Meet the New Boss
Regardless of how you may feel about the results of our recent presidential election, I think most of us agree that the peaceful transition of power from one administration to…
Unbonded Beware
In late 2015, President Obama signed into law the Protecting Americans from Tax Hikes Act of 2015 (the “PATH Act”). As a result of the passage of the PATH Act,…
You Can’t Get that Here
This past week, I had the pleasure of spending some time in Victoria, BC. I love going to Victoria, which – as I’ve been assured by a favorite adolescent –…
Poached
Earlier this week I was listening to Mark Gillespie’s excellent WhiskyCast podcast, and his interview with Lagavulin distillery manager Georgie Crawford. Toward the end of the interview, Georgie mentioned that…
Hard Pressed
This week I’m attending the annual Regional Leadership Conference put on by the Seattle Metropolitan Chamber of Commerce. The conference this year – as with prior years – is full…
Standards of Confusion
I like rum quite a bit. I didn’t always know that. In fact, for a long time I associated rum almost entirely with hyper-sweet brain-freeze inducing cocktails that might be…
Cashed In
A couple of weeks ago, I commented on the auction apparently underway for High West Distillery. Just a quick update here. Yesterday, the announcement came that High West had…
Small Favors from the TTB
As producers know (and as discussed previously here on HoochLaw), if you want to make and sell a spirit product in the U.S., you’re going to need a Certificate of…
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