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Flying Dog Wins Six-Year Raging Bitch CaseThe United States Court of Appeals ruled that a liquor commissioner was violating the brewery's freedom of speech.Frederick-based Flying Dog Brewery is known for its unconventional beer names and crazy label art, drawn by Fear and Loathing in Las Vegas illustrator Ralph Steadman. Probably the most provocative out there is its Raging Bitch Belgian-Style IPA.Well, back in 2009, the Michigan Liquor Control Commission prohibited the beer from being sold in its state, deeming the Raging Bitch label "detrimental to the health, safety or welfare of the general public."After a six-year long process of appeals, denials, and lawsuits, the United States Court of Appeals ruled yesterday that the commission can be held accountable for violating Flying Dog Brewery's First Amendment rights."This ruling is invigorating," says Flying Dog CEO Jim Caruso. "It's taken a few years, but now appointed bureaucrats are accountable for imposing their personal agendas and prejudices on the public, and for committing the crime of violating Flying Dog's right to freedom of speech. This is refreshing, and I hope this Federal Court ruling benefits breweries, wineries and distilleries in other states, as well."The ruling will allow Flying Dog to recover damages from the loss of sales during the ban, which Caruso plans to use to establish a Freedom of Speech Society in Frederick.We think Hunter S. Thompson would be proud.
in men especially, total alcohol consumption decreases with age, but frequency of consumption actually increases, as our drinking habits become less of a weekend-binge thing and more of a glass-of-wine-at-dinner thing.
Tell that to bottle of Scotch I'm nursing while drawing storyboards.
Quote from: RottingCorpse on March 11, 2015, 11:44:36 AMTell that to bottle of Scotch I'm nursing while drawing storyboards.That's depression-related, not age-related.
The Montgomery County Council committee examining ways to reform the county’s Department of Liquor Control (DLC) focused in on one option Friday—privatizing special orders.Special orders are types of craft beer, small production wines and non-mainstream liquors that are not regularly carried in the department’s stock inventory. Unlike the stock items that are typically ordered from producers—such as Miller, Budweiser and Smirnoff Vodka—special order items are ordered from wholesalers.The extra layer in distributing special orders has led to a number of problems involving private-owned beer and wine stores as well as restaurants, which have complained about prices and that they can’t get the items they want, when they want them.By taking special orders out of the hands of the DLC and opening the business to the many private alcohol distributors that operate in the state, the council committee hopes these problems will be resolved.
Also, the move wouldn’t result in a significant decline in the department’s approximately $30 million in profits as special orders only generate an estimated $5 million to $7 million of the department’s profits.
County Council to introduce Department of Liquor Control reform resolutionThe Montgomery County Council is scheduled to introduce legislation Tuesday to reform the Department of Liquor Control’s “special order products” process, which primarily involves the purchase and delivery of craft beer and limited production wines. The resolution asks that the state pass legislation allowing the county to privatize the sale of specific beer and wines so private alcohol distributors can market and sell the products in the county. An ad hoc liquor committee examined issues surrounding special order products as part of a broader examination of distribution and delivery problems at the DLC. The county plans to charge the private distributors a fee to distribute the alcohol to offset revenue lost through the privatization plan, according to the resolution.
Maryland strikes me as being vaguely fascist in all aspects of governance, not just booze.
