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A new report has found that beer makes up almost 1% of our country's GDP.
Brewing accounted for $3.6 billion of our GDP last year and 1.3% of the national workforce is employed in the brewing industry, but alcohol excise duties often outpace inflation, and this is having an effect on the industry.
Garage Project co-owner Jos Ruffell is calling for smaller hikes in excise tax to support the industry.
"Our single largest ingredient cost each month is excise tax to the government," he said.
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