date:Jan 18, 2013
ustomers to abandon craft beers for cheaper brands.
Small craft brewers don't have the efficiency. They don't have the volume for buying glass and packaging materials, so they're not as well protected against price increases, Schaier said.
The beer tax is 10.6 cents per gallon in Massachusetts, 35 cents in Maine, 26.5 cents in Vermont and 24 cents in Connecticut.
New Hampshire is the only one of these states that does not have a bottle tax. For instance, customers pay a deposit on each bottle