Bill Would Help Small Breweries

Small breweries could get some help if a bill to cut their taxes becomes law.

The bill was co-sponsored by Senator Gary Peters and would cut the tax rate per barrel of beer from breweries that produce less than six million barrels of beer annually.

Peters says it makes sense to support this industry as it will lead to more jobs.

The tax rate per barrel would be dropped from $7.00 to $3.50 for the first 60,000 barrels of brewery produces.

It would then save small breweries an additional $2.00 on every barrel until they hit 2 million barrels.

Michigan now has 150 microbreweries across the state, up from only three in 1991.