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Founders Brewing Faces Scrutiny in Discrimination Lawsuit

October 23, 2019

Founders Brewing Co. is facing widespread media exposure following a leaked transcript of a deposition in a racial discrimination lawsuit against the Michigan brewery.   The media attention comes at a time when the craft brewing industry is working to overcome an image of being slow to diversify its workforce as the industry grows.  … Read More…

Calif. ABC Fines Grocery Chain for Trade Practice Violations

October 3, 2019

The California Department of Alcoholic Beverage Control (ABC) announced that they have reached an agreement with Albertsons LLC, Safeway Inc., and The Vons Companies, Inc. to pay $600,000 following an ABC investigation that alleged violations of California alcoholic beverage laws. The violations arose out of the sale of alcoholic beverages in connection with the 2018… Read More…

Armistice Brewing pulls Mary Berry Beer after cease-and-desist from Mary Berry of “The Great British Bake Off” fame.

September 19, 2019

Craft breweries naming beers after popular celebrities and brands is not uncommon. It’s also not uncommon to find yourself confronted with legal difficulties when you don’t dot the i’s and cross the t’s by contacting the source of your inspiration. Via – SF Gate

UK – CAMRA bans discriminatory labels at beer festival

August 7, 2019

Beers with “discriminatory names or artwork” have been banned at CAMRA’s flagship event, the Great British Beer Festival, taking place this week in London. All of the festival’s beers, ciders and perries have been checked to ensure they meet CAMRA’s charter and code of conduct. The festival chose Stonewall as this years charity of choice… Read More…

Penn State files lawsuit against Sports Beer Brewing for trademark infringement

July 30, 2019

Pennsylvania State University (State College, PA) has filed a lawsuit against Sports Beer Brewing for trademark infringement, alleging that it is exploiting its ‘Penn State’ and ‘Nittany Lions’ trademarks. On its website, the Florida-based company owned by Paul Parshall, Sports Beer describes itself as “an intellectual property holding company” with a collection of “sports trademarks,… Read More…

Pete Coors Takes on Aluminum Tariffs

July 24, 2019

Pete Coors, in an op-ed column in the Wall Street Journal, gave the thumbs down to President Trumps notion that tariffs can be “avoided.” Coors, vice chairman of the Molson Coors Brewing Co., wrote “according to President Trump, tariffs can be ‘completely avoided if you buy from a non-Tariffed Country, or you buy the product… Read More…

US Supreme Court Grants Big Victory for Direct Shipments

June 27, 2019

The US Supreme Court handed down a major opinion yesterday in a historic ruling that could allow brewers to skip middle-tier distribution networks across the country by allowing retailers to ship across state lines directly to consumers.   By a surprisingly large 7-2 majority the Court affirmed a lower court in striking down a Tennessee… Read More…

Tax Relief Bill a Step Closer to One Year Extension

June 21, 2019

The House Ways and Means Committee passed a one-year extension of the federal excise tax relief for alcohol producers and importers as part of the Taxpayer Certainty and Disaster Tax Relief Act of 2019, bringing the recalibrated federal excise taxes (FET) for breweries, wineries, and distilleries one step closer.   Under H.R. 3301, the FET… Read More…

Texas Gov. Signs Off-Sale Retail Bill

June 17, 2019

Texas finally joined the rest of the country this last weekend when Governor Greg Abbott signed into law House Bill 1545 that will allow breweries in the state to sell beer to go. The law will take effect on Sept. 1st.   The bill was initially opposed by the Wholesale Beer Distributors of Texas evidently… Read More…

Brewing Jobs Continue to Grow Despite Slow Growth

June 11, 2019

The annual Beer Serves America study, released by the Beer Institute and the National Beer Wholesalers Association shows that the number of jobs in the brewing industry has increased 8% since 2016 even though the beer sales overall were down 2.4%. Most of the new jobs were created by the craft sector, which grew by… Read More…

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