I had the pleasure on April 13th to attend the opening of Downtown Chicago’s Craft Brewery, Industry Ales, which represents the only real craft brewery in downtown Chicago.
I have worked to get them licensed and helped create their brand of “Chicago’s Downtown Beer”.
It has been a great pleasure and honor to be part of this […]
In a recent piece by New York health advocates, they went after any proposed consumer friendly changes to the New York liquor system. They stated that “any efforts to expand alcohol access in the name of consumer convenience, or private profit, should be suspended indefinitely.”
They attempt to strengthen their position by relying on stats […]
The harms from excessive alcohol abuse are a serious problem that society needs to address. There are great concerns which range from underage access to intoxicated drivers.
These great concerns are why alcohol is regulated differently than an average consumer good, such as marshmallows.
Luckily, unlike the days of prohibition, we are a more educated society and […]
Blue Cloud, a division of PepsiCo, announced recently that it would no longer distribute liquor. It is shifting away from distribution to concentrate on its brand licensing of Hard Mountain Dew and Lipton Hard Ice Tea.
This in itself seems like a minor occurrence, but the real story is how we got to this crossroads. Attacks […]
The Oregon wine industry for the past couple of years has faced attacks from proposed excessive tax increases to a public relations campaign aimed at damaging its brand.
What puzzles me more is while wine has been attacked, Oregon’s most glaring problem has been allowed to fester to the point of becoming an open wound.
Go to […]
The morose of a down year has bled into Dry January, and alcohol’s brand has suffered some setbacks recently and some of the anti-alcohol campaigns are hard to understand. Especially in light of the fact that cannabis seems to escape these attacks.
The Dry January Movement which is detrimental to the alcohol industry is based on […]
There must be a New York shipping bill floating around the horizon, because there are letters coming out against direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping in full force. Robert’s Kent, who was General Counsel of the White House Office of National Drug Control Policy under Joe Biden, wrote a piece about the dangers of DTC manufacturing shipping. What […]
Wine has a target on its back
Wine is usually associated with a positive image from the Greek god of wine, Dionysus, to Jesus turning water into wine at the Wedding at Cana, wine has been associated with good vibes.
When drank in moderation, it was not considered bad for your health.
But this […]
WSWA put out another report that will no doubt be used as propaganda to stop and in some cases reverse direct-to-consumer (DTC) shipping for manufacturers and retailers.
WSWA conducted its own poll in partnership with Morning Consult, which shows that 25% of adults they surveyed, who purchased alcohol from an online vendor or manufacturer were […]
An early Happy New Year to my readers! 2023 has been a crazy year, but with the craziness has come great successes. Irish Liquor Lawyer in 2023 was read in every continent except Antarctica and was read in well over a 100 countries.
I was cited in the media this year by the Wall Street Journal, […]