Microdistilleries a growing trend in New York

Before 1920, distilleries were a prominent business in New York. Prohibition wiped out the industry, and the repeal of the eighteenth amendment made it financially possible for only larger distilleries to afford the costs of start-up, licensing and taxes. Over the...

NYS tax credit for microbreweries

A ruling in March 2012 concerning Massachusetts-based Shelton Brothers resulted in a huge change in New York State Liquor Authority policy that negatively impacted NY microbreweries (craft breweries producing no more than 60 million gallons of beer annually)....