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Distilling Digest – March 5th
Ohio Whiskeys Featured In Lost Lantner Midwest Collection VERGENNES, Vt. — Two Ohio whiskeys are part of Lost Lantern’s Spring 2024 collection that focuses on the Midwest.Read MoreBrew News – March 5th
GLBC Releases 2 New IPAs CLEVELAND — Great Lakes Brewing Co. recently added two new year-round beers to its portfolio.Read MoreGen Z Set To Reshape Al-Bev In U.S.
The emerging Gen Z demographic in the U.S. is already enjoying a very different relationship with beverage alcohol than older age consumers — embracing moderation, abstention and the exploration of...Read MoreRestaurant Industry Sales Forecast Top $1 Trillion
WASHINGTON (PRNewswire) — Restaurants sales are forecast to exceed $1.1 trillion this year, according to the National Restaurant Association 2024 State of the Restaurant Industry Report. In addition to reaching...Read MoreOhio Wines Win 4 Best Of Class Awards
CLOVERDALE, Calif. — A northeast Ohio winery claimed a Best of Class and 11 other medals to lead all Ohio entrants at the recent 2024 San Francisco Chronicle Wine Competition.Read MoreFormer Heidelberg Chair Vail Miller Dies
CINCINNATI — Vail K. Miller Sr., former co-chair of Heidelberg Distributing Co., died Jan. 19 in Napa, Calif., following an automobile accident. He was 77.Read MoreHouse OK’s Tobacco Sales Bill
COLUMBUS — Legislation proposing increased penalties and fines for those caught repeatedly selling cigarettes, tobacco or alternative nicotine products to minors recently was passed by the Ohio House of Representatives.Read MoreSpirits Maintain Market Share Lead Over Beer In 2023
WASHINGTON — U.S. spirits maintained their market share lead in 2023 as the sector reset following the robust sales spikes during the pandemic super cycle, the Distilled Spirits Council of...Read MoreReport: Kentucky Bourbon Industry Is Economic, Tourism Powerhouse
FRANKFORT, Ky. — Spurred by a decade of legislative changes to Kentucky’s alcohol laws, the state’s bourbon industry now provides more jobs, generates more payroll, pays more taxes, attracts more...Read MoreGroups Seek Bigger Cut Of Taxes During Debate On Marijuana Bill
COLUMBUS — Allocating some of the taxes levied on adult-use marijuana for job development would help get the fledgling industry up and running in Ohio, an advocate for cannabis education...Read More
Capital Headlines
Columbus Brew Festival Set For March 9
COLUMBUS — The Columbus Brew Festival is scheduled for March 9 at COSI Center for Science and Industry.Read MorePatrol Names OIU Agent Of Year
COLUMBUS — An agent from the Cleveland District Office was named Ohio Investigative Unit Agent of the Year as part of the Ohio State Highway Patrol’s 2023 Leadership AwardsRead MoreMarco’s Opens 1,200th Store In Kentucky
TOLEDO (PRNewswire) — Toledo-based Marco’s Pizza recently opened its 1,200th store in Louisville, Ky.Read MoreOhio Lottery Suffers Cybersecurity Incident
CLEVELAND — The Ohio Lottery this month issued an advisory that a December cybersecurity incident may have compromised information belonging to retailers and customers.Read MoreODLC Offers Dry January Resources
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Division of Liquor Control is sharing online tools with Ohioans who are participating in Dry January, a month-long initiative that encourages individuals to abstain from alcohol...Read More
Legally Speaking
Warrantless Searches Of Permit Premises Have Limits
The Ohio Supreme Court has stated that because of the “harmful potentialities” when the sale of alcohBeverage Alcohol Must Be Purchased From Proper Source
Ohio has a wide selection of beer, wine and spirituous liquor products. Like many other states that I have visited recently, the regulatory scheme in Ohio allows for a wide...Class Of Permit Dictates Hours Of Sales
It is important for all permit holders to realize that laws regulating a liquor permit business remain in effect seven days a week and 24 hours each day.Court Upholds Tax Non-renewal Of Liquor Permit
The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas again affirmed the tax non-renewal of a liquor permit.Portal Is Open For February Permit Renewals
For all retail liquor permit holders in the central and eastern portions of Ohio, midnight on Feb. 1 is when your 2023-2024 retail permit expires — this includes all manufacturers...