Will Illinois Let Wineries, Craft Brewers, and Distillers Sell At Farmers’ Markets?
Illinois Senate Bill 3456 should be called the “farmers’ market license law”. This is...
Alcoholic Beverage and Cannabis Regulatory and Legal Updates
Are People Tweeting or Blogging About Your Beverages And Not Disclosing A Relationship They Have With You?
The FTC has guidelines regarding the disclosure of any relationship you as a brewer,...
Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act – Aftermath in Stawski v. Browery Zywiec
In last week’s Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act post we brought you the arbitration...
Be Sure You Can Pay When Bidding for Wine and Beer Equipment at Auction
It’s pretty common to get extra winemaking and brewing equipment through an auction of...
Tom Wark’s “Fermentation” Should Be Added to Your Blog Roll
Of all the blogs we follow on the industry, I can’t laud enough glowing...
Wisconsin Hombrew Bill Signed Into Law
The Wisconsin Homebrewing Bill that created quite a bit of attention was signed into...
Court Denies $1.6 Million Claim for Attorneys’ Fees in Granholm-style Commerce Clause Case That Helped Create the Craft Brewer’s License
I’m sure you all remember the Illinois kerfuffle from 2010 and 2011 that had...
A Plug for Chicago Beer Fest
We can’t wait to see everyone at the Chicago Beer Festival tomorrow. In addition...
Previous Iterations of BIFDA’s Arbitration Provisions Didn’t Trump Federal Law
It’s an Illinois Beer Industry Fair Dealing Act Thursday and we don’t want to...
Three-Tiered System Economically Irrational – So Says Ohio Court
Sometimes you can’t make this stuff up. Here’s an opinion from the Fifth District...
Carefully Craft the Terms of Your Contract Brewing Agreement
There’s a great piece in the recent edition of the New Brewer by Jack...
Wine Shipments Up – Interstate Shipments to Thank?
We should probably call this the legacy of Granholm, but the industry will need...
