Distilling industry coverage, including production, product identity, labeling, advertising, and commercial agreements.
A temperature requirement helps only if the parties can prove what happened to the product. Nic’s Beverages offers drafting lessons on cold storage, co-packer responsibility, temperature records, causation, and remedies when a shipment goes wrong.
Competing claims to Kentucky bourbon history produced a dispute over literal falsity, consumer perception, and materiality. This article examines the district court’s 2025 ruling and its lessons for spirits branding.
TTB’s December 2024 rule established a defined American single malt whiskey category. This article examines production criteria, labeling, barrel requirements, and the transition provisions.
Minnesota treated local distillers differently from out-of-state suppliers on exclusive distribution. The Southern Glazer’s case and a 2022 bill brought that distinction into focus.
The first installment on Public Act 102-0442 covers changes affecting mead, taprooms, Class 3 brewers, self-distribution, and alternating premises.
The 2020 Bombay Sapphire appeal pits Florida’s grains-of-paradise ban against federal ingredient rules. Read the completed briefing and preemption analysis.
A lawsuit over cream-based alcoholic blends highlights product specifications, quality control, ingredient changes, and contract manufacturing obligations.
A 2020 Widow Jane ruling examines bourbon origin, proofing-water claims, and the difference between label language and a consumer’s interpretation.
A review of Illinois’ 2020 cocktails-to-go bill examines eligible licenses, container language, and questions for brewpubs, taprooms, and distilling pubs.
A review of TTB’s temporary 2020 policies on beer destruction, tax relief, product returns, credit terms, gift cards, and retailer-related donations.
The ILCC’s April 2020 guidance permitted limited wine and spirits returns, with conditions differing from the earlier pandemic beer-return policy.
This archived 2020 analysis examines the Ninth Circuit’s Bad Spaniels ruling on Jack Daniel’s trademarks, parody, dilution, and expressive works.
