How steel and aluminum tariffs drive beer-flation

Canadian beer producers are grappling with tariffs on steel and aluminum, which are key components of beer cans.

In fact, most tallboy cans are manufactured in the U.S., which means that tariffs hit some brewers twice — when the raw metal is shipped south of the border and again when it re-enters Canada.

The industry faces an additional $ 330 million in added yearly costs because of the trade war.

Global's Anne Gaviola interviewed Bromlyn Bethune, the President of Steam Whistle Brewery, to find out how the craft producer is battling beer-flation.

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