Oregon craft breweries, wineries, distillers, distributors, ingredients suppliers and trade groups have banded together in recent years under the Oregon Beverage Alliance to fend off attempts to raise taxes on beer anywhere from 8% to 1,200% over a half decade. Their efforts have been largely successful, preventing the state’s bev-alc companies from facing increased costs at a time when the industry is facing several headwinds, from slowing sales to inflation to increased cost of goods to consumer pressures.
