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WA Brewers Guild Sour on Initiative 1100 – But Is It Just Fear?

***This article was originally published on BeerBlotter.com, a Seattle based beer blog where I regularly provide commentary on beer law.***   I want to take a quick moment and point to Seattle Beer News‘ latest article on Initiative 1100, the proposed bill to privatize liquor sales and deregulate alcohol sales in the State of Washington. [...]

TTB and USDA Work Together to Review “Organic” in Labels and Advertising

The Tax and Trade Bureau (TTB) and the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released a new Memorandum of Understanding pertaining to the use of the term “Organic” on alcoholic beverage labels. Of course, this news is of utter importance to brewers, especially those in the NW who have focused on brewing organically. We learned about [...]

Black Raven Brewing Loses Trademark Battle Against Wine Producer

This is somewhat of a travesty – but truly the way that trademark law works. Yesterday, June 21, 2010, Black Raven Brewing Co. lost a trademark battle over its “Black Raven Brewing Company” name and mark design.  The story was first reported over at Seattle Beer News. The challenge was brought by Franciscan Vineyards, who [...]

Beer Formulas: Collaboration Between Stone, Firestone and 21st Amendment Raises Eyebrows

Well this might not be a topic for dispute, but Stone Brewing‘s latest triangular collaboration has quite a label. The beer – El Camino (Un) Real Black Ale. The new beer is a collaboration between Stone Brewing, 21st Amendment and Firestone Walker, three of California’s finest brewers. From a quick look at the ingredients, this [...]

Bevlog: A Useful and Entertaining Resource for Brewers

Bevlog is at the center of label submissions – needless to say, this Flying Dog label didn’t slide through I stumbled across a wonderful website that is both informative and incredibly entertaining/intriguing that I thought we would share with the rest of you. I have been searching for a viable and intriguing beer law blog [...]