Collective Arts Brewing
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Hamilton's Collective Arts puts work by emerging artists on its cans: core beers include Life in the Clouds New England IPA, Ransack the Universe West Coast IPA, Guava Gose, Jam Up the Mash dry-hopped sour, Stranger Than Fiction porter and Collective Lager, alongside Local Press apple ciders, canned cocktails, gins and non-alcoholic drinks.
The reality is that once you add 50 per cent tariffs, it becomes extremely difficult to try and sell on the market.Source: cbc.ca, Sep 9, 2026
Collective Arts' packaged beer (HTS 2203.00.00, "Beer made from malt") and cider (HTS 2206.00.15, "Cider, fermented, whether still or sparkling") can no longer ship to the US: the US import ban on listed Canadian alcohol took effect September 29, 2026, after a 50% Section 338 duty from August 22, 2026. The US had been a fifth of its business: co-founder Matt Johnston told CBC News in September 2026 that he had sent months' worth of beer south before the duty began, and that the plan now is to grow in Canada and other markets to make up for lost US sales.
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In their own words
The reality is that once you add 50 per cent tariffs, it becomes extremely difficult to try and sell on the market.
Matt Johnston, Collective Arts, quoted by CBC News · cbc.ca, Sep 9, 2026
Johnston on why the 50% duty had already stopped his beer going south before the ban.
The world's a big place and we can look elsewhere
Matt Johnston, Collective Arts, quoted by CBC News · cbc.ca, Sep 9, 2026
On growing in Canada and other international markets to make up for lost US sales.
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Made in Canada
The beer comes from its brewery at "207 Burlington St. East, Hamilton, Ontario", where "More than 100 Canadians work in our production and packaging facilities"; its flagship cider is "made with Ontario-grown northern Spy, Ida Red and Spartan apples."
On the tariff list
- HTS 2203.00.00 · Beer made from malt · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
"New England Style IPA Life in the Clouds Fall into the rich embrace of this New England-style IPA." ... "ABV: 6.1%" (https://collectiveartscreativity.com/pages/core-beer)
- HTS 2206.00.15 · Cider, fermented, whether still or sparkling · 50% since Aug 22, 2026
"LOCAL PRESS APPLE CIDER Local Press Apple is our flagship cider made with Ontario-grown northern Spy, Ida Red and Spartan apples." (https://collectiveartscreativity.com/pages/ciders)
Rates are the additional US duty under Section 338. About the tariffs
Sources
- collectiveartscreativity.com · accessed 2026-09-29
207 Burlington St. East, Hamilton, Ontario
- collectiveartscreativity.com · accessed 2026-09-29
More than 100 Canadians work in our production and packaging facilities
- collectiveartscreativity.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Collective Arts was formed in 2013 by Matt Johnston and Bob Russell.
- collectiveartscreativity.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Fall into the rich embrace of this New England-style IPA.
- collectiveartscreativity.com · accessed 2026-09-29
Local Press Apple is our flagship cider made with Ontario-grown northern Spy, Ida Red and Spartan apples.
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Matt Johnston of craft brewer Collective Arts in Hamilton, Ont., says he wouldn't have been able to send any more of his beer south at a 50 per cent rate anyway.
- cbc.ca · accessed 2026-09-29
Now, the plan is to grow the business within Canada and other international markets to make up for the loss of U.S. sales, where a fifth of their business used to come from.
- en.wikipedia.org · accessed 2026-09-29
Products also available in the Northeast USA states; Connecticut, Massachusetts, Michigan, New Jersey, New York, Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, and Illinois.
- whitehouse.gov · accessed 2026-09-29
certain alcoholic beverages that are products of Canada, as set forth in the Annex to this proclamation, are excluded from importation into the United States, effective with respect to goods imported on or after 12:01 a.m. eastern time on September 29, 2026.
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