Bitter news, an aluminum tariff to hike local canned beer prices [Video]

BOISE, Idaho — The craft beer industry is bracing for price increases as a new 25% tariff on aluminum imports looms over their operations. 

President Donald Trump has placed 25% tariffs on steel, aluminum, and goods imported from Mexico and Canada. 

Local brewers are already calculating the tariff’s impact on their bottom line, which is scheduled to take effect next month.

At Lost Grove Brewing in Boise’s Hyde Park neighborhood, owner Jacob Black said the tariff will significantly affect the cost of packaging their beer, as aluminum cans have become the industry standard.

“One of our major expenses when it comes to producing our packaged products is the aluminum cans themselves, not actually the beer that goes inside of it,” Black said. “With that 25% increase, …