The Town of Brookhaven and several other municipalities across the state have recently amended certain zoning provisions to authorize the brewing of beer, cider, wine and other spirits on farmland. The amendments approved by the Town of Brookhaven in February 2016 incentivize the use of locally grown (in this case, on-site) ingredients similar to the […]
How do you intend to interact with the general public? Will you offer brewery tours or have a tasting room? Both of these elements, while great for marketing and generating growth, come with their share of risk, and need to be considered when purchasing insurance. Fortunately, most general liability policies will cover this exposure, but […]
Below is the summary of the Work Groups findings. Serving on the committee for the NYSBA were Steve Hindy, Co-Founder of Brooklyn Brewery, Nick Matt, FX Matt Brewing, and NYSBA Executive Director, Paul Leone. Please read below. Recommendations to update New York’s alcohol laws include reorganizing statute, consolidating licenses and modernizing the State’s Blue Laws […]
In what is becoming a common theme for employers, an administrative law judge recently ruled that Chipotle violated the National Labor Relations Act after it disciplined and fired an employee for his social media posts. The employee, an hourly food prep and food service worker at a Chipotle location in Pennsylvania, posted tweets complaining of […]
The beauty of the spring season is finally upon us. I am sure that most of us in the industry would agree that with the improved weather, folks are more willing to embark on craft brewery tours. All of us would agree as members that Craft Beer tourism is an essential engine of growth for […]
The design of a brewery’s visual brand identity plays an extremely important role in the marketing and promotions of a brewery and its beer. The visual brand identity is all of the “seen” elements of a brand. In the case of a brewery, it’s things like a logo or word mark, packaging, labels, promo materials, […]
Food waste has become a hot-button issue, and restaurants, grocery chains, food processing companies, municipalities and the federal government are adopting strategies for reducing it. In 2015, the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the Environmental Protection Agency (“USEPA”) called for a 50 percent reduction of the country’s food waste by the year 2030. According to the USEPA, more than “34 million tons […]
It is not an uncommon occurrence. A customer or patron makes an inappropriate sexual comment to a server or, even worse, engages in some inappropriate touching. Whenever alcohol is involved—as is the case in most brewery-customer interactions—the risks of unfortunate patron conduct increase. While, as the employer, you may feel that such customer conduct may […]
Time and again, activated sludge systems—aerobic or anaerobic—have failed to effectively treat brewery wastewater. The challenge lies in the variability of effluent characteristics. It is this variability which upsets the organisms responsible for removing organics. While these systems can sometimes work well, organisms, like people, are sensitive creatures. And once they’re upset, it can take […]
Following on my last post, Five Trade Practice Tips and Traps, there was an update to the ABC law in the state of California that is worth noting, since it likely will affect a New York State brewery that intends to use social media in general, to have a website, and maybe to eventually distribute […]