Seacoast brewers receive relief, beer excise tax reduction permanent
PORTSMOUTH — A permanent reduction in the federal excise tax on craft beer production means less money for the U.S. government and more money for local brewers as they climb out of the economic dregs of the COVID-19 pandemic. “This relief allows us to thrive as opposed to creating a situation — especially in times like these when everybody is hurting — where your margins get dwindled down to nothing,” said Dagan Migirditch, co-founder of Liars Bench Beer and Bodega on Islington Street in Portsmouth’s West End. “It’s definitely a huge step in the right direction.” The exci...