ASHEVILLE, N.C. (WLOS) — Asheville breweries could pay more in materials as tariffs threaten to increase costs.
Many small businesses, such as brewing companies in western North Carolina, worry if they can handle additional price hikes on raw materials used in production.
“It’s been like a 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 punches on the supply chain,” said Adam Charnack, CEO and Co-founder of Hi-Wire Brewing. “Covid, inflation after Covid, Helene — we lost 1.3 million cans, as our River District was being flooded — 1.3 million empty cans, we lost a couple thousand fill cans, we lost countless kegs; the supply chain has just been a four-letter word around here, so it’s been disruptive.”
Charnack said as many of their brewing materials are sourced in the U.S., the business has not been affected much; however, he said they still feel the brunt of tariffs to some extent…