New TTB Ruling: Brewers Don’t Need Certificate of Label Approval for Beer Sold or Shipped in the State Where It Was Bottled
Some fun news during CBC. The first Malt Beverages Ruling of 2013, TTB Ruling...
Category: Craft Beer
Rick Bayless Collaborating on a Beer with Crown Imports
Crain’s Chicago is running this story on Rick Bayless eyeing a collaboration with Crown...
Chicago Lawyer Magazine Features Part of The Freeborn & Peters Food & Beverage Team
This counts as a little bit of shameless self promotion, but hey, if I can’t...
TTB Approves COLA Changes for Altering Approved Labels
In an update to Form 5100.31, the TTB has created a win-win for label...
Old Chicago Defeats Consumer Protection Claims Over Change from 36-Ounce to 22-Ounce Steins
In 2011 Old Chicago was sued over the change from 36-ounce steins to 22-ounce...
An End to the “Raging Bitch” Suit or the Beginning of New Challenges to State Censorship in Labeling – Liquor Commissioners Have Immunity From Some Damages
There was quite a hullabaloo back in 2009 when the Michigan Liquor Control Commission...
Michigan Brewing Company Auction Set for Tomorrow
I had my first High Seas IPA at DTW and thought it was gloriously...
TTB Issues Guidance on Filling-out the Brewer’s Report of Operations – TTB 5130.9 and TTB F 5130.26
Ever take a look at BROP and scratch your head? Well, your life just...
A Q&A With Lisa Zimmer of Tenth & Blake on Craft, Brewer’s Unleashed and Michael Chabon
It’s an honest treat that working in the industry we get to meet a...
Forum Selection Clauses in Agreements Governed by the Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act – A Specific Example
The helicopters are hovering over Chicago today, a mob of people is moving down...
Get Out For Chicago’s Craft Beer Week! #CCBW
I’m using the bully pulpit today to plug the upcoming Chicago Craft Beer Week....
Millennials and Gen-Xers Will Dominate Your Sales by 2016
I had the unique opportunity yesterday of getting to visit the International Wine and...
