Posted on October 7, 2026
by Brian Haara
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Eastern Standard, produced by host Tom Martin for WEKU, NPR’s affiliate in Eastern and Central Kentucky, is a radio magaize of interviews and stories about interesting people, places, and things happening in Kentucky. Tom is a network radio news veteran (AP Radio, RKO Network… Continue Reading “On the Air: Chatting about Bourbon Justice on WEKU’s Eastern Standard (+ Audio Link)”
Category: Announcements, Book Reviews, Bourbon Events, Bourbon LawTags: Bottled in Bond, bourbon, Bourbon History, Bourbon Justice, Bourbon Law, Buffalo Trace, Colonel E. H. Taylor, Eastern Kentucky, Eastern Standard, History, interview, Kentucky, Kentucky Straight Bourbon Whiskey, NPR, radio, Tom Martin, WEKU, Whiskey
Posted on August 6, 2026
by Brian Haara
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This week saw the latest development in a 12-year legal battle between Brown-Forman and VIP Products, the maker of a novelty dog chew toy that looks like a bottle of Jack Daniels but makes all kinds of “poop jokes.” It’s been a back-and-forth case… Continue Reading “Dog Days of Summer Hit Brown-Forman”
Category: Announcements, Bourbon LawTags: bourbon, Bourbon Law, Brown-Forman, Dog, Dog Toy, Jack Daniel's, Jack Daniels, Supreme Court, Tennessee Whiskey, Trademark, United States Supreme Court
Posted on June 1, 2026
by Brian Haara
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Led by its namesake Bourbon Hall of Famer, Peggy Noe Stevens & Associates has sued TKC Distilling Co. TKC probably does not sound familiar to anyone, and its assumed name, Saga Spirits Group, might not sound any more recognizable. The familiar name is the… Continue Reading “True Story: Lawsuit Pits Two Bourbon Hall of Famers Against Each Other.”
Category: Announcements, Bourbon LawTags: Angel's Envy, bourbon, Bourbon Law, Breach of Contract, Breaking News, Castle, Kentucky, Kentucky Castle, Law, lawsuit, Peggy Noe Steves, True Story, Versailles, Wes Henderson
Posted on June 1, 2026
by Brian Haara
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In a groundbreaking decision and major blow to interstate discrimination under the three-tier system, the Sixth Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati held that Ohio’s discriminatory law prohibiting wine from being shipped to Ohio consumers from outside the state was unconstitutional. (Read Block v.… Continue Reading “New Sixth Circuit Opinion: The Three-Tier System is Constitutional—Feigning Public Health Concerns to Discriminate is Not.”
Category: Announcements, Bourbon Law, UncategorizedTags: appeal, bourbon, Bourbon Law, constitution, federal court, Interstate Commerce, Law, Ohio, prohibition, Shipping, Sixth Circuit, Supreme Court, Three tier system, unconstitutional, Wine
Posted on May 29, 2026
by Brian Haara
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It did not take long for the new owner of Barrell Craft Spirit’s state-of-the-art blending and bottling facility in Louisville to find itself embroiled in a lawsuit. And as a bonus, the lawsuit revealed the surprisingly low cost of Canadian Whisky. Wyoming-based American Craft… Continue Reading “Mystery Buyer of Barrell Craft Spirits Facility Sued Over Bulk Canadian Whisky”
Category: Announcements, Bourbon Law, UncategorizedTags: american craft bottling, barrell craft bourbon, bourbon, Canadian Whisky, Craft, Distillery, distilling, Kentucky, lawsuit, Whiskey, whisky, Wyoming