTRA was included in the year-end omnibus and COVID relief packaged agreed on by Congress and is expected to be signed into law directly.
More information about this, and about other elements of the COVID relief package as it pertains to breweries,
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Help the brewing industry. Simply share your stories By washingtonbeerblog on December 14, 2020 at 4:02 PM
The upcoming 2021 Washington Legislative Session convenes next month. Since our elected officials will have a lot on their plates, and since we do not want the concerns of Washington’s beer industry to get lost in the wash, it is probably a good idea to act primitively and reach out to your legislators now. Let them know the brewing industry and its supporters are paying attention.
One way you can do that is by sharing your stories from the pandemic. How have the shutdowns impacted your brewery’s business? How have the shutdowns impacted the breweries that you love?