When launching a craft brewery business, you often need to get permission from a state or federal authority, so that you can operate legally. Obtaining a liquor bond is a… Read More

Craft beer acquisitions by Big Beer conglomerates cause bad feelings, both with die hard fans and fellow craft brewers. In Colorado, the bad feelings of several acquisitions went so far… Read More

As we reported back in August, Alabama is attempting to place huge restrictions on its craft beer industry after at first seeming to try and promote it. The state legislature… Read More

Say it with me now: Everybody wins when states allow craft breweries to startup, grow and expand. Georgia is just now starting to understand this after allowing breweries to sell… Read More

The state of Virginia became the new hot spot for craft breweries on the East Coast basically by wanting to become the new hot spot. When Stone Brewing was looking… Read More

Last week we celebrated with Texas craft brewers after Judge Karin Crump came down in their favor against SB 639. This bill required craft brewers to use distributors after they… Read More

The craft beer industry and the beer distribution industry can find themselves on opposite ends of the political spectrum, wrangling for their own local advantages from time to time. The… Read More

Breweries in startup or growth mode, like other growing or emerging companies, have a lot to worry about. From entity formation to hiring employees (and compensating them), from obtaining proper… Read More

Amid a series of positive craft beer industry legislation passed in Texas in 2013, there was a seedy poison pill law that also made the cut. This Texas state law… Read More

UPDATE: Pretty much as we posted this we learned that the Oklahoma Attorney General approved of the original reading. So, congrats Oklahoma craft brewers. We could just take this down,… Read More