Helping "Beervana" Thrive

With countless small breweries and brew pubs sprouting up across the state, Oregon fast establishing itself as a leader in the rapidly growing craft beer industry, which is already adding more than $2.3 billion to the Oregon economy each year. To help Oregon brewers compete with multinational beer manufacturers, Ron Wyden is pushing legislation to cut federal exercise taxes on microbreweries. As Ron told a recent gathering of brewers, “This industry affects so many others: hop fields, constructing breweries, beer distributors, even exporting into China. We have a big opportunity here in Oregon to take this and multiply it."

"We're one of the smaller [breweries]. Nonetheless, the impact for us would be huge. Since we don't finance any of our business with large bank loans, we need cash flow to help us grow our business. Our plan involves increasing our work force. The faster we can move forward on that, the faster we can hire more people." - Jeff Althouse, Oakshire Brewing

Read more about Ron's record in creating good Oregon jobs:

• Making Oregon a Leader in Clean Energy

• Getting Oregonians Back to Work By Better Connecting Our Economy

• Fighting For Oregon’s Timber and Forest Products Industry

• Cleaning Up the Tax Code to Brings Jobs Home and Fuel Growth

• Building Oregon’s Innovation Economy

• Taking Care Of Our Men and Women in Uniform When They Get Home

• Keeping Oregon Teachers, Police and Prosecutors on the Job

• Bringing Together Government and Industry to Build Our Economy

• Helping Beervana Thrive

• Standing Up for Oregon’s Knife Makers