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# [BND] Your Breakfast Briefing
- URL: https://bevnews.net/bnd-your-breakfast-briefing-289/
- Published: 2025-06-05T10:00:57.000Z
- Updated: 2025-06-05T10:00:56.000Z
- Author: Joel Whitaker

***Good Morning and Happy Thursday, June 5, 2025.***

## [Trump's Budget Slashes TTB's Tax Collectors 14%, 'Protect Public' Staff 11%](https://bevnews.net/trumps-budget-slashes-ttbs-tax-collectors-14-protect-public-staff-11/)

President Trump's proposed budget for the 2026 fiscal year, which starts Oct. 1, proposes to collect the same or more in alcohol, tobacco and other taxes with 35 fewer **Alcohol & Tobacco Tax & Trade Bureau** staffers. The reduction in tax collecting staff to 205 from 240 this fiscal year is a 14.6% reduction.

## [GOP Budget Bill Boosts Deficit as It Slashes Fed Jobs to Pay Interest on Debt](https://bevnews.net/gop-budget-bill-boosts-deficit-as-it-slashes-fed-jobs-to-pay-interest-on-debt/)

Ignore all the chatter about President Trump's Big Beautiful Bill. Understand clearly what it does: It cuts the Federal government payroll by more than 200,000 workers, and it gets rid of a bunch of contractors – all to pay some of the interest on the national debt. 

## [Come Together Reports Success of Share & Pair Sundays Campaign](https://bevnews.net/come-together-reports-success-of-share-pair-sundays-campaign/)

The [Share & Pair Sundays campaign](https://www.charlescomm.com/Big-News/come-together-a-community-for-wine-inc-launches-%E2%80%98share-pair-sundays-campaign.html?ref=bevnews.net) achieved remarkable success throughout the spring season, generating more than 122 million unique visitor impressions from 300+ media articles, reaching 4.5 million consumers through in-store activations across 500+ retail locations in 43 designated market areas, and creating 89,000+ social media impressions.

## [Services Activity Slows in May for 1st Time Since June 2024](https://bevnews.net/services-activity-slows-in-may-for-1st-time-since-june-2024/)

Economic activity in the services sector contracted in May, the first time since June 2024, the Institute for Supply Management reported.

## [RD1 Uses a Japanese Mizunara and French Oak Finish in New Whiskey](https://bevnews.net/rd1-uses-a-japanese-mizunara-and-french-oak-finish-in-new-whiskey/)

**RD1 Spirits**, the Kentucky bourbon brand known for pushing the boundaries of wood finishing, has introduced a limited release, **Kentucky Straight Whiskey Finished with Japanese Mizunara and French Oak**, that invites whiskey fans into a global conversation. 

## [Central Standard Craft Distillery to Relocate to Harley-Davidson Campus](https://bevnews.net/central-standard-craft-distillery-to-relocate-to-harley-davidson-campus/)

**Central Standard Craft Distillery** said it will relocate its main distillery operations to a reimagined section of the historic Harley-Davidson campus in Milwaukee’s Near West Side neighborhood. Groundbreaking will be early next year.

## [Here are the 20 Most Valuable Alcohol Brands, According to Kantar](https://bevnews.net/here-are-the-20-most-valuable-alcohol-brands-according-to-kantar/)

The top 20 brands are worth $208.1 billion in 2925, according to Kantar's report on the most valuabnle brands,

## [F.X. Matt Intros Mid-Strength Beer](https://bevnews.net/untitled-101/)

[**F.X. Matt Brewin**](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=%5FVXIAicQIPur%5FvjdI5WO-ewMWeL8banCZW7EadJ4NXWiSLiRrvVqbUhE%5FF1mfDjFLo0wetBR1WiT1LBjc2ARVbzfi821bwuNX7mtOGWDvj0%3D&ref=bevnews.net)**g** introduces [Saranac Weekend Warrior](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=f8B66n-qPg1br3yO%5F2f7ctufX1FOoSsIYIkJOJn2dKwuhetw3zB8pVn-LTyrVKX5bAWPtnjAd47FjN6sSOk8INSc9Zh%5FtQQMLc%5FaSag0HJCwIFmI4%5F0BXJ49wtwFqmk1&ref=bevnews.net), a 3% ABV Golden Pilsner.

## [Heritage Distilling to Debut Bitcoin Bourbon](https://bevnews.net/heritage-distilling-to-debut-bitcoin-bourbon/)

**Heritage Distilling Holding Company, Inc**. announced the upcoming launch of [Bitcoin Bourbon](https://www.globenewswire.com/Tracker?data=97iyAr4shcU8YbOPQ0nHsJqvGDGrGcoBMk%5F3E3vlgegF1BppHFzlgvPo4B3G7hrWo6bPkA15ksVNjXo0D-6TRe0syWlG%5FfIE2EqWzE7MKz4viQ5S063Rc92eOLoFovRP&ref=bevnews.net): a limited-edition Kentucky straight bourbon whiskey designed to celebrate the spirit of decentralization, the rise of digital currency culture and the future of digital payments for e-commerce retailers. 

## [ISCO Launches Pizza Vodka](https://bevnews.net/isco-launches-pizza-vodka/)

After introducing "Pizza Strip Vodka" for its home state of Rhode Iland, it was inevitable that ISCO Spirits would introduce **Pizza Vodka.**

## [Betty Booze Intros Vodka Iced Teas](https://bevnews.net/betty-booze-intros-vodka-iced-teas/)

With the launch of Vodka Iced Tea + Meyer Lemonade and Vodka Iced Tea + Passion Fruit*,* **Betty Booze** is bringing its signature real-ingredient ethos to a new category: non-carbonated, ready-to-drink cocktails. 

***Thanks for spending a bit of your morning with us. I'll be back tomorrow. – Joel***