Features
ABL Urges RRF Replenishment
BETHESDA, MD — American Beverage Licensees is calling on Congress to honor National Tavern Month by passing legislation that would allocate funds to replenish the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.Read MoreHigh Banks Leads Ohio Distillers With 5 Double Golds At San Francisco Competition
SAN FRANCISCO — Ohio distilleries combined for nine double gold medals at the recent 2022 San Francisco World Spirits Competition.Read MoreBrewDog Debuts Worker Reward Plans
COLUMBUS — Employees at the six BrewDog bars in Ohio, and at BrewDog bars around the world, are being offered an opportunity to participate in a new profit-sharing program that...Read MoreOhio Distilleries Rewarded For Tapping Spectrum Of Flavors
Vodka invented the flavored spirits category and has dominated the segment since its inception. But taking notice of flavored vodka’s success, makers of other spirits, both brown and white, in...Read MoreOnline Platform Files Antitrust Claim Against Southern, RNDC
CHICAGO (PRNewswire) — An online beverage alcohol platform recently filed an antitrust complaint against Southern Glazer’s Wine & Spirits and Republic National Distributing Co., claiming the country’s two largest wine...Read MoreNACS: C-Store Sales At Pre-pandemic Levels
CHICAGO — Sales at U.S. convenience stores have returned to pre-pandemic levels, according to the National Association of Convenience Stores.Read More2 Cincinnati Distillers No. 2 At US Open
OXFORD — A pair of Cincinnati distilleries were named the No. 2 distillers in the country in their respective categories at the 2022 U.S. Open Whiskey and Spirits Competition here....Read MorePickerington Craft Brewery Expanding To Columbus
COLUMBUS — A suburban Columbus craft brewer is expanding to the city’s Clintonville neighborhood. Pickerington-based Combustion Brewery will open its second location this summer at 2971 N. High St., the...Read MoreDespite Slowing Growth, Hard Seltzers Holding Their Own
To say growth in the hard seltzer segment has tapered off is an understatement. The success of the last few years resulted in the upstart alcoholic malt beverage taking over...Read MoreBill Would Allow Free Spirits Samples
COLUMBUS — Legislation was introduced last month that would allow free spirituous liquor sampling at state agency stores and increase microdistillery production limits.Read More
Capital Headlines
The Establishment Returning To Expo
COLUMBUS — The Mid-America Restaurant Expo and Conference is bringing back one of its most popular specialty areas with the return of The Establishment.Read MoreFormer ORA President Curley Dies
SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Donald B. Curley Sr., 85, former president of the Ohio Restaurant Association, died April 11 in Sacramento.Read MoreU.S. House Passes $42B For RRF
WASHINGTON — The U.S. House of Representatives this month passed legislation including additional funding for the Restaurant Revitalization Fund.Read MoreOhio Distiller’s Guild Joins New DISCUS Supporter Program
WASHINGTON — The Ohio Distiller’s Guild is among the inaugural members of the Distilled Spirits Council of the United States’ new State Guild Supporter Program.Read MoreCleveland Independents, Stoli Support Ukraine
CLEVELAND — A group of northeast Ohio-based, independent restaurants collaborated with Stoli last month to raise money and support for Ukraine.Read More
Legally Speaking
Court Hearing Challenge To Ohio’s Three-Tier System
An out-of-state retailer and an Ohio wine consumer have challenged Ohio statutes which prohibit out-of-state retailers from shipping alcohol directly to Ohio consumers.It’s Renewal Time For Western Ohio Permits
For all liquor permit holders in the western part of Ohio, midnight on June 1 means it is time to renew your retail permit. This includes Toledo, Dayton, Lima, Cincinnati...Class Of Permit Dictates Hours Of Sales
Now that COVID appears to over, a review of hours of sale and law changes is appropriate. It is important for all permit holders to realize that laws regulating a...Training Al-Bev Servers Can Help Avoid Trouble
As the Liquor Control Commission canceled hearings during COVID, creating a backlog of citation cases from 2020 and 2021, there now seems to be more “traceback” cases pending before the...Even In COVID Era, Swimming Not ‘Disorderly Activity’
The Franklin County Court of Common Pleas rendered a decision in January regarding a permit holder who was found in violation of the Ohio Department of Health’s Dine-Safe Order. The...