This is the same plant that started brewing Goose Island 312 Urban Wheat this past summer…
Anheuser-Busch Inc. is close to cutting a deal with local governments that will save its huge brewery near Baldwinsville at least $6.24 million in property taxes. The beer maker is negotiating an agreement that would reduce the brewery’s property taxes over 15 years in exchange for the company’s pledge not to close the brewery during that time.
That was two weeks ago. Here is a follow-up post from yesterday with more background on the plant with this juicy little tidbit…
Bullis said the plant is competing with other Anheuser-Busch breweries for another new product line — a beer packaged in a 24-ounce can. He’s hoping the cut in property taxes helps the plant get that line and others.
Does he mean new to his facility or new altogether? This comes just a few days after the Bud Light Platinum news leaked out. I can’t help but wonder these two tidbits may together…is AB positioning Platinum as a competitor to the likes of Four Loko?
via Deal will save Anheuser-Busch $6.24 million in taxes on Baldwinsville brewery | syracuse.com.
Breweries: A-B InBev, Anheuser-Busch
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