FMB Coalition announces support of TTB standard

Modern Brewery Age,  Jan 24, 2005  

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The Flavored Malt Beverage Coalition, based in Green's Farms, CT, says it supports the new standards on flavored malt beverages released by the Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau (TTB).

"The finalizing of national standards for flavored malt beverages is long overdue," said the Coalition's administrator, Gregory Altschuh. "The products have been in the marketplace for decades and are distributed in every state. The ruling also should resolve concerns about the products that had been raised in several states."

Under TTB's new standard, a majority of the alcohol in FMBs under 6% alcohol by volume must come from the malt beverage base. TTB established a 12-month conversion period to allow manufacturers to adjust to the new standards.

FMB Coalition members include City Brewing Co. of LaCrosse, WI, Diageo of Stamford, CT, High Falls Brewery of Rochester, NY, Mike's Hard Lemonade of Denver, CO, Pernod Ricard USA of White Plains, NY, Todhunter Int'l of Lake Alfred, FL and USB of New Canaan, CT.

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