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Posts tagged with history-of-beer-taxes

May 1, 2003 | History

Taxing the Pour

By Alan Moen

Like it or not, taxes are a fact of life (or death, as some would say). They have been imposed on citizens by governments for centuries, and breweries and their beers have long been a favorite tap for government revenue....

May 1, 2001 | History

Death & Taxes

By Gregg Smith

Sharp-witted Benjamin Franklin once observed that there are two guarantees in life—death and taxes. Simple, but irrefutable, that statement touches us all. Franklin’s two constants apply to everything we love, fear, anticipate, dread and enjoy—including beer....

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