Bottling Room: Government Employees and Alcohol Production

bottling room: That means government employees can't issue the permits needed for the beer to flow, according to The Toronto Star. Trevor Stevens works in the bottling room at Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. The partial shutdown halted operations at the federal agency that regulates alcohol production and distribution. The federal shutdown is impacting the Alcohol and Tobacco Tax and Trade Bureau, which approves licenses for new breweries, some ingredients and labels for beers sent out of state. Brewers are increasingly nervous that they will lose money if brewery openings and seasonal beers are delayed much longer in the dispute over President Donald Trump's demand for taxpayer funding of a wall along the border with Mexico. Carrie Antlfinger / The Associated Press I've been joking with people that if you're going to want a new beer coming out pretty soon, you're going to have to drink your brother-in-law's homebrew, said Russ Klisch, founder and president of Lakefront Brewery in Milwaukee. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.