Brewers Association news
The Brewers Association has put together a checklist for breweries who are preparing to open their business as states and cities begin to reopen amid the pandemic. This guidance includes best practices for maintaining sanitary practices and social distancing in light of COVID-19.
- Social Distancing between customers, staff, and during work operations and customer sales
- Standard Operating Procedures that can be created to enco
Donations and applications for breweries in need accepted now through May 17
The Brewers Association has partnered with Bottleshare, a fundraising nonprofit dedicated to the craft beverage community, to create the Believe in Beer Fund to support breweries and state brewers guilds impacted by the coronavirus
We understand concerns about COVID-19 (Novel Coronavirus) are top of mind for our members and the brewing community. Below is an evolving collection of resources to consider related to your brewery business.
All Brewers Association-authored resources relating to COVID-19 have also been organized in the Resource Hub and are available to all for free so everyone has access to important information to help them weather the pandemic.
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Today the House passed an interim coronavirus relief package that includes funding for the Small Business Administration’s (SBA) Payroll Protection Program (PPP) and the Economic Injury Disaster Loans as well as $75 billion for hospitals and $25 billion for disease testing.
The PPP, which ran out of the initial $350 billion in funding within two weeks, will receive an additional $310 billion, with $60 billion specifically earmarked for small lenders. The parameters for th