Beer Tax – Granite Grok

33% Rise in NH Beer Tax Inexpedient To Legislate

The beer tax is coming out of Ways and Means as ITL. The committee vote was 14-2 against the bill, suggesting that the publicity factors had their desired affect (We helped a little). The bill was immediately unpopular. Everywhere it was brought up in the blogosphere and social media people were against it. Local brewers … Read more

Show Your Opposition To A New Hampshire Beer Tax Increase [Updated – Gov Hassan Would Veto Beer Tax Increase]

by Steve MacDonald

Two days ago I weighed in on HB 168 which would make New Hampshire’s beer tax the highest in New England. Today, I was surfing social media and I discovered a petition to stop the beer tax. Stop the Beer Tax – The Petition Site » The petition has been sponsored by our friend Pam Tucker and … Read more

New Hampshire Democrats Propose Passing the Highest Beer Tax in New England

by Steve MacDonald

NH Democrats look to make New Hampshire Highest Beer tax in New England — NH Democrats have goals. One of them is having the highest beer tax in New England

Whenever you are sitting with ‘friends,” talking about what you could do to help create jobs and improve the economy in New Hampshire, I bet one of the first things you think of is instituting the highest beer tax in all of New England, right?

Well if you happen to be a New Hampshire Democrat that is exactly what you do.

HB 168 …would increase the excise tax on any beer that’s sold in New Hampshire to 40 cents per gallon, a 33% increase.

CBS Boston reports (WBZ) that this would surpass Maine’s 35 cents per gallon, making New Hampshire’s tax the highest in New England.