Features
IWSR: RTDs Facing Same Challenges As Craft Beer
The fast-moving ready-to-drink category in the U.S. could risk the same challenges that faced craft beer, with an increasingly saturated market overwhelming consumers and leaving them confused about which product...Read MoreOCBA To Host Inaugural Women’s Summit
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Craft Brewers Association is hosting a first-of-its-kind event to raise awareness of the impact women have made on the state’s craft brewing industry.Read MoreNewark Wholesaler First Woman To Chair A-B Advisory Panel
NEWARK — The president and chief operating officer of Matesich Distributing Co. here was named chair of the Anheuser-Busch Wholesaler Advisory Panel.Read MoreU.S. Spirits Exports Hit Record High In 2023
WASHINGTON — U.S. spirits exports set new records in 2023, according to an American Spirits Export Report released by the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States.Read MoreDistilling 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 More
Capital Headlines
New Rule Targets Sports Gaming Accounts
COLUMBUS — The Ohio Casino Control Commission has extended the comment period for a proposed new rule governing how sports gaming proprietors protect access to patrons’ sports gaming accounts. The...Read MoreColumbus 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 More
Legally Speaking
Despite Thin Evidence, Court Upholds Rejected Renewal
The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas recently issued a decision involving the rejected renewal of a permit. The court affirmed the Liquor Control Commission’s order sustaining an objection to...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.