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Beer Going Down the Drain
By Ryan Lessard
Granite State News Collaborative
When New Hampshire Governor Chris Sununu, ordered a halt to dine-in services at restaurants and bars the day before March 17th, it was a hit for local craft breweries that had already sold hundreds of kegs of beer to restaurants.
Since then, breweries have struggled with the loss of the wholesale market, and sales from their own taprooms, with some reporting that their wholesale revenue has plummeted 20 percent.
Now, after kegs they sold in early March have languished on unused tap lines statewide, brewers are faced with a new dilemma: many of those kegs are going stale.
Since no brewer wants an inferior form of their product to be experienced by consumers, potentially harming their brand, they have little choice but to dump thousands of gallons of stale beer down the drain and replace the kegs at their own cost once restaurant business resumes.
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No, it’s not business as usual for Makris Lobster and Steakhouse
By RAY DUCKLER
Concord Monitor
Jimmy Makris, owner of Makris Lobster & Steak House in Concord on May 7, 2020, talks about the police visit after a person complained about too many cars in the parking lot. GEOFF FORESTER—Monitor staff
Jimmy Makris is getting fed up.
His popular restaurant, Makris Lobster and Steakhouse, has been shackled. The bills are piling up and not enough money is coming in, just like every other non-essential business since the coronavirus surfaced.
He’s closed, except for takeout, just as the governor ordered. In a little over a week, he could open at 50 percent capacity as the state begins to lift restrictions on businesses, but that’s still a losing proposition. Revenue won't be enough to cover expenses, he said.
Adding insult to injury, Makris had a pair of surprise visits – from the State Liquor Commission and Concord police – in the past week as yet another consequence from the pandemic appeared: The case of the nosy neighbor.
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