Cost of beer could be going up because of aluminum tarrifs

WISN.COM ^ | 01 JUNE 2018 | WISN.COM

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

The chairman of Molson Coors, which owns MillerCoors, is warning the cost of beer may be going up under President Donald Trump's new tariffs on aluminum.

[Extremely Extreme Extremist]

Ummmm....IMMMMPPPEEACCH???

[McGavin999]

President Trump Trump needs to start tweeting the tariffs we are charged a few each day

[McGavin999]

Oops just President Trump

[Eddie01]

could?

what kind of sharticle is this?

[SkyDancer]

Bottles? Amstel, Stella, Alaskan Amber, most micro brews.

[napscoordinator]

I have not drank a beer out of a can in a decade. Bottle or tap is the only way to go.

[Dusty Road]

Bottles, much easier to recycle than aluminum.

[DesertRhino]

True, but after the first 2 you don’t care anymore. And I remember when the Coors family was conservative...

[Governor Dinwiddie]

How come there's no similar outcry when they jack the alcohol tax?
 

[raiderboy]

Buy bottles!!!

[Drew68]

what kind of sharticle is this?

Liberal Democrats and their media enablers are heartsick that Trump's base refuses to abandon him. Maybe the rising cost of beer will be the last straw.

But probably not.

[Reno89519]

Who buys beer in an aluminum can?!

[RoseofTexas]

Oh NOES!!!!!! Not the beer..oh well it'll be glass bottles from now on...😳🙄😂

[PAR35]

The Mexican beer I drink comes in glass bottles. As does the Texas beer I drink. I guess this might be a problem for me if I drank watery beer.

[a fool in paradise]

So drink the cheap wine at Trader schmoe’s or suck bezos. It’s only $2-4 a bottle.

[Kickass Conservative]

I only drink Beer from a Bottle or a Glass, unless it’s free of course. #;^O.

[kabar]

However, an often under reported fact is that Americans are very good at recycling, and aluminum is one of the most successfully recycled products in the United States. According to current industry data, beer cans produced in America today typically contain approximately seventy percent (70%) recycled aluminum. Consequently, the true impact to the end use consumer of a ten percent tariff on imported aluminum – at least in the context of beer production in this country, it may be smaller than once cent per can.

Recycled materials may reduce the added cost of production to the point that the marginal increase amounts to one-third of a penny per can, or two cents ($.02) per six pack. Given the current average cost of beer in America today, this represents a relatively small "added tax" to the consumer.

[kaehurowing]

So our government imposed a bottle “deposit” tax for supposed recycling purposes. Then people claimed it was discriminating against bottled beer and in favor of canned beer. So the government agreed that was discrimination. They remedied that by imposing the same “deposit” on cans.

[Kickass Conservative]

POTUS Trump might lose some support of he puts Tariffs on Brass and Lead.

[Safetgiver]

Do you smash glass bottles into your head for kicks?