A Canadian Brewery Depends on U.S. Prospects. It Says a 50 % Tariff Leaves It No Alternative however to Transfer to Maine

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A Canadian Brewery Depends on U.S. Prospects. It Says a 50 % Tariff Leaves It No Alternative however to Transfer to Maine

Mother Mushroom Breweryays a 50 percent levy has made its current location unsustainable

A Canadian Brewery Relies on U.S. Customers. It Says a 50 Percent Tariff Leaves It No Choice but to Move to Maine

Amid an escalating tariff war between the U.S. and Canada, one brewery is looking to make a change.

Mother Mushroom Brewery & Farmstay on Campobello Island in Canada recently announced that it is considering relocating to the U.S. amid the escalating trade war between the countries, Bangor Daily News reported. The small brewery said it has no choice but to relocate to Lubec, Maine.

The countries have been engaged in a tariff dispute since President Donald Trump started his second term in office. However, in August, tensions escalated when he placed a 50 percent tax on $20 billion worth of Canadian goods. Canada responded by announcing similar dollar-for-dollar retaliatory tariffs, CBS News reported.

Mother Mushroom Brewery has called Campobello Island

Mother Mushroom Brewery has called Campobello Island its home for more than a year. Campobello is a unique isle, in southwestern New Brunswick that is linked to the U.S. by a bridge to Lubec. There is no bridge from the island to mainland Canada. Zoltan and Laura Fox, who run the brewery on an oceanfront lot, said that geography has become the central problem.

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“Where we differ from other businesses on the island is that we heavily rely on the United States for customers to bring our product back to the U.S.,” Zoltan Fox told the Bangor Daily News. “The majority of our customers are in the U.S., and until now, our only impacts to our operation have been at the Canadian border.”

The breweryaine. The Foxes say they have no workable alternative, because the island is too remote to reach Canadian supply chains, and major carriers such as FedEx and UPS do not deliver there

Since opening in June 2025, the Foxes told Bangor Daily News that they have paid more than $9,000 in taxes and fees at the border. The newest tariffs fall on their customers. Americans who carry beer home now face a 50 percent tax at the crossing, turning a $20 four-pack into a $30 one on the way back to Lubec.

Source: www.inc.com