Brewers in the U.S. will soon get a tax break from Missouri, as the so-called “Great American Beer Act” takes effect August 28.

The measure will reduce Missouri’s malt liquor tax from $1.86 a barrel to $0.62 a barrel for beer produced at American breweries. It was sponsored by State Rep. Dane Diehl, R-Butler.

“Being a farmer, my drive to increase domestic use of (agricultural) products, especially in Missouri, with (it) being our #1 industry – this bill really fits that need,” Diehl told Missourinet. “It affects everyone from their local small-town breweries all the way up to our pillars in the brewery industry.”

He also hopes the new law will help to grow Missouri’s beer industry.

“Ultimately lowering that (malt liquor tax), it will probably incentivize beer producers and breweries to

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