How do I destroy beer, or mark it as spoiled/lost? How does this work with duty returns?

For products, such as a keg or bottle, go to the product's page, then Actions -> Stock adjustment -> Reduce stock. To empty one specific cask, keg or non-returnable, open its page and use Actions -> Empty container. To remove a whole pallet, open the pallet and use Remove from stock. Each of these is recorded under Lost and spoiled records on your duty dashboard.

If the beer is in a vessel, go to Production -> Actions -> Empty vessel to destroy all the beer in a vessel. A record of this will be shown on the batch itself, in the Actions tab.

Duty is payable when beer is delivered, not on production or invoicing, so here are some examples showing how the duty will be handled:

• If the beer was delivered, and subsequently marked as lost/spoiled - it will show instantly on your return.
• If the beer hasn't been delivered, but is marked as lost/spoiled - duty has not been paid yet, so no reclaim is necessary.
• When a beer product is delivered, duty will be added to your duty return. If the product is later returned, Breww adds it back to stock as duty-paid. Breww doesn't reclaim the duty when the product comes back, because the duty you've already paid covers it when it's delivered again, so you don't pay twice. With German duty, beer returned to a bonded location goes back under duty suspension instead, and the duty is offset on your duty return, so there's nothing to reclaim if it's later lost or spoiled.
  • If this returned product is lost/spoiled instead, it's still duty-paid stock, so Breww reclaims the duty if your default for that type is set to reclaim. If you have the Excise duty permission, you can also choose differently when you record it. See Reclaiming duty on lost, spoiled and sample stock.
  • If this returned product is resold and delivered to another customer, it will not be added to your duty payable amount again, as Breww knows the duty was paid when it was first delivered to a customer.