PA Senator Bob Casey Visits Allentown Brew Works To Promote The Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act

The senator was in town to meet with the Fegley family, who own Brew Works, and talk up the Small Brewer Reinvestment and Expanding Workforce Act. 

Casey, D-Pa., said the Senate bill would halve the excise tax that small breweries pay on the first 60,000 barrels of beer they produce each year, cutting it from $7 to $3.50. There are 31 gallons of beer in a barrel, he said. 

Jeff Fegley, who with his family opened Bethlehem Brew Works in 1998 and Allentown Brew Works in 2007, said the bill would save the brewery between $15,000 and $18,000 annually. That money, he said, would be used to hire a part-time brewer.
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