Craft brewers expect impacts from metal tariffs

President Donald Trump has signed an order requiring tariffs on imported steel and aluminum, leaving a Colorado industry, craft beer, unsure what it will do next.

The order, made official Thursday afternoon, puts a 25 percent tariff on imported steel and 10 percent tariff on imported aluminum.

The aluminum tax is a blow to craft breweries, with cans making up 20 percent of craft volume nationally, said Bob Pease, president and chief executive of the Brewers Association, a national trade group for craft beer based in Boulder. Aluminum is so significant that craft brewers…