Tariffs already hurting the Ohio beer industry?

Say it ain’t so: The Trump-Vance administration’s tariffs are already causing pain for a much-loved homegrown industry. Via the American Spectator:

The American alcohol industry could be one of the biggest losers of the trade war with Canada and Europe. It’s also hitting areas of the country that voted Republican in droves during the 2024 election.

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In Ohio, where the Trump–Vance ticket won by more than ten points, Garrett Hickey, the owner of Streetside Brewery, is already facing a 4.5 percent hike in pricing for aluminum cans. He says, “There is zero chance” his craft brewery is the only one facing increased packaging costs.

Hickey does not want to pass the cost on to his customers, but says, “Very few businesses will simply eat this cost, and if they do, that will have a downward effect on wages, benefits, potential pay increases and so on.”

The most frustrating part for Hickey is that Ohioans — and Americans — are still recovering from Biden-era inflation. “This is creating a lot of pain and stress,” he said.

Also in Ohio, Matt Cole, brewmaster at Fat Head’s Brewery, is concerned about the 25 percent tariff on goods including imported steel and aluminum from Canada and Mexico. Cole says, “It’s going to cost the industry a substantial amount of money,” calling tariffs that could run on for months or years, “crippling.”