Late last week, right as the American drinking public was cracking its first cold one of Labor Day weekend, a federal court ruled that a raft of President Donald Trump’s so-called “Liberation Day” tariffs were illegal. The decision isn’t the final word. The case is headed straight to the Supreme Court, where Trump’s toadies will be forced to decide what they love more: protecting capital’s interest in free markets, or prostrating themselves before the executive branch. The article...| VinePair
One of BrewDog’s co-founders is stepping away from the company, according to a Friday report from U.K. publication “The National.” Martin Dickie, who founded the Scottish craft beer brand with James Watt in 2007, unexpectedly announced his departure in an email to the staff, citing personal reasons. “This business has been my life for the last 18 years and I have enjoyed (almost) every minute,” he shared in the email.| VinePair
The collapse of Republic National Distributing Company’s California division at the beginning of this month is the biggest story in the booze business, for reasons I’ve reported at length here and elsewhere. But amid the epic, multibillion-dollar disintegration of the country’s second-largest distributor, another story about a different beverage-alcohol firm that was mismanaged into insolvency in the Golden State hit a dubious milestone. It’s been a year since a consumer-packaged-good...| VinePair