Is it time to rethink the blanket prohibition on tie-in sales so Black Friday releases can continually be held at the same retailers?
The question in the United States Supreme Court’s 1957 Black vs. Magnolia Liquor Company...
Tagged: featured
Don’t let something like the Newlands / DME receivership cost you your money. Here are some ways you can protect your funds from a supplier that doesn’t (or can’t) deliver.
Recent news of the DME/Newlands receivership doesn’t just impact the many breweries that are...
Seriously exciting! TTB announces new rulemaking proposal to update, simplify, and clarify the labeling and advertising regulations for wine, distilled spirits, and malt beverages
You can read what’s officially dubbed Notice No. 176 here (it’s 132 single-spaced pages...
A blow to three-tiers. 7th Circuit sides with expansion of Granholm – allowing lawsuit challenging Illinois’s ban on direct shipping of liquor, beer, and spirits from out-of-state retailers.
“The Amendment gives states the power to structure their liquor distribution systems; it does...
Schlafly is dead, long live the new Schlafly! Schlafly craft brewer defeats the ghost of aunt Phyllis in trademark dispute of Schlafly name.
The Saint Louis Brewery, which operates more commonly as Schlafly Beer has won an...
Wondering what common trade practice violations the TTB’s recent enforcement actions are uncovering or how to deal with them?
Wonder no more, dear reader. The TTB’s recently released Industry Circular 2018-7 details the...
Initial brief filed with SCOTUS in Byrd v. Tennessee
The Tennessee Wine and Spirits Retailers Association – the association of in-state retailers that...
Barrel-aging or conditioning craft beer in barrels from wineries or distilleries? TTB reminds brewers not to accept barrels containing discernible amounts of wine or spirits.
With the Illinois Craft Brewers Guild’s Festival of Wood & Barrel-Aged Beer this weekend...
Wisconsin Court of Appeals rejects equal protection argument for premixed cocktails to be taxed on alcohol volume not on full volume. Arty’s Part 2.
Yesterday we detailed the facts and the holding by the Wisconsin Court of Appeals...
Wisconsin Appeals Court rules premixed cocktails are taxed on the full amount of liquid in the bottle and not solely on the amount of alcohol in the bottle. Arty’s Part 1.
Arty’s Legendary Cocktails makes premixed cocktails like Old Fashioneds and Bloody Marys. They don’t...
Customs and Border Protection provides further guidance for the tax rates and credits importers can achieve under the Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017
The Craft Beverage Modernization and Tax Reform Act of 2017 didn’t just help domestic...
Helpful notes from the TTB’s guidance on transferring beer between breweries with different ownership
In addition to cutting excise taxes the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act made many...
