NEW TONIGHT, LOCAL BREWERIES ARE
BEING HIT HARD BY THE GOVERNOR’S
BAR CLOSURE MANDATE.
THEY ARE SPEAKING OUT.
THE GOVERNOR HAS ANNOUNCED A
SMALL BUSINESS RELIEF GRANT FOR
THOSE AFFECTED.
BUT, AS KCCI’S BEAU BOWMAN
REPORTS SOME FEAR THEY WON’T
MAKE IT TO THE OTHER SIDE OF
THIS CRISIS.
>> WE WILL DO IT AND WE WILL
HOPEFULLY MAKE IT THROUGH.
PLEASE GIVE US MONEY.
[LAUGHTER]
BEAU: METRO BREWERIES LIKE 515
BREWING HAVE HAD TO TAKE EVERY
POSSIBLE MEASURE TO SELL THEIR
BEER.
FROM CREATING SPECIALS ON TO GO
ORDERS TO EVEN DELIVERING TO
CUSTOMERS AT HOME.
BUT SALES HAVE BEEN JUST AS
UNPREDICTABLE AS THIS ENTIRE
YEAR.
>> MY CRYSTAL BALL HAS BEEN
BROKEN SINCE MARCH.
SO I DON’T KNOW WHAT TOMORROW
WILL BRING.
>> THE GOVERNOR’S PROCLAMATION
TO CLOSE BARS, TAVERNS AND
BREWERIES TO STOP THE SPREAD OF
THE CORONAVIRUS, COMES IN
REACTION TO YOUNG PEOPLE IN
IOWA’S 6 MOST POPULATED COUNTIES
CREATING SOME OF THE HIGHEST
POSITIVITY RATINGS IN THE
COUNTRY.
BUT MASON FERGUSON AT RECLAIMED
RAILS BREWING IN BONDURANT SAYS
THAT’S NOT REALLY A BREWERY’S
DEMOGRAPHIC.
HE SAYS A MAJORITY OF HIS
CUSTOMERS RANGE FROM 30 TO
35-YEARS-OLD.
>> THE TRUTH IS THIS FEELS LIKE
A HALF MEASURE THAT IS TARGETING
SUCH A SMALL PART OF AN ALREADY
SMALL COMMUNITY.
>> AND SOME BREWERS, LIKE ROB
WARE AT TWISTED VINE, SAY THEY
COULD SEE A LOT OF THEIR
COLLEAGUES GO UNDER.
THEIR SALES ARE DOWN 70 TO 80%.
SELLING BEER TO GO JUST ISN’T
ENOUGH TO MAKE ENDS MEAT.
-- MEET.
>> THAT IS EXTREMELY DIFFICULT.
IF THIS CONTINUES FOR TOO LONG
WE ARE GOING TO, YOU’RE GOING TO
SEE A LOT OF BARS AND SOME
BREWPUBS THAT ARE GOING TO
REALLY, MAYBE NOT MAKE IT.
BEAU: BEAU BOWMAN, KCCI 8 NEWS,
IOWA’S NEWS LEADER.
MAX: BY THE WAY THE APPLICATION
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