Posts Tagged: Beer and Law
Halifax's Earliest Boozeries
Posted by on Friday, August 5, 2005 in - 2 comments
Mike has done some excellent research with a map he has found showing the first places of libation in his hometown and my old stomping grounds of Halifax, Nova Scotia. Go read. If he'd scan the map we could put it up here as some interactive history with an edjificational twist. Just thinking of …
Two Travelling Tales
Posted by on Friday, June 3, 2005 in - leave a comment
I noticed these two stores in the Google news this morning. The first from Brunei: • “Man Fined Over Undeclared Beer • Bandar Seri Begawan - A 26-year-old Malaysian, who conveyed undeclared beer, was ordered jailed for three months after he failed to pay a $1,500 fine imposed by the Bandar …
What Is Steam?
Posted by on Tuesday, May 31, 2005 in - leave a comment
Recently, there was a bit of noise in the Canadian courts in the case Anchor Brewing Company v. The Sleeman Brewing & Malting Co. Ltd. about the ownership of the word "steam" in relation to beer. Here is the initial background: • “On June 23, 1999, Anchor instituted this action against Sleeman …
Separation of Church and Beer
Posted by on Monday, March 28, 2005 in - leave a comment
Here is a odd bit of local bureaucracy from Portland Tennessee: • “This action would require an ordinance change involving two readings and a public hearing. At issue is whether the beverage board acted illegally when they granted a permit to D & B Enterprises, a new market located on College …
Free Beer
Posted by on Tuesday, January 11, 2005 in - 2 comments
Cory at Boing has linked us all to a recipe for a beer that is claiming it is licenced under creative commons license. The beer is called Vores Øl or "Our Beer." The odd thing about this - and an example of the wacky thinking about copyright being spouted at Boing - is that a beer recipe is not …
US Beer Will Be 51%...Beer
Posted by on Wednesday, December 29, 2004 in - 5 comments
In a shocking but true accouncement as reported in the New York Times, the US government has passed a regulation that will require what is taxed as beer to be at least 51% beer twelve months from now: • “Popular flavored malt beverages must have the majority of their alcohol come from the … read more »
Temperance Today
Posted by on Tuesday, December 28, 2004 in - 2 comments
The BBC has a good piece in its Magazine section on the British temperance scene today. Apparently: • “the British National Temperance League (BNTL), as it is known, has two staff and a mailing list of 1,200 people including social workers, teachers and police.” • What is the connection … read more »
He Is The Beerman...Goo Goo Gachoob
Posted by on Saturday, December 25, 2004 in - 1 comment
From the annals of the great cases in beer jurisprudence comes this recent ruling: • “"Bob the Beerman" has lost his battle against Coors. Bob Donchez, known as "Bob the Beerman," was the first licensed vendor at Coors Field in Denver. He trademarked his character in 1993. He sued Coors about …
Last of the Speakeasies?
Posted by on Wednesday, December 22, 2004 in - 4 comments
Big news from a little place. One of the last vestiges of the prohibition-era speakeasies of the first half of the last century has left the scene in Canada's smallest province. CBC PEI reports: • “In 1900 Prince Edward Island became the first province to ban alcohol. It was the last to end …
Homebrewing In Singapore In The News
Posted by on Sunday, December 19, 2004 in - 5 comments
Homebrewing has received a welcome endorsement from an unlikely source. In its Sunday editorial, Singapore's state-controlled Straits Times newspaper (reg' req') has praised homebrewing as a hobby - noting that drinking at home may have an added advantage in reducing rates of drunk driving …
