High proof: Distillers facing 400% hike in federal excise tax

Thousands of distillers, brewers, and vintners across the country, are worried. Probably rightfully so. It’s not onerous state rules or continued noise from prohibitionists that worries them. Those are certainly deep concerns, but not necessarily in this moment. The target of their collective consternation is Washington, D.C. And their worries aren’t about what federal lawmakers...