U.S. President Donald Trump's threat to impose 200% tariffs on alcohol from Europe would serve a major blow to drinks makers on the continent, but it could have one unlikely beneficiary — the struggling beer industry.

Not even cracking open a cold one is safe from tariffs. As the Canada-U.S. trade war continues to dominate headlines, Alberta's beer industry is paying close attention to how this is impacting the price of metal cans.

While Canadian consumers can feel good about choosing Canadian beer over U.S. imports, an industry group is warning beer drinkers north of the border they could still face higher costs due to U.S. tariffs.

Cary said Begyle Brewing imports about 200K pounds of barley from Canada each year and that tariffs would hurt the brewery's margins.